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The kindness of strangers

The first brick in the façade of Växjö’s perfect little world crumbled on a Tuesday. It wasn’t a dramatic collapse, not at first.

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October 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The bleeding chair

But on this rain-lashed Tuesday in rural Småland, the order shattered. The last patient of the day, young Liam Sjöberg, never left the plush green chair.

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October 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The digital gallows

The first sign was a flicker. A single, dismissive blink of the lights in the Växjö police station at 4:17 AM. The second was the silence.

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November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The day of the willow man

The note was always the same. A single sheet of cheap, cream-coloured paper, folded once.

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December 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The Växjö vault

The bell above the door of ‘A Touch of Antiquity’ jingled its cheap, tinny tune. Inside, the air was thick with the smell of beeswax and neglect.

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October 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The welcome committee

The ink was still wet on the packing boxes. The house, a charming red wooden villa on the outskirts of Växjö smelled fresh paint, pine forests.

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December 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
February 4, 2026 at 8:48 AM
A stain on the snow

The crisp Växjö air, usually filled with the scent of pine and frozen lakes, carried a different, fouler odour from behind the ‘Happy Hound’ pet store.

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January 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The poisoned petunia

The greenhouse was a paradise, a humid, fragrant oasis filled with the impossible colours of orchids and the heady scent of nightblooming jasmine

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January 23, 2026 at 11:11 AM
The Mayor's secret

A thousand kronor diverted from the parks maintenance fund. Five thousand from the library’s new acquisitions budget.

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December 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The welcome committee

The first fire was put down to accident. A faulty heater in the converted fritidshus of the Dutch couple who’d moved to Småland for the silence

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January 29, 2026 at 9:49 AM
The lady of Lakeholm Manor

The call came as Inspector Mats Lundström was contemplating the profound sadness of a microwaved meatball dinner.

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September 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Dead coach walking

The scent of liniment and decades of sweat hung heavy in the Växjö Vikings’ locker room.

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September 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A cone of betrayal

The scream tore through the idyllic summer evening, a sharp, silver needle in the placid fabric of the small town of Årby.

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December 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
September 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The Växjö vortex

The silence in the lab was not one of peace, but of interrupted chaos. Beakers sat with half-evaporated, iridescent liquids.

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November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A bitter aftertaste

The scent of cardamom and freshly baked cinnamon buns hung heavy in the pre-dawn air, a fragrant promise of the day to come.

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December 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM