Island archipelagos are Sweden s quintessential summer retreats. Viveca Sten s best-selling crime novels have enjoyed success across Europe and the Stockholm-based author has now turned her hand to food writing. Her debut cookbook explores coastal cuisine, taking us to rocky beaches, salty bays and windy headlands. Sten offers a wealth of exciting recipes including spring vegetables with flavoured butter, truffle-baked black salsify with lentil and apple salad, and seared fast-cured whitefish. The book concludes with a traditional Swedish crayfish party on Sten s own seafront jetty