Share on: and. Inspector Anita Sundstrom has been on sick leave for a few months. To some extent it's been political: she was involved in a high-profile case which went tragically wrong and left her exposed and emotionally vulnerable. Now she's back at work and there's a lot going on that's exciting. Someone is killing rich local businessmen and one was made rather clumsily to look like a suicide, but the reason isn't obvious.
At the other end of the economic scale, a gunman is shooting at immigrants and there's fear in their communities. They're aware that they're not well-liked in Sweden and now they're actually getting shot at. But Sundstrom is not going to be allowed to get involved with the murder cases - she's not trusted - and finds herself stuck with the new trainee detective whilst she investigates the theft of some modern art. There won't be any spoilers in this review, but you need to know that Murder in Malmo doesn't read well as a standalone.
A lot of what happens, and most particularly the way that Sundstrom is treated arises out of what happens in the first book in the series.
You'll understand this second book better if you've read the first book - and if you read this book first yes, you could it will spoil the pleasure of reading Meet Me in Malmo. I can't think of another police procedural where all the investigators come off the page so well.
You begin by thinking that they're going to be a bit stereotypical. Westermark looks as though he's going to be the standard randy copper, lusting after anything in a skirt and Sundstrom in particular, but even she acknowledges that he's a good detective.
