The Murder Pool

Sometimes murder runs in the family. Or so the police think...

When a well-known artist is found in Snorri’s Pool with an axe buried deep in his chest, Stella Blómkvist is immediately thrown in at the deep end, brought in to defend the apparently harmless young man the police have in their sights as the killer.

The man’s mother had spent time in prison, convicted of killing her personal trainer, despite her protestations of innocence. Stella can’t help being drawn into both the cold case and this fresh murder, with a trail of guilt that stretches halfway across the world.

As if she doesn’t have enough to keep her busy, Stella’s also pursuing a political high-flyer suspected of being a serial rapist, and defending a senior police officer of corruption charges that have all the hallmarks of a vendetta. 

But the toughest challenges Stella faces are among her own loved ones…