Retired Chief of the National Crime Police & Swedish Security Service Lars Martin Johansson has just suffered a stroke He is paying the price for a life of excess
- stress good food & fine wine With his dangerously high blood pressure his heart could fail at the slightest excitement In the hospital a chance encounter with a neurologist provides an important piece of information about a 25-year-old murder investigation & alerts Lars Martin Johansson's irrepressible police instincts The period for prosecution expired just weeks earlier & that isn't the only limitation Lars Martin Johansson is determined to solve the atrocious crime
- from his deathbed The inimitable style distinct voice & dark humour of Leif GW Persson along with the fascinating exploration of a long-cold murder case serves to make The Dying Detective a true masterpiece of the genre