Leona – All Means Allowed

By Jenny Rogneby

A man blows himself up outside the Parliament House in Stockholm but miraculously survives. Was he a lone wolf, or are there more heinous acts to follow?

Leona Lindberg is put on the case. But Leona, who has barely escaped her trials from the last case, is focused on other things. Her family is shattered, she is living under threat and desperately needs liquid assets. It’s lucky then, that she can think outside the box like no other detective. With one foot on each side of the law, she mounts a special operation of grand proportions. And the higher the risk, the higher the rewards.

Publishing information

Year of publication

2016

Page count

394

Original title

Leona – Alla medel tillåtna

Original language

Swedish

Original publisher

Wahlström & Widstrand

Book series

Leona (Book 2)

About the author

Jenny Rogneby is an author and criminologist, born in Ethiopia in 1974 and adopted to Sweden at the age of one. She grew up in the far north of Sweden, where her early talent for music led to formal training in piano and dance, eventually launching her first career as a pop artist.As her music career developed, Jenny became increasingly interested in human behavior and the psychological and societal forces behind our actions. This curiosity led to a degree in Criminology. She went on to work for seven years as a Criminal Investigator with the Stockholm City Police, handling a wide range of cases including theft, assault, sexual violence, and murder.Her experience in law enforcement sparked her transition into fiction writing, leading to her 2014 debut with Leona – The Die is Cast, the first in a best-selling crime series sold to 14 countries and optioned for film in the United States.In 2022, Jenny launched a new critically acclaimed crime trilogy featuring Angela Lans, a mediator determined to reform the justice system from within. In 2025, Jenny launches a new series featuring police interrogators Annie Altin and Alexander Tilly.

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Reviews

“Jenny Rogneby is the new queen of Nordic noir. Her heroine is like no one else. And the way she writes! She grabs you and you just can’t stop reading.”

David Lagercrantz

“Edgy…Rapid-fire cuts between narrators convey the vicious uncertainties of Leona’s near-sociopathic hallucinogenic struggle to pay off her debt and make a better life for her school-aged daughter. Rogneby draws effectively on her background in criminology and experience as a Stockholm police detective.”

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