Without a Trace (37 page)

She has been awarded numerous prizes, including the inaugural Petrona award for best Scandinavian crime novel of the year 2013 for
Last Will
, as well as a nomination for the Glass Key for best Scandinavian crime novel.

Visit her website at
www.lizamarklund.com

Neil Smith
studied Scandinavian Studies at University College London, and lived in Stockholm for several years. He now lives in Norfolk.

BORDERLINE

THE LONG SHADOW

LIFETIME

LAST WILL

RED WOLF

PRIME TIME

VANISHED

EXPOSED

THE BOMBER

POSTCARD KILLERS

A violent robbery has taken place in an affluent area of the Costa Del Sol, in which an entire family are killed.

Annika Bengtzon is assigned to cover the story for the
Evening Post
. But when she arrives in Spain and gains access to the crime scene, she discovers there was a third child – a teenage daughter – who is unaccounted for.

Annika makes it her mission to find the missing girl. But as she delves into the mystery she becomes embroiled in a far darker side of Spanish life than she’d envisioned, as she begins to piece together a terrifying story of violence, abuse and murder.

‘Liza Marklund has a knack for building beautifully elaborate and suspenseful plots. One of her greatest surprises is the strength of her heroine, Annika Bengtzon, an astonishing woman and an incredibly complicated character’
KARIN SLAUGHTER

In the midst of a Swedish winter, a young mother is found murdered behind her son’s nursery. Halfway across the world, in the sweltering Kenyan heat, a government official is kidnapped.

As a journalist, Annika Bengtzon is often on the frontline, witness to the darkness humans are capable of. But this time it’s different. It’s personal.

The official held to ransom is her husband and she must meet the extreme demands of his kidnappers if she is to bring him home. And what of the Swedish mother slain in the snow? Until her killer is found, no one is safe . . .

‘In a league of her own’
HENNING MANKELL

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Originally published in Swedish by Piratförlaget in 2013
as
Lyckliga gatan
First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Corgi Books
an imprint of Transworld Publishers
Copyright © Liza Marklund 2013
English translation copyright © Neil Smith 2015

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