The Drowning
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By Lackberg, Camilla
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Swedish crime sensation and No. 1 international bestseller, Camilla Lackberg's new psychological thriller - for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo A man mysteriously vanishes on his way to work in Fjallbacka. His wife and children have no idea where he could have gone. Four month...s later, Patrik Hedstrom at the Tanumshede police force gets a call: the man has been found murdered, frozen underneath the ice. The case takes a sudden turn when it emerges one of the dead man's friends, author Christian Thydell, has been receiving anonymous death threats. Christian is on the brink of making it big with his breakthrough novel The Mermaid. When he receives another ominous message during the launch party, Christian breaks down and shows the letters to Erica, who is pregnant with twins. She has long suspected that something is tormenting Christian and ignores his pleas to leave the police out of it. Erica sneaks one letter away to show Patrik, who instantly realizes the danger Christian is in. This is someone carrying a deep hatred for Christian, someone confused and unstable who wouldn't hesitate in turning the threats into reality. And when yet another man is found murdered, the police realize there is a connection between the killings, which leads them into the dead men's pasts!
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Interest Age |
General Audience |
Reading Age |
General Audience |
Library of Congress |
Detective and mystery stories, Police - Sweden, Hedstreom, Patrik (Fictitious character) |
NBS Text |
Crime, Thriller & Adventure |
ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
NZ Review |
Praise for Camilla Lackberg: 'Mesmerising ! It's Lackberg's particular skill to have created two of the most fully rounded characters in contemporary crime fiction, with a warmth that cuts right through the Nordic chill' Independent 'Lackberg is an expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with blood-curdling horror! a must for white-knuckle junkies' Guardian 'Lackberg is particularly good at portraying the claustrophobia of a small community in which everyone knows everyone else and the police may well be friends with killers' The Times 'Camilla Lackberg is probably the hottest female writer in Sweden at the moment! Lackberg's job is to make the reader pleasurably uncomfortable -- one of her ironclad skills' Barry Forshaw, Independent 'Chilly, deceptive and lucid, just like the icy environment it describes' Literary Review 'Both chilling and thrilling' Sun 'Heart-stopping and heart-warming, The Ice Princess is a masterclass in Scandinavian crime writing' Val McDermid |
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Author's Bio
Camilla Lackberg is a worldwide bestseller renowned for her brilliant contemporary psychological thrillers. Her novels have sold to more than 50 countries with translations into 25 languages. She has sold over 12 million copies to date and was Europe's ninth bestselling author last year.
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