{"product_id":"the-demon-of-dakar-a-mystery-9780312366704","title":"The Demon of Dakar: A Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlready a huge star in Europe and the Nordic countries, Kjell Eriksson has American critics also raving, with almost every review studded with words like \"stunning,\" \"chilling,\" \"suspenseful,\" \"haunting,\" and \"brilliant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Demon of Dakar\u003c\/i\u003e, Ann Lindell and her motley crew of colleagues are faced with a most baffling murder case in which all clues lead straight back to a popular local restaurant named Dakar. The owner, Slobodan Andersson, has some shady connections in his past, and his partner's reputation is equally murky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kitchen crew is not above suspicion, either. The meat chef is an oddball, to say the least, while unbeknownst to the rest, the newest hire's personal life is a tangled web of lies. Even Eva Willman, the seemingly blameless older woman returning to the workforce as a waitress, has skeletons in her closet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then the tension rachets up a number of notches as it becomes apparent that one murder has not satisfied the killer in the least. If Ann is to prevent a bloodbath at Restaurant Dakar, she must match wits with a killer whose motives are seemingly completely obscure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the reader knows the killer well. His crimes are justified from his point of view. Not only that, he's a very likable fellow who is only looking for justice. As in all of Kjell Eriksson's compelling spellbinders, though, justice entails a frantic race to the finish, a race without rules and fraught with danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Swedish Academy Award for Best Crime Novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312366704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.70w x 0.91d","brand":"Kjell Eriksson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635853160604,"sku":"9780312366704","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cf009b8d-476b-49f6-a772-ebd8cfb240e1.jpg?v=1603840703","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-demon-of-dakar-a-mystery-9780312366704","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}