Cruel Is the Night

**A heart-stopping sexy contemporary romance prequel to USA Today bestselling author K.A. Linde's new Cruel Trilogy.** I spot the mysterious stranger across the party. I'd seen him in the park, writing furiously in his worn leather notebook. He's pure confidence, born and bred in high society wit

"The Cruel Stars Of Night" opens one snowy day when thirty-five-year-old Laura Hindersten goes to the police to report that her father, a local professor, is missing. Inspector Ann Lindell and her colleagues can find no motive for the man's disappearance. And when the corpses of two elderly men do t

### From Publishers Weekly In Swedish author Eriksson's fine second ensemble procedural (after 2006's *The Princess of Burundi*), members of the Uppsala Violent Crime Division try to connect the dots linking the separate murders of two old men and the disappearance of a third. Eriksson eschews crac

### From Publishers Weekly In Swedish author Eriksson's fine second ensemble procedural (after 2006's _The Princess of Burundi_), members of the Uppsala Violent Crime Division try to connect the dots linking the separate murders of two old men and the disappearance of a third. Eriksson eschews crac

Winner of the Swedish crime Academy Award for Best Crime Novel, Kjell Eriksson received wide critical acclaim for his U.S. debut, the international bestseller _The Princess of Burundi_. Now, this spectacular follow-up thriller opens with the abrupt disappearance of an elderly professor, followed qui

**NAME: Emily Beale** RANK: Captain MISSION: Fly undercover to prevent the assassination of the First Lady, posing as her executive pilot. **NAME: Mark Henderson, code name Viper** RANK: Major MISSION: Undercover role of wealthy, ex-mercenary boyfriend to Emily **Their jobs are high risk,