A grisly torture-murder, a haunting rthern Sweden backdrop, and a dark drama of twisted sexuality collide memorably in Asa Larsson's masterpiece of suspense--a tale of menace, hope, longing, and darkness beyond imagining. The dead woman was found on a frozen lake, her body riddled with evidence of torture. Instantly, Inspector Anna-Maria Mella kws she needs help. Because the dead woman--found in workout clothes with lacy underwear beneath them--was a key player in a mining company whose tentacles reach across the globe. Anna-Maria needs a lawyer to help explain some things--and she kws one of the best. Attorney Rebecka Martinsson is desperate to get back to work, to feel alive again after a case that almost destroyed her. Soon Rebecka is prying into the affairs of the dead woman's boss, the founder of Kallis Mining, whose relationship with his star employee was both complex and omius. But what Rebecka and Anna-Maria are about to uncover--a tangled drama of secrets, perversion, and criminality--will lay bare a tale as shocking as it is sad...about a man's obsession, a woman's lonely death, and a killer's cold, cold heart.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House USA Inc, Delta (Imprint of Dell Publishing)
GTIN
9780385341011
ISBN-10
0385341016
ISBN-13
9780385341011
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96842579
Product Key Features
Author
Asa Larsson
Format
Trade Paperback (Uk), Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Publication Year
2008
Type
Novel
Genre
General & Literary Fiction
Dimensions
Weight
298g
Depth
23 mm
Height
209mm
Width
135mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
New York
Spine
23mm
Pagination
384
Literary Period/Movement
0385341016
Audience
General
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Translated by
Marlaine Delargy
Author Biography
Asa Larsson was born in 1966; she grew up in Kiruna and now lives in Mariefred. She is a qualified lawyer and made her debut in 2003 with Sun Storm, which was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Association Prize for best debut novel. The sequel, The Blood Spilt, was chosen as Best Swedish Crime Novel of 2004. The books were an immediate success; they have been sold to ten countries, and are being launched in the United States; the film rights have been sold to Sandrew Metronome.