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Informationen zum Autor Lina Bengtsdotter grew up in Gullspång, Sweden. She is a teacher in Swedish and Psychology and has published a number of short stories in various newspapers and magazines in Sweden and the Nordic countries. She has lived in the UK and in Italy and today resides outside of Stockholm with her three children. Klappentext "She must find the truth about Francesca. Before the past catches up with her...Thirty years ago, the body of a teenage boy was found in Gullspêang's lake, and his best friend vanished from her home. Paul Bergman's death was ruled a suicide; Francesca was never found. Drawn back to Gullspêang, Detective Inspector Charlie Lager is haunted by the strange house she knew as a child, and by the missing girl who once lived there. Convinced that the original investigation was flawed, Charlie is determined to uncover what really happened all those decades ago. But her interest in Francesca's disappearance begins to stir up long-hidden resentments, and half-forgotten memories. And if the truth is revealed, what will it mean for the living - and for the dead?"--Publisher's description. Zusammenfassung DI Charlie Lager returns to investigate a long-buried disappearance in this 'atmospheric', 'evocative' and 'arresting' page-turner of a procedural from the new Swedish queen of crime fiction ************ She must find the truth about Francesca. Before the past catches up with her... AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY Thirty years ago, teenager Paul Bergman was found drowned in Gullspång's lake, and his best friend Francesca vanished from her home. Paul's death was ruled a suicide, and Francesca was never found. A DETECTIVE'S OBSESSION DI Charlie Lager is still haunted by childhood memories of a strange house and the missing girl who once lived there. A DEADLY SECRET Convinced that the original investigation was flawed, Charlie is determined to uncover what really happened all those decades ago. But someone out there is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the truth from coming out... ************ Praise for Lina Bengtsdotter: 'A thriller that lingers in the memory' - SUNDAY TIMES 'Atmospheric, evocative...a first-class procedural...an excellent thriller' - CRIME TIME 'Dark Nordic noir' - THE i 'Takes crime fiction to a disturbingly personal, high level' - SHOTS 'Intelligent and arresting' - MORNING STAR 'A brilliant, dense crime novel' - DAGENS NYHETER ...
