Carin Gerhardsen was born in 1962 in Katrineholm, Sweden. Originally a mathematician, she enjoyed a successful career as an IT consultant before turning her hand to writing crime fiction. The Gingerbread House and Cinderella Girl are the first two novels in the Hammarby series, books following Detective Inspector Conny Sjoberg and his murder investigation team. Carin now lives in Stockholm with her husband and their two children. She is currently working on the seventh title in the series.
The books are fast-paced and addictive: finely tuned pieces that virtually demand to be read in one sitting -- Barry Forshaw The pages turn themselves, right up to the final startling twist -- John Verdon Carin Gerhardsen writes so vividly, like she is painting with words, gripping your heart and soul in an ever-tightening tourniquet -- Peter James