In the middle of an unusually hot Swedish summer a young woman studying at the Vaxjo Police Academy is brutally murdered Police Inspector Evert Backstrom is unwillingly drafted in from Stockholm to head up the investigation Egotistical vain and utterly prejudiced against everything Backstropm is a man who has no sense of duty or responsibilty thinks everyone with the exception of himself is an imbecile and is only really capable of warm feelings towards his pet goldfish and the nearest bottle of liquor If they are to solve the case his long suffering team must work around him following the scant few leads which remain after Backstroms intransigence has let the trail go cold Blackly comic thrillingly compelling and utterly real Linda As in the Linda Murder is the novel which introduces the reader to the modern masterpiece that is Evert Backlstrom a man described by his creator as short fat and primitive He is without doubt the real deal when it comes to modern policing