Sail of Stone (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781451608502)

From bestselling Scandinavian crime writer Åke Edwardson--whose books are international sensations in Europe--comes this gripping novel of suspense and character involving two missing persons, two detectives, and a mystery dating to World War II.A brother and sister believe that their father has gone missing. They think he may have traveled in search of his father, who was presumed lost decades ago in World War II. Meanwhile, there are reports that a woman is being abused, but she can't be found and her family won't tell the police where she is. Two missing people and two very different families combine in this dynamic and suspenseful mystery by the Swedish master Åke Edwardson. Gothenburg's Chief Inspector Erik Winter travels to Scotland in search of the missing man, aided there by an old friend from Scotland Yard. Back in Gothenburg, Afro-Swedish detective Aneta Djanali discovers how badly someone doesn't want her to find the missing woman when she herself is threatened. Sail of Stone is a brilliantly perceptive character study, acutely observed and skillfully written with an unerring sense of pace.

Author: Åke Edwardson
ISBN-10: 1451608500
ISBN-13: 9781451608502
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 03/13/2012
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.09w x 0.99d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/15/2011 pg. 58
Publishers Weekly 01/02/2012 pg. 60
Library Journal 02/01/2012 pg. 58
Booklist 02/01/2012 pg. 37
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2012
Shelf Awareness 03/23/2012

About the Author
Åke Edwardson has worked as a journalist, a press officer at the United Nations, and a university lecturer at the University of Gothenburg, the city in Sweden where his mysteries are set. He is one of Sweden's bestselling authors, and his books featuring Detective Chief Inspector Erik Winter have been translated into more than twenty languages worldwide. He is a three-time winner of the Swedish Crime Writers' Award for best crime novel.