Kjell Erikson

The Demon of Dakar

Detective:  Ann Lindell
Setting :     Upsala, Sweden
Time:         Current
Genre:       Scandi Noir

This s a detective story with some interesting aspects. There is a murder of a person related to drug trafficking which leads Lindell and her colleagues into pursuing links to his partner, the owner of a restaurant, the Dakar of the title. However the killer is in many ways the part of a parallel  but related plot which Lindell does not realise until late in the novel.

It was in fact a revenge killing by a Mexican,whose two brothers had been inveigled, out of financial necessity to carry drugs from Mexico to Sweden. One is dead. The other is in a Swedish jail.  The brothers' third word plight is portrayed sympathetically and when the imprisoned brother makes a fortuitous escape that they should both manage to return safely to Mexico seems only right.

The more important thing for Sweden and Upsala is that the owner of the Dakar is caught for his drug activities but not without some covert help from a rival drug baron who is muscling in n the area.

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