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Stefan Tegenfalk

Stefan Tegenfalk

Stefan Tegenfalk (born in 1965) released his debut novel ”Anger Mode”, the first part of a trilogy, in 2010. So far he has released four novels in Swedish.

He writes a mixture of crime novels and thrillers and his main characters are a classic combination of the older Detective Superintendent (Walter Gröhn) and the young trainee (Jonna de Brugge).

So far his debut novel has been translated to English and Danish.

Stefan Tegenfalk is mainly known in Sweden for being an entrepreneur and was one of the founders of the Swedish company Bredbandsbolaget, today the second largest broadband provider in Sweden.
 

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Anger Mode

A series of brutal and inexplicable murders occur in the city of Stockholm. All of them are committed by respectable members of society, none of whom can remember the action itself.



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Anger Mode

by Stefan Tegenfalk
A series of brutal and inexplicable murders occur in the city of Stockholm. All of them are committed by respectable members of society, none of whom can remember the action itself.

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