Missing
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 184195408X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-04 |
| Language | : | Swedish |
DESCRIPTION:
Recommend to readers who enjoyed Petra Hammesfahr’s The Sinner (2007), for the similarly tormented female main character, and fans of Asa Larsson’s Rebecca Martinsson series (Blood Split, 2007), for a Swedish woman who must solve a crime that requires facing her painful past. Her peaceful existence comes to a sudden end when she is accused of murder and goes on the run, too scared to go to the police and clear herself but frantic to regain her carefully built life. Winner of the Glass Key Award in Sweden, this is a taut, riveting, and impossible-to-put-down story o
His dead body is discovered the following morning and Sybilla becomes the prime suspect. She is always well-dressed and displays impeccable manners. Sybilla Forsenstrom doesn't exist. For fifteen years she has been excluded from society and, as one of the homeless in Stockholm, she takes each day as it comes, keeping all her possessions in her rucksack - apart from a knife and salami which she stores in a smart briefcase. When a second person is killed in similar circumstances, she becomes the most wanted person in Sweden.. One night, in The Grand Hotel, she charms a susceptible businessman into paying for her dinner and room
Lee Cooper said This was a quite a good psychological thriller. This was a quite a good psychological thriller. Alex is a single mum to teenager Gus, she is a freelance journalist and is close to her sister Sasha. Sasha's two beautiful children are murdered, Harry's body is found but unfortunately they are unable to find Millie. Alex is extremely worried about Sasha and when the opportunity arises to interview Jackie Wood, the woman convicted of the murders Alex jumps at the chance. What will Jackie say to Alex? Will she find out the answers to her questions about the children? Then Jackie Wood is released after previously being convicted, this is a big shock to bot. A Cool Swedish Thriller! Ray J. Palen Jr. Having just read Stieg Larsson I continued with my streak of Swedish-based mysteries with Karin Altvegen's "Missing", which has also been nominated for the 2009 Edgar Awards Best Novel.The book is small and reads quickly almost like a novella (I can only wonder what may have omitted in translation). The story of a 32-year old willingly homeless woman named Sibylla who suddenly finds herself accused of being a serial killer is compelling.The first half of the book jumps between present and past. In the present, Sibylla is on the run from the authorities who think she has committed several gruesome murder. P. Ho said Wonderful character study. Others have given a pretty good summary of the book. I'd like to add that this absorbing, suspenseful, rapidly moving story is highly reminiscent of the Ruth Rendell (who also focused on similarly troubled loners and the unpredictable course that fate hands them) at her peak. I was always involved in the fate of the woman who finds herself the prime suspect in a series of bizarre, serial like murders. And what made it especially notable was how she survived as an almost non existent, homeless person relying on the meager handouts of her parents, and on her wits. The ending was satisfying especially for
. Missing was awarded the premier Scandinavian crime writing award and was also nominated for the Poloni Award and Best Crime Novel 2000 in Sweden. Alvtegen lives in Stockholm. KARIN ALVTEGEN (b. Her great aunt was Astrid Lindgren. 1966) is regarded as the most exciting new crime writer in Scandinavia