KJELL ERIKSSON is the author of The Princess of Burundi, The Cruel Stars of the Night, The Demon of Dakar, The Hand That Trembles, and Black Lies, Red Blood. His series debut won Best First Novel by the Swedish Crime Academy, an accomplishment he later followed up by winning Best Swedish Crime Novel for The Princess of Burundi. This is his sixth novel to be published in the U.S. He lives in Sweden and France. You can sign up for email updates here.