Winter is chilling. Summer is brutal. But every season is perfect for murder.

When it comes to solving crimes so gruesome that they make the darkest of nightmares look like cosy fairy tales, Detective Inspector Malin Fors is the one you want assigned to the case.

But he brilliant but flawed star of the Linköping police force, is on the verge. She is on the verge of being addicted to Tequila, of becoming a workaholic, and she is always liable to let her strong emotions and repressed memories dictate her life.

One of the best realised female heroines I’ve read. Guardian