White Lilac

As summer descends on Lund, a picturesque university town in southern Sweden, students eagerly await their summer break. But when a young woman is found brutally beaten in Lund City Park, a dark shadow looms over the city. As suspicions arise over the discovery of a mysterious white lilac in both victims' hands, Chief Inspector Sara Vallén is assigned to the case - until her son becomes the main suspect.
To clear her son's name, Vallén embarks on her own investigation, but will she uncover the true identity of the perpetrator before it's too late?
-White Lilac- is the first novel in the series about Sara Vallén and her colleagues at the Lund Police Department. It is perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo, Stieg Larsson, and Anna Ihrén.

Cecilia Sahlström is a popular Swedish crime writer based in Lund, in the south of Sweden. She worked in the police force for twenty years before turning to writing. Her first novel, White Lilac, was highly acclaimed in Sweden and praised for its gritty realism and its authentic portrayal of police investigations.