This is a book series by stig larson. He wrote like three of these before he handed any of them to a publisher. And then he passed away very shortly after that. This book came out in two thousand six in sweden, two thousand nine in the u.S. The translations are by regg keland, a k a stephen t. Murphy,. who wanted name removed after another editor did some work to it, apparently. Did we settle on rag or redge? Great question. All right, we didn't. It was a best sellar in the U.K. Right away. In sweden they did all three. Agens were hidit all