He groaned irritably and let the phone ring a few times before picking up. It was Swedberg.“You have to come down to the Drug Analysis Unit at SKL immediately,” he began. Lilja had never heard Swedberg so agitated and was caught slightly off-guard.“I see,” he managed to respond and put down his coffee cup.“I know it sounds a little cloak and dagger, but I want you and Walter to come here as fast as you can. We have something that we’re anxious to show you, with regard to Karin Sjöstrand’s daughter,” Swedberg continued.Lilja was not the slightest bit interested in going to Linköping and the National Laboratory of Forensic Science, known as SKL. This would be a task that would take the whole day to complete and he had booked this Friday for personal errands.Lilja reluctantly conceded after further entreaties from Swedberg to accompany Walter to SKL. The weekly shopping at the Co-op and the cosy hour with the wife would have to wait until tomorrow, Lilja thought, and drained his coffee cup.“WHY WAS SWEDBERG so agitated?”
