Åsa Larsson Boeken

Op midzomernacht wordt in het noorden van Zweden de feministische predikante Mildred Nilsson dood aangetroffen. Ze is opgehangen aan haar voeten, in de kerk. Nilsson - een herrieschopper, die met zowel haar werkgever, de mannen in het dorp als de jachtvereniging in conflict is geraakt - had veel vijanden. Toch loop het politieonderzoek vast. Als een paar maanden later juriste Rebecka Martinsson belastend materiaal vindt en dat aan de politie overhandigt, blaast zij onbedoeld het politieonderzoek nieuw leven in. Twee jaar eerder was zij in dezelfde streek aanwezig om de moord op religieuze leider Viktor Strandgard te onderzoeken. De overeenkomsten tussen de moorden zijn zodanig dat de politie op zoek is naar een copycat. Het spoor is afgekoeld, maar in het dorp Poikkijärvi, waar de predikant woont, is de waarheid onder de oppervlakte pijnlijk aanwezig.

It’s midsummer in Sweden—when the light lingers through dawn and a long, isolating winter finally comes to an end. In this magical time, a brutal killer has chosen to strike. A female priest—who made enemies and acolytes in equal number—has been found hanging in her church. And a big-city lawyer quite acquainted with death enters the scene as police and parishioners try to pick up the pieces.... Not long ago, attorney Rebecka Martinsson had to kill three men in order to stop an eerily similar murder spree—one that also involved a priest. Now she is back in Kiruna, the region of her birth, while a determined policewoman gnaws on the case and people who loved or loathed the victim mourn or revel in her demise. The further Rebecka is drawn into the mystery—a mystery that will soon take another victim—the more the dead woman’s world clutches her: a world of hurt and healing, sin and sexuality, and, above all, of sacrifice. In prose that is both lyrical and visceral, Åsa Larsson has crafted a novel of pure entertainment, a taut, atmospheric mystery that will hold you in thrall until the last, unforgettable page is turned From the Hardcover edition.

At the end of a deadly bear hunt across the wilderness of Northern Sweden, the hunters are shaken by a horrifying discovery... Across in Kurravaara, a woman is murdered with horrific brutality... Only Rebecka Martinsson sees a connection but she's been dropped from the case...

Spellbinding crime fiction set in Sweden's far north in the Arctic Murders series - Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Best Novel of 2021

One of The Times' "Best Crime Novels by Women since 2000" "Rebecka Martinsson: the new Scandi-noir heroine to rival Saga Noren and Sarah Lund" iNews "In a television world now awash in female coppers, there aren't many as interesting and human as Rebecka" Wall Street Journal The frozen body of a woman is found in a fishing ark on the ice near Torneträsk in northern Sweden. She has been brutally tortured, but the killing blow was clumsy, almost amateur. The body is quickly identified, raising hopes of an open-and-shut solution. But when a six-month-old suicide is disinterred, Rebecka Martinsson and Anna-Maria Mella find themselves investigating shocking corruption at the heart of one of Sweden's most successful mining companies. One that has powerful enemies of its own.

It is the first thaw of spring and the body of a young woman surfaces in the River Thorne in the far north of Sweden. Rebecka Martinsson is working as a prosecutor in nearby Karuna. Her sleep has been disturbed by haunting visions of a shadowy, accusing figure. Could the body belong to the ghost in her dreams? And where is the dead girl's boyfriend, also reported as missing the previous winter? Joining forces once again with Police Inspectors Anna-Maria Mella and Sven-Erik St. lnacke, Rebecka is drawn into an investigation that centres on old rumours about a plane carrying supplies for German troops in 1943 that never arrived. Shame and secrecy shroud the locals' memories of the war, with Sweden's early collaboration with the Nazis still a raw wound. And on the windswept shore of a frozen lake lurks a killer who will kill again to keep the past buried for ever beneath half a century's silent ice and snow

In the frozen expanses of northern Sweden, a church becomes the scene of a gruesome sacrifice: a man’s body, brutally mutilated. The victim’s sister, Sanna, stumbles upon the horrifying scene and quickly finds herself the prime suspect. In desperation, she reaches out to her old friend, Rebecka Martinsson, a sharp city lawyer reluctant to return to the small town she left behind in disgrace. As Rebecka navigates the tight-knit community, she must confront its dark secrets and unravel the truth behind the murder. This gripping mystery, filled with suspense and a chilling atmosphere, showcases Asa Larsson’s talent for storytelling. The narrative draws readers into a labyrinthine conspiracy, as Rebecka digs deeper into the town's hidden truths, facing resistance from its wary inhabitants. With echoes of Stieg Larsson's work, the novel promises to captivate fans of crime thrillers. Asa Larsson, a bestselling author with over a million and a half books sold, won acclaim for her debut novel, which earned the award for Sweden's best first crime novel. Her subsequent work continues to build on her reputation in the genre.

V neděli se mají Viggo a Alrik odstěhovat z Mariefredu, od Anderse s Lajlou! Za všechno může Iris — kdyby se nenechala chytit černou čarodějnicí, Alrika s Viggem by při vloupání do školy nenatočila kamera. Události však naberou překvapivý spád: Viggo nečekaně zjistí, kde najít řešení záhady nestvůry pod kouzelnou knihovnou! Stihnou zachránit Mariefred a celý svět, než se do knihovny dostane černá čarodějnice? A kdo stojí v pozadí za Maggie Migrénou? Věštecké karty kdysi předpověděly krkavčím bratrům pohromu, které už nemůže nic zabránit. Hladina magie i napětí stoupá, a je to tady — závěrečný souboj!

Návykové jako Harry Potter, mrazivé jako Hunger Games. PAX Když se žáci mariefredské školy vypraví na exkurzi k zamrzlému jezeru Mäleren, stane se neštěstí. Iris tvrdí, že v tom má prsty vodník. A i když je Iris podle Vigga s Alrikem ta nejnesnesitelnější osoba ve vesmíru, musejí jí kluci dát za pravdu. V jezeře žije podivný vodní tvor, který své oběti stahuje pod hladinu. Kromě toho přichází do zámku Gripsholm nový správce, na němž je něco divného. A co se to děje s Henrym Nazdárkem? Poslední dobou se chová jako vyměněný. Alrik s Viggem musejí překonat své nejhorší noční můry, aby situaci zvládli. Ale bude to stačit? Navíc se v Mariefredu objevila jejich máma! S neuvěřitelným překvapením…

Konec se blíží! Hladina magie a napětí v devátém díle série PAX stoupá! Černá čarodějnice uzavírá osudovou dohodu s noční můrou a Estridin strážce snů se tím ocitá mimo hru. Krkavčí bratři Alrik a Viggo se vydávají Estrid zachránit do jejích snů. Iris je varuje, že vstoupit do světa snů je velmi nebezpečné: kdo zemře tam, zemře doopravdy… Pro čtenáře od deseti let.