A No.1 bestseller across Europe, Camilla is the fastest growing Scandinavian author in the UK with over 9 million books sold worldwide. If you've only just started then you've got plenty to catch up on. Each book deals with a separate investigation so they can easily be read by themselves, but many fans will tell you that it's Patrik and Erica's relationship that makes these psychological thrillers really stand out.

THE STRANGER

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(Previously entitled The Gallows Bird)

A reality TV show is being shot in the town, marking the end of a quiet winter for detective Patrik Hedström and his colleagues. As cameras shadow the stars' every move, relations with the locals are strained to breaking point. When a drunken party ends with a particularly unpopular contestant's murder, the cast and crew are obvious suspects. Could there be a killer in their midst?

As the country tunes in, the bodies mount up. Under the intense glare of the media spotlight, Patrik faces his toughest investigation yet…