Jens Lapidus is a Swedish criminal defense lawyer turned author (with a penchant for extra wide ties). His debut novel, Snabba Cash (Easy Money, for you non-Swedes), was just recently translated into English. Snabba Cash is the first part of the Stockholm Noir series, which has already spawned two sequels in Sweden. I haven't had the chance to check out the book yet (beyond the author photo), but his writing has been compared to James Ellroy and Dennis Lehane. Sounds promising!
Check out Snabba Cash in the catalog!
Side rant: I'm sure I'm the only person bothered by this. But the o-slash (Ø) that is in "money" on the cover is not actually a letter used in Swedish. The o-slash is a Danish, Norwegian thing. Swedes would use an o-umlaut (Ö), thank you very much. But whatever, I'm sure the graphic designer just thought it was cute.
