Leif G.W. Persson

Leif G.W. Persson

4 Series

Leif G.W. Persson is a renowned Swedish crime fiction author, known for the Story of a Crime and Evert Backstrom series. He is also a prominent criminologist, having served as a professor with the Swedish National Police Board for over 15 years. Persson frequently contributes to public discourse on crime through television and newspaper articles.

In "Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End" by Leif G.W. Persson, a young American journalist falls to his death from a window in Stockholm. Superintendent Lars Johansson suspects foul play and uncovers the victim's connection to his uncle, a CIA agent with ties to Sweden's political elite. Johansson's investigation leads him to New York and the FBI Academy in Virginia. As he delves deeper, Johansson exposes a complex network of international espionage, backroom politics, and greed. The investigation reveals the incompetence that contributed to the tragic event.

Story Of A Crime

Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End

(2002)

Another Time, Another Life

(2003)

Falling Freely, as If in a Dream

(2007)

Evert Bäckström

Linda, As in the Linda Murder

(2005)

He Who Kills the Dragon

(2007)

The Sword of Justice

(2013)

Jarnebring & Johansson

The Dying Detective

(2010)

Standalone Novels

The Pillars of Society

(1982)

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