Camilla Ceder made her debut in 2008 with Frozen Moment, introducing us to the weary yet charming Police Inspector Christian Tell. This unusual crime novel, which exposes the bleak Swedish countryside as utterly atmospheric, distinguished Ceder from the pack of contemporary Swedish crime writers. With a background in social work and psychotherapy, Ceder brings new perspectives to the Swedish crime genre. She empathizes her characters more than the crimes that they commit (or investigate), and the social and mental mechanisms of the southwestern countryside have become her turf. Babylon (Wahlström & Widstrand 2010), the follow-up to Frozen Moment, was praised for it's psychological depth. Camilla Ceder is currently working on her third crime novel featuring Police Inspector Christian Tell.