The Crow Girl: A fast-paced page-turning psychological thriller

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Crow Girl: A fast-paced page-turning psychological thriller
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Erik Axl Sund
Translated by Neil Smith
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:784
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
Thriller/suspense
ISBN/Barcode 9780099583684
ClassificationsDewey:839.738
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint Vintage
Publication Date 6 April 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The most terrifying thriller you'll read this year The international thriller sensation It starts with just one body - the hands bound, the skin covered in marks. Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg is determined to find out who is responsible, despite opposition from her superiors. When two more bodies are discovered, it becomes clear that she is hunting a serial killer. With her career on the line, Kihlberg turns to psychotherapist Sofia Zetterlund. Together, they expose a chain of shocking events that began decades ago - but will it lead them to the murderer before someone else dies? 'A compulsive page-turner' Sunday Express 'Compelling... we are left gasping for breath' Daily Mail 'There's a fantastic twist... the pace of its revelations is relentless' Observer

Author Biography

Erik Axl Sund is the pseudonym for two authors who have been friends and collaborators for years- Jerker Erikson and H kan Axlander Sundquist. H kan was a sound engineer, musician and artist, while Jerker was a music producer and worked as a librarian in a prison. Both live in Sweden where they are now full-time writers, and also run an art gallery together. Originally written as a trilogy before being re-worked for the English language markets The Crow Girl is their first book. The complete trilogy received the 'Special Award' from the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers in 2012, with the academy highlighting the trilogy's "hypnotically captivating psychoanalysis in crime fiction form."

Reviews

Compelling... we are left gasping for breath * Daily Mail * A compulsive page-turner... ridiculously entertaining * Sunday Express * There's a fantastic twist... the pace of its revelations [is] relentless * Observer, Thriller of the Month * Dark, powerful, disturbing * The Times * The best crime novel of the year so far * Metro *