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Leif G.W. Persson


Born
in Stockholm, Sweden
March 12, 1945

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Crime


Leif Gustav Willy Persson - better known as Leif GW Persson - is a Swedish criminologist and novelist. He was a professor in criminology at the Swedish National Police Board from 1992 to 2008.

He is known for his crime fiction novels and for his regular appearances as an expert commentator on notable crime cases in television and newspapers. Between 1999 and 2009 he participated as an expert commentator on the television show Efterlyst (Swedish TV program, equivalent of America's Most Wanted) on TV3. Since 2010, he is the expert commentator of Veckans Brott - roughly translated into Weekly Crimes or Crimes of the Week - on SVT. ...more

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Average rating: 3.49 · 16,028 ratings · 1,475 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors
Den döende detektiven
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Linda - som i Lindamordet
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Den sanna historien om Pino...
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Grisfesten: En rövarroman
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Kan man dö två gånger?
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“He who kills the dragon gets the princess and half the kingdom, Holt thought with a smile.”
― Leif Gw Persson, He Who Kills the Dragon
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“she also had a little dog that ran round yapping. One of those Mexican cockroaches that you could drown in a teacup.”
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“The older you got, the less sleep you needed. The closer to death you got, the more you had to make the most of your time awake.”
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