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Strange bird
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- ISBN: 9789187173967 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9187173964 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (384 pages). - Publisher: New York : Stockholm Text, 2013.
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| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Chapter 33; Chapter 34; Chapter 35; Chapter 36; Chapter 37; Chapter 38; Chapter 39; Chapter 40; About the Maria Wern series; About the Author; Chapter 1; About Stockholm Text. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Police -- Sweden -- Fiction Women detectives -- Sweden -- Fiction Avian influenza -- Fiction Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction Sweden -- Fiction FICTION / General |
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- Perseus Publishing"Cold shivers run down my spine after reading just a few pages "Göteborgs Tidningen
Ruben Nilsson stepped outside into the dusk of a summerâs evening, knocked his pipe against the veranda railing and looked around the garden. Had he known how short was the time he would be allowed to live, he might have been less leisurely.
As the bird flu pandemic reaches Gotland Island, panic spreads among the inhabitants who are frantic for an elusive cure. In the desperation that rises, the hunt for scapegoats begins, and extremist and anti-immigrant groups gain ground. Meanwhile, nurse Sandra Hägg makes a gruesome discovery at the health clinic where she worksa discovery that will cost her life. Soon Detective Inspector Maria Wern is assigned to solve the murder.Strange Bird, the first novel in the Maria Wern series in English, showcases Janssonâs mastery of both hair-raising crimes and the inner lives of her beloved characters. - Perseus PublishingPrimal fear and panic drive the inhabitants of Gotland to extremes as they face a vicious strain of "bird flu."
