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Sun and Shadow - Ke Edwardson Translated from Swedish by Laurie ThompsonIt had started raining.At page 100 - After an amazingly confused start where only stalwart fans of Edwardsson's Detective Chief Inspector Erik Winter would bother to continue, it has settled down. I love these stories because they are based in Göteborg and I can picture the places involved, the lurking teenage gangs and the abundance of buskers. I have been reading these as and when I can lay a hand on one so have been taking them out of order. There is a progression in the private lives of the policemen involved which makes them quite addictive but I wouldn't necessarily recommend them to anyone here.Warning - DCI Winter stories are always gorefests so take heed if you are more into soft mysteries that need less bandages. Pages 166/167Apparently there is a difference between Death Metal and Black Metal. Black Metal is where the tempo is quicker and you need to arm yersel' with a text that you singalong to the music(!) with. It is basically a black mass text to the strains of a caterwaul and seems to be intrinsic to explaining the deaths of a married couple who are 'swingers'.Finished - Need to re-read #4 to link up the continuing story lines. What a twisty twisted tale this turned out to be.