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Anna Ihrén

Trying to process a life crisis Gothenburg policeman, Dennis Wilhelmson, decides to take a trip to his quiet childhood island, Smögen. 

Dennis is looking forward to enjoying some peaceful days at the small town island, where nothing really ever happens... or so he thought. 

Everything changes when the body of a young man is found in the habour basin and an old friend of his is missing without a trace. 

Dennis is now involuntarily thrown in to the biggest murder investigation the area has ever seen.

Enter Sandra Haraldsson, a young ambitious and very straight forward police aspirant. 

This was definitely not the calm and harmonious summer Dennis had been planning for himself to recover. But can Sandra heal his heart while they take on the investigation?

The Man on the Beach is the first part in the series "The Smögen Murders".

Anna Ihrén grew up in Stockholm and in Gothenburg, but spent her childhood summers on the island of Smögen. Now she resides in Sjövik with her husband and children. Her series of crime novels "The Smögen Murders" has become very popular, "The Man on the Beach" being the first book in the series.

Imogen Wilde

SAGA Egmont

The Smögen Murders

The Man on the Beach

Frigid waters, frozen clues and one fatal crime. 

When the research vessel "Idun" arrives in Smögen's harbour one early winter morning, the head of research, Kaj Malmberg, is found dead in his cabin. 

Drawn into this murder investigation that puts their cooperation and important relationships across national borders at risk, Dennis Wilhelmson and Sandra Haraldsson race to solve a crime that threatens to shake the research elite. 

But is the killer in Smögen, or is he still on board the "Idun"? And could an event during the icy winters of the Second World War have a bearing on the case?

"The Ice Fisher" is the exciting continuation of the "Murders on Smögen" series and the sequel to "The Man on the Beach".

Anna Ihrén grew up in Stockholm and Gothenburg but spent her childhood summers on the island of Smögen. Her series of crime novels 'The Smögen Murders' has become very popular, 'The Man on the Beach' being the first book in the series.

The Ice Fisher

Emma Ericson

Scandals. Secrets. Silence. 

When the grandson of the great Herring King is found dead in a newly renovated pilot house on the beautiful island of Smögen, Nathalie Colette and Sandra Haraldsson are first on the scene. 

Ruled as a suicide, the case baffles them as the victim was set to inherit the large fortune from his father who has just passed away. 

But is it suicide? And if so, what is really going on in the old merchant's house on Smögenbryggan?

´The Herring King´ is the third part of ´The Smögen Murders´ series.

Anna Ihrén grew up in Stockholm and Gothenburg but spent her childhood summers on the island of Smögen. Her series of crime novels 'The Smögen Murders' has become very popular, 'The Man on the Beach' being the first book in the series.

The Herring King

Darkness descends over Sotenäs...

When the daughter of an American ambassador is found lifeless in the famous marble pool on the small island of Hållö, the case lands on Sandra Haraldsson and Dennis Wilhelmson's desks. 

Garnering enormous attention from the public, not least from the White House, the duo is soon led to an old lighthouse on Hållö: a lighthouse with plentiful of secrets... 

"The Lighthouse Keeper" is the fourth book in "The Smögen Murders" series.

Anna Ihrén grew up in Stockholm and Gothenburg but spent her childhood summers on the island of Smögen. Her series of crime novels "The Smögen Murders" has become very popular, "The Man on the Beach" being the first book in the series.

The Smögen Murders - The book series

The Smögen Murders - The book series

The Smögen Murders books in order

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