Viveca Sten
3 SeriesViveca Sten is a Swedish author renowned for her Scandinavian crime fiction, notably the Sandhamn Murders series. In addition to her writing, she serves as head jurist at the Swedish postal service. Sten holds a law degree from Stockholm University and an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics. She resides outside Stockholm with her family, spending summers on Sandhamn, an island where her family has owned a house for generations.
In "Still Waters" by Viveca Sten, the first book of the Sandhamn Murders series, a man discovers a body entangled in a fishing net on the shore of Sandhamn during a hot July. Detective Thomas Andreasson identifies the victim as Krister Berggren, a missing bachelor from the mainland, initially suspecting an accident. However, the investigation takes a sinister turn when Berggren's cousin, recently interviewed by Thomas in Stockholm, is found brutally murdered at a local bed-and-breakfast. As the island reels from the shock, Thomas collaborates with his childhood friend, lawyer Nora Linde, to unravel the mysteries surrounding these two outsiders. Together, they navigate the complexities of the case while confronting the challenges in their own lives.
