The Death of Carpet Dealer Olsson (Matthandlare Olssons död)

Karin Wahlberg

A man is sitting on the deck of a ferry outside Istanbul. He leans towards the railing and enjoys the warm winds. He is a comfortably overweight man in his best years, and he is not prepared to die.

 

The brutal murder on a Swedish carpet salesman on a business trip to Turkey is the start of a story about an unknown daughter, an exclusive carpet and – as always when Karin Wahlberg writes – about everyday life and dreams the people we meet in the story are faced with .

 

The Death of Carpet Dealer Olsson is Karin Wahlberg’s seventh book about Police Commissioner Claes Claesson and his wife Veronika Lundborg, doctor at Oskarshamn hospital.

 

384 pages

 

Full English translation by Neil Betteridge available.

 

Rights sold

Denmark: People’s Press

Germany: Random House/Btb

The Netherlands: The House of Books

Poland: Swiat Ksiazki

Sweden: Wahlström & Widstrand

 

Reviews

"It is not just the title that hints at classic crime novel à la Agatha Christie or Maria Lang. /…/ It wouln’t be a crime novel by Karin Wahlberg if it wasn’t populated by a number of genuine people one likes to read about. And as always, the author brings up important issues like health care, gender equality, prejudice and love."

Katrineholmskuriren

 

"Karin Wahlberg is well prepared and takes the opportunity to give the readers a whole lot of new knowledge about oriental rugs."

Kristianstadsbladet

 

"Karin Wahlberg skillfully describes how events connect and how people are affected, how they act and, sometimes, not act at all. It is also what is the best part with this story, how the events in the small town, also affects the people of it who in turn affect others and so on."

Gefle Dagblad

 

" … a playful stretch of the limits of the series /…/ definitely her most charming."

Norra Skåne

 

"Like always Karin Wahlberg portrays the people, their everyday life and dreams very accurate. She captures the pulsing life in Istanbul and gives a number of background facts. The language flows relaxed and many refreshing expressions are used. The Death of Carped Dealer Olsson is a nice book to relax with, if you like to read a well written book with suspense, interesting people and well described environments."

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