Foto: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2014)
Sample of authors
Kepler, Lars
Lars Kepler is the alias that the two writers and married couple Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril use when they jointly write crime novels; the first was The Hypnotist (2009, Hypnotisören). It was supposed to be a secret as to who lay behind the pseudonym, but it was revealed already the same year. The book was given a major launch by the publishing house, but met with mixed ...
Literary figures
Melita Pargeter
Gender: Female
Mrs Melita Pargeter refuses to accept that her deceased husband was the man he was: a smart thief and fraudster. He left her a fortune and a promise from his gang to help her. She is, says author Simon Brett, a friendly, white-haired elderly lady, whose ample appearance hides a will of steel, great stubbornness and a sharp tongue – which makes her a formidable amateur detective.