Arne Dahl
4 SeriesArne Dahl is the pen name of Swedish author Jan Arnald, known for his Scandinavian crime fiction, particularly the Intercrime series. The first five novels of this series have been adapted into films, broadcast on SVT1 in Sweden and BBC Four in the UK. Additionally, Arnald contributes as a literary critic for the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter.
In "Misterioso," the first novel of Arne Dahl's Intercrime series, Detective Paul Hjelm joins an elite squad tasked with capturing a killer who targets high-ranking executives. The murderer breaks into victims' homes, executes them, and removes bullets from the walls, all while playing Thelonious Monk's "Misterioso." As the team investigates, they confront the Russian mafia, a secretive society of wealthy Swedes, and pervasive xenophobia.
