Cult

Description

A thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last! A kidnapped boy... A young child is snatched in broad daylight outside his nursery. Nobody in charge sees a thing, but the other children say a woman is the culprit ... The police find a link ... Detective Mina Dabiri calls on her close friend Vincent to untangle the puzzle that surrounds the kidnapped boy. As he finds a link between the boy and other others who have gone missing, it becomes clear that time is running out for everyone involved .... A looming threat... Meanwhile, Mina's estranged daughter gets caught up in the secretive world of Epicura, a shadowy organisation that claims to be a centre for leadership development. Can Mina protect her child-a child who doesn't even know she exists?

Born in 1974, Camilla Lackberg lives in a suburb of Stockholm with her three children. After graduating from Gothenburg University of Economics, she moved to Stockholm where she worked for a few years as an economist. However, a course in creative crime writing became the trigger to a drastic change of career. The same week her son was born in August 2002, her first novel Isprinsessan, (The Ice Princess) was accepted for publication. Camilla is now a worldwide bestseller renowned for her thrillers featuring Detective Patrik Hedstroem and his wife, crime writer Erica Falck. Her novels are al based in Fjallbacka, the small fishing village where Camilla was born. Her hobbies are cooking - she's written a cookbook with a chef called Flavours from Fjallbacka - and spending time with friends.

Praise for Camilla Lackberg: 'A sexy, sensational novel with intoxicating vengeance and an unexpected tenderness - The Golden Cage is tensely and skillfully drawn' Karin Slaughter 'Lackberg's new embrace of a terrifying revenge scenario furnishes visceral psychological crime.' Financial Times 'The Golden Cage is a twisting, brutal tale of betrayal and revenge. Lackberg paints a vivid portrait of a dark and complicated anti-heroine who is both the abused and abuser, victim and victimizer. A chilling, timely read sure to thrill her international legion of fans!' Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Inside 'A wonderful, take-no-prisoners mashup of Gone Girl, Billions, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' Chris Bohjalian, New York Times best-selling author of The Flight Attendant and The Red Lotus 'Camilla Lackberg is a master of psychological suspense: she grabbed me by the throat with this sharply written, wildly entertaining tale of wealth, power and revenge and kept me up straight through the night' Cristina Alger, New York Times best-selling author of Girls Like Us 'Domesticity and brutality are Lackberg staples... Tightly plotted... Unflinching' Sunday Times 'Heart-stopping and heart-warming ... a masterclass in Scandinavian crime writing' Val McDermid 'Pacy ... with flashing insight into the dark places of the psyche' Sunday Times 'A top-class Scandinavian crime writer' The Times 'The rock star of Nordic Noir' Independent 'Lackberg is an expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with blood-curdling horror' Guardian 'Both chilling and thrilling' Sun 'A satisfying and counterintuitive clash between the cosy and gruesome strands of the genre' Guardian