The Recurring Cast
Reading order · 5 books · 2002 to 2008 · Set in Uppsala

Ann Lindell Books in Order

Ann Lindell is a police detective in the university town of Uppsala, Sweden, a single mother whose cases often begin among the city’s ordinary working people.

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Series facts

Books
5
Published
2002 to 2008
First book
The Princess of Burundi
Latest
Black Lies, Red Blood (2008)
Setting
Set in Uppsala

The reading order

Every Ann Lindell book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.

5 books · Set in Uppsala
  1. 1The Princess of Burundi2002With Ann LindellJohn Jonsson, an unemployed welder in Uppsala who loves tropical fish, is found murdered in the snow, and Ann Lindell and her colleagues hunt his killer.Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The Cruel Stars of the Night2004With Ann LindellAn elderly professor disappears, and his daughter fears the worst, while other old men are being killed.Buy on Amazon
  3. 3The Demon of Dakar2006With Ann LindellAnn Lindell and her team investigate a baffling murder whose clues all lead to Dakar, a popular Uppsala restaurant with a shady owner, and it soon becomes clear the killer is not finished.Buy on Amazon
  4. 4The Hand That Trembles2007With Ann LindellA local politician who vanished twenty years ago turns up in India, while in Sweden a severed foot is found on the shore.Buy on Amazon
  5. 5Black Lies, Red Blood2008With Ann LindellWhen journalist Anders Brant, the man Ann Lindell has begun seeing, vanishes and a homeless man is found dead with his number, Ann must hide their connection while searching for him.Buy on Amazon

Do you need to read them in order?

Read in order, starting with The Princess of Burundi.

Who appears in which book

The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.

Who appears in each Ann Lindell book
BookAnn LindellOla Haver
1 The Princess of BurundiLLead·Minor
2 The Cruel Stars of the NightLLead·Minor
3 The Demon of DakarLLead·Minor
4 The Hand That TremblesLLead·Minor
5 Black Lies, Red BloodLLead·Minor

Characters in the Ann Lindell books

2 characters from Kjell Eriksson’s chart, with the number of Ann Lindell books each appears in.

CharacterBooksFirst in this series
Ann LindellUppsala police detective5The Princess of Burundi 2002
Ola HaverLindell's colleague5The Princess of Burundi 2002