Linda, as in the Linda murder
Subtitle: an Evert Bäckström novel
By: Leif GW Persson ; translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith
Series: Vintage crime/Black Lizard; Vintage crime/Black Lizard original; Vintage crime/Black Lizard; Vintage crime/Black Lizard original
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780307907653
Subjects: Murder; Police; Investigation; Women; Crimes against; Fiction
Work titles: Linda--som i Lindamordet
Description: The first in a trilogy of novels centered around the investigations of a Swedish police officer, Detective Superintendent Evert Bäckström, of the National Murder Squad.

"It's the dead of summer in the sleepy town of Växjö when twenty-year-old police cadet Linda Wallin is found lying facedown in her mother's apartment, brutally murdered and raped. With no clear motive or suspect in sight, a series of bureaucratic mix-ups leads the National Crime Unit to send Bäckström and his team into the countryside to solve the case. The ever-irritable Bäckström leaves behind his beloved goldfish, checks into a local hotel, and begins to reconstruct the night of Linda's murder. But with more than a few bottles in tow, and a constantly growling stomach to look after, things don't go so well, and Bäckström has to rely on the help of his colleagues to solve the crime--no matter how angry that makes him" -- Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Originally published in Swedish as Linda-- som i Lindamordet.