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In this follow-up to Liza Marklund's "stunningly great"
(BookReporter.com) thriller "Lifetime," newspaper reporter Annika
Bengtzon is left to pick up the pieces after a shocking and complex
murder case turns her world upside down and leaves her personal
life in shambles.
Meanwhile, an intruder brutally murders an entire family on Spain's
Costa del Sol, and Annika must fly to the glitzy locale to report
on the case. Upon arrival she discovers that a fifth family member
is unaccounted for. Soon, the killers are found, but they too have
met their demise--in the same grisly manner they killed the
Soderstrom family.
Amid a culture weighed down by drug smuggling and money laundering,
Annika must try to find the missing girl before it's too late.
NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS . . .
Police officer Nina Hoffman is called to the scene of a grisly
crime. There she finds fellow officer and friend David Lindholm
naked on his bed, shot through the head and stomach. His
traumatized wife, Julia, is in shock, and can barely form a
coherent sentence. She hovers near the body, rambling on about a
woman entering the house, killing David, and running off with their
son--but all the evidence points to her guilt. Annika Bengtzon is
drawn headfirst into the case, because she believes that Julia is
about to be falsely charged. But will anyone else believe it?
Chilling and complex, this thriller will have you guessing until
the shocking end.
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Red Wolf (Paperback)
Liza Marklund; Translated by Neil Smith
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AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH? Reporter Annika Bengtzon is working on the
story of a devastating crime when she hears that a journalist
investigating the same incident has been killed. It appears to be a
hit-and-run accident. A SERIES OF MURDERS Several brutal killings
follow - all linked by handwritten letters sent to the victims'
relatives. When Annika unravels a connection with the story she's
writing, she is thrown on to the trail of a deadly psychopath. THE
HUNT IS ON Caught in a frenzied spiral of secrets and violence,
Annika finds herself and her marriage at breaking point. Will her
refusal to stop pursuing the truth eventually destroy her?
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Red Wolf (Paperback)
Liza Marklund
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Beneath a dark winter sky . . . death waits patiently.
A journalist is murdered in the frozen white landscape of a
northern Swedish town. Annika Bengtzon, a reporter at a
Stockholm-based tabloid, was planning to interview him about a
long-ago attack against an isolated air base nearby, and now she
suspects that his death is linked to that attack.
Against the explicit orders of her boss, she begins to investigate
the event, which is soon followed by a series of shocking murders.
Annika knows the murders are connected. At the same time, she
begins to suspect that her husband is hiding something, and nothing
can counteract the loneliness that has crept into her life.
Behind everything lurks the figure of the Red Wolf, a cold-blooded
killer with the soul of a lover. In the end, she must discover the
truth not only about the murders but also about the lies that are
destroying her own family.
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Without A Trace (Paperback)
Liza Marklund; Translated by Neil Smith
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A family torn apart. Another trying to find a way to be as one.
Ingemar Lerberg had it all: successful businessman, politician,
husband, father. Until he is found, brutally beaten and left for
dead, in his mansion in a fashionable district of Stockholm. His
wife, Nora, is missing. With no alternative, his children are taken
into care. In one night, a family has been ripped apart. Journalist
Annika Bengtzon is assigned to the case. As she delves into the
horrifying details of this family's fate, she grapples too with the
change in her own. With her new boyfriend she must patch together a
family from their respective children and stepchildren, and find a
way for them all to live harmoniously. Family matters above all
else, but all is never as it seems. Behind the scenes, darkness
lies.
Paris is stunning in the summer
NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous
cities. But the sights aren't what draw him--he sees each museum,
each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's
killer.
The killing is simply marvelous
Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on
vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen,
Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the
murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes
each new victim.
Wish you were here
Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who
has just received a postcard in Stockholm--and they think they know
where the next victims will be. With relentless logic and
unstoppable action, "The Postcard Killers" may be James Patterson's
most vivid and compelling thriller yet.
On the shortest night of the year, thirteen people are due to film
a prime time TV series but on the morning of Midsummer's Eve, the
brightest star in Swedish television is found shot dead in a mobile
control room. Newspaper reporter Annika Bengtzon is drawn into the
investigation where she soon learns that one of the suspects is her
best friend. As events unfold her personal life starts to take a
turn for the worse. Meanwhile, there's a murderer on the loose -
and a terrifying drama about to take place in the public eye.
Paris is stunning in the summer
NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous
cities. But the sights aren't what draw him--he sees each museum,
each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's
killer.
The killing is simply marvelous
Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on
vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen,
Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the
murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes
each new victim.
Wish you were here
Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who
has just received a postcard in Stockholm--and they think they know
where the next victims will be. With relentless logic and
unstoppable action, "The Postcard Killers" may be James Patterson's
most vivid and compelling thriller yet.
The shocking ninth novel in the Martin Beck mystery series by Maj
Sjowall and Per Wahloo finds Beck investigating parallel cases that
have shocked a small rural community.
In a country town, a woman is brutally murdered and left buried in
a swamp. There are two main suspects: her closest neighbor and her
ex-husband. Meanwhile, on a quiet suburban street a midnight
shootout takes place between three cops and two teenage boys. Dead,
one cop and one kid. Wounded, two cops. Escaped, one kid. Martin
Beck and his partner Lenart Kollberg are called in to investigate.
As Beck digs deeper into the murky waters of the young girl's
murder, Kollberg scours the town for the teenager, and together
they are forced to examine the changing face of crime.
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