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The Black Path

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7th June 2012

Price: £9.99

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9781780873596

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“Rebecka Martinsson: the new Scandi-noir heroine to rival Saga Noren and Sarah Lund” iNews

“Asa Larsson is as deft at writing heart-stopping scenes as she is at getting inside the heads of characters” Washington Post

TWO WOMEN FOLLOW A KILLER’S TRAIL INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS

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…

The novels that inspired the major TV series, Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders

Translated from Swedish by Laurie Thompson

Reviews

Independent
'Among the current batch of Nordic writers, the new Larsson is one to be followed with the most minute attention' Barry Forshaw, Independent.
Mail on Sunday
'what lingers in the mind is Larsson's careful and sympathetic investigation of Rebecka's inner demons' Mail on Sunday.
Sunday Telegraph
'A superior example of Scandinavian noir' Julia Handford, Sunday Telegraph.
Telegraph
'Larsson's laid back style makes her unflinching probing of the icy depths of the human heart all the more chilling' Jake Kerridge, Telegraph.
The Times
Åsa Larsson's genius is in telling the story from multiple viewpoints, so cleverly that you can't see the dots connecting until they hit you right in the face at the end