Closed Circles (Sandhamn Murders Book 2) (31 page)

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CKNOWLEDGMENTS

This entire story is fiction with no resemblance to any person living or dead.

As I came up with the plot, I was thinking about how ambition and the love of power could develop in a close circle of people. The RSYC, with its connections to Sandhamn, became a natural launching point. I have been active in that club for many years and have witnessed the great amount of work it puts in to support the sport of sailing. I also would like to mention that its annual meeting is in February and not September, and also many vessels, not just Swans, are capable of racing in and winning the Round Gotland Race.

During my work, a number of people have generously assisted me with their expertise and knowledge.

I would like to thank Jan Fellenius, an attorney from the Fylgia law firm, who explained to me what a bankruptcy lawyer does. Criminal Inspector Sonny Björk described forensic technology and ballistics. Dentist Hans-Olof Örnefeldt explained the Brånemark method. I have also received the assistance of radiologist Katarina Bodén and visited Marie Frykberg at the bankruptcy unit with the help of acting senior judge Cecilia Klerbro.

A warm round of thanks goes out to family, friends, and colleagues who took time to read the manuscript and give clever suggestions: Lisbeth Bergstedt, Tord Bergstedt, Anette Brifalk, Helen Duphorn, Carin Hildebrand, Gunilla Pettersson, and Göran Sällqvist.

I stand in deep gratitude to my efficient publisher, Karin Linge Nordh, and my unbelievable editor, Mathilda Lund, as well as everyone else at Forum who put so much energy into my books.

As always, my daughter, Camilla, is my biggest fan, and she’s been the first to read and give her opinion on my work. My wonderful husband, Lennart, also supported me all the way. He answered many questions about hunting and ammunition and also took over running the household efficiently as I disappeared mentally and physically during the final stages of this book. My wonderful sons, Alexander and Leo, have always given me encouragement through their hugs.

Sandhamn, November 2008

Viveca Sten

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Photo © 2010 Anna-Lena Ahlström

Swedish writer Viveca Sten has sold almost three million copies of her enormously popular Sandhamn Murders series. In 2014, her seventh novel, the hugely successful
I maktens skugga
(
In the Shadow of Power
), was published in Sweden and cemented her place as one of the country’s most popular authors. Her Sandhamn Murders novels continue to top the bestseller charts and have been made into a successful Swedish-language TV miniseries, which has been broadcast around the world to thirty million viewers. Sten lives in Stockholm with her husband and three children, but she prefers to spend her time visiting Sandhamn to write and vacation with her family.

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Photo © 2015 Tess McMillan

Laura A. Wideburg has translated over fifteen novels from Swedish. Her translation of Inger Frimansson’s
Good Night, My Darling
won
ForeWord Review
’s Gold Medal for Best Translated Book in 2008. She began learning Swedish as an exchange student in high school and went on to get an MA in Scandinavian Studies and a PhD in historical linguistics and medieval German from the University of Washington in Seattle. She still lives in Seattle, where she now is the lead teacher at the Swedish Cultural Center (Swedish Club). The Swedish language is her greatest passion, and she returns to Sweden whenever she can. This is her first Viveca Sten mystery.