Author Brian Freeman at SCENE OF THE CRIME

[J. Sydney Jones]

America’s Answer to Swedish Noir: Brian Freeman’s Duluth

April 13, 2010 by Scene of the Crime

Brian Freeman is the international
bestselling author of psychological suspense novels featuring detective
Jonathan Stride. Set in Duluth, Minnesota, Freeman’s books have been
sold in 46 countries and 17 languages and have won kudos from people
such as bestselling author Michael Connelly, who noted of Freeman, “This
guy can tell a story.” Ditto from Nelson DeMille, who wrote, “Brian
Freeman is a first-rate storyteller.”

Freeman took the Macavity Award for his debut thriller, Immoral, and has not looked back since. His second thriller, Stripped,
hit the bestseller lists in Canada and was dubbed “a knockout” by the Baltimore
Sun. Next came Stalked, a novel described by Publishers
Weekly as “chilling…a strong narrative crammed with twists and
studded with sex and violence; a mysterious, even mystical, sense of
place; and a well-crafted set of characters and relationships.” Fourth
in the series, In the Dark, earned him a fistful of starred
reviews, with Publishers Weekly calling it “harrowing and
heartrending.” Out this month is Freeman’s fifth in the series, The
Burying Place, and it has already been lauded by Booklist
for its “crisp dialogue, steady suspense, and a cast of original
characters,” while London’s Guardian praised ‘Freeman’s
emotional literacy, sense of place and an uncanny ability to wrong-foot
the reader and produce a wholly unexpected ending.”

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