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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2006
  • Latest Book:
    November 2021
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About the Author

Karl Stig Kjell Eriksson is a Swedish crime-writer, author of the novels The Princess of Burundi and The Cruel Stars of the Night, the former of which was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2002. They have both recently been translated into English by Ebba Segerberg.

Full Series List in Order

Police Inspector Ann Lindell

1 - The Princess of Burundi (Feb-2006)
2 - The Cruel Stars of the Night (May-2007)
3 - The Demon of Dakar (May-2008)
4 - The Hand That Trembles (Aug-2011)
5 - Black Lies, Red Blood (May-2014)
6 - Open Grave (Jul-2015)
7 - Stone Coffin (Nov-2016)
8 - The Night of the Fire (Nov-2020)
9 - The Deathwatch Beetle (Nov-2021)

Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • Winner of the Swedish Crime Academy Award for Best Crime Novel, The Princess of Burundi introduces American readers to a leading crime writer from Sweden whose work has created an international sensation. Erikssons U.S. debut opens a week before Chri...



  • The Cruel Stars of the Night opens one snowy day when thirty-five-year-old Laura Hindersten goes to the police to report that her father, a local professor, is missing. Inspector Ann Lindell and her colleagues can find no motive for the man's disappe...



  • In The Demon of Dakar, Ann Lindell and her motley crew of colleagues are faced with a most baffling murder case in which all clues lead straight back to a popular local restaurant named Dakar. The owner, Slobodan Andersson, has some shady connections...



  • A Swedish county commissioner walks out of a high-level meeting and disappears. Many years later, one of the town's natives is convinced that he's caught a glimpse of the missing man while traveling in Bangalore, India. When the rumors reach his home...



  • Kjell Eriksson has made a huge splash around the globe with his Ann Lindell police procedural series. Now Eriksson is back with another stunning mystery packed with surprises. In Black Lies, Red Blood, police officer Ann Lindell is great at solvin...



  • Kjell Eriksson has made a huge splash around the globe with his series set in Sweden. his native country. Already a star in Europe and the Nordic countries, Kjell Eriksson has American critics raving. In Open Grave, Professor Bertram von Ohler ha...



  • One sunny summer morning a young woman and her six-year old daughter are run over by a car. Both are killed immediately. Is it an accident, or did someone kill them on purpose? The same morning the husband of the deceased young woman disappears. D...



  • Swedish police inspector Ann Lindell finally returns in internationally bestselling and award-winning Kjell Eriksson's newest novel. Police inspector Ann Lindell has left the Uppsala police and is living a quiet life, producing local cheese in...



  • Kjell Eriksson's next Ann Lindell book, The Deathwatch Beetle is an atmospheric thriller and a tender depiction of the countryside and the people of Roslagen. Four years have passed since Cecilia Karlsson disappeared from the island of Gräsö...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kjell Eriksson has published 9 books.

Kjell Eriksson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Deathwatch Beetle, was published in November 2021.

The first book by Kjell Eriksson, The Princess of Burundi, was published in February 2006.

Yes. Kjell Eriksson has 1 series.