Detective Superintendent Evert Backstrom doesn't have the best sense of style, but he knows a complex crime when he sees one, and the details of a seemingly ordinary murder have gotten under his skin (but what doesn't?). His colleagues think it is an open-and-shut case. He thinks otherwise. To complicate matters, Backstrom is struggling with orders from his doctor to lead a healthier life, which means much less alcohol and even possibly vegetables with dinner. When another body turns up that is linked to the first, Backstrom-much to his own satisfaction-is proven right, but resisting a drink proves harder than ever now that the world is more concerned with being politically correct, rather than just correct. With his patented combination of laziness, luck, and unbelievable sense of timing, Backstrom sets out to solve the crime as only he knows how, by aggravating nearly everyone in the process.

ISBN: 9780307950383