Dark Angel (Anders Knutas 6)

take charge of his own life.
    My time on this earth is over. Sun, wind, snow, rain – never again will I witness the changes in weather. Or hear the howling of the storm over the sea. Or see the dawn.
    Soon there will be nothing but night.
    I’m looking forward to the embrace of darkness. I imagine death as sinking into the enveloping comfort of a woman’s arms. Maybe it’s true that we return to where we started. Inside our mother’s body, inside her womb, inside the soft, rocking, silent darkness, unaware of what is to come.
    Maybe that’s what happens.
    I pick up the photograph of Katrina and Daniel and kiss it tenderly. I will hold these two, whom I love, in my hand when I die.
    Then I won’t be alone.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities between the characters in the novel and actual individuals are coincidental. Occasionally I have taken artistic liberties to change things for the benefit of the book. This includes Swedish TV’s coverage of Gotland, which in the book has been moved to Stockholm. I have the utmost respect for SVT’s regional news programme
Östnytt
, which covers Gotland with a permanent team stationed in Visby.
    The settings used in the books are usually described as they actually exist in reality, although there are a few exceptions.
    Any errors that may have slipped into the story are mine alone.
    First and foremost, I would like to thank my husband, journalist Cenneth Niklasson, who is always ready to be my sounding board and offer me the greatest support.
    Special thanks to:
    Magnus Frank, detective superintendent with the Visby police
    Johan Gardelius, crime technician, Visby police
    Ulf Åsgård, psychiatrist
    Martin Csatlos of the Forensic Medicine Laboratory in Solna
    Lena Allerstam, journalist, Swedish TV
    Mian Lodalen, author and journalist
    Anita Forsberg, sheep farmer, Havdhem
    Nina Pettersson, conference coordinator, Wisby Strand
    Sara Hullegård, marketing director, Wisby Strand
    My thanks to everyone who has helped me with my books at Albert Bonniers Förlag, especially my publisher Jonas Axelsson and my editor Ulrika Åkerlund – your support is invaluable.
    Special thanks to my agents Bengt Nordin and Anna Rytterholm at Nordin Agency.
    And of course thanks to my children, Rebecka and Sebastian, my biggest supporters!
    Mari Jungstedt
    Stockholm, April 2008

About the Author
    Mari Jungstedt lives in Stockholm with her husband and two children. This is her sixth novel set on the island of Gotland.

Also by Mari Jungstedt
    Unseen
    Unspoken
    Unknown
    The Killer’s Art
    The Dead of Summer
    For more information on Mari Jungstedt and her books, see her website at www.marijungstedt.se

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