Bøker av Åsa Larsson

Kiruna, mars 2005. En mann bryter seg inn i en ark, og finner en myrdet kvinne i sengen. Rundt vristen har kvinnen en merkelig båndformet brannskade. Juristen Rebecka Martinsson og politifolkene Sven-Erik Stålnacke og Anna-Maria Mella blir tilkalt. De oppdager snart at saken har internasjonale forgreininger. Dette er den tredje romanen om Rebecka Martinsson.

'A breath of fresh cold air . . . a dangerous edge to gladden fans of Lisbeth Salander' Boyd TonkinFrom the million-book bestselling author comes another nail-biting thriller, for fans of Stieg Larsson, The Bridge and The Killing TV series.The murder of a female priest sends shockwaves through the isolated community of Kiruna. A crime that has terrifying echoes of another. Lawyer Rebecka Martinsson returns to Kiruna to help the police, and is soon drawn into the dead woman's world. A world of hurt and healing, sin and sexuality, and above all, of lethal sacrifice.Can Rebecka find the truth before she is consumed by it?'Among the current batch of Nordic writers, Larsson is one to be followed with the most minute attention' Barry Forshaw, Independent'A superior example of Scandinavian noir' Julia Handford, Sunday Telegraph'Larsson's laid-back style makes her unflinching probing of the icy depths of the human heart all the more chilling' Jake Kerridge, TelegraphAsa Larsson has sold over a million and a half books worldwide. Her first novel, The Savage Altar, won the award for Sweden's best first crime novel. This is her second novel starring Rebecka Martinsson.

Oprah.com raved that Asa Larsson's Rebecka Martinsson is a crime fighter who has all the needed gut insticts," and listed the series as "Mysteries Every Thinking Woman Should Read." In Until Thy Wrath Be Past the body of a young woman surfaces in the River Torne, in the far north of Sweden. Meanwhile, Rebecka Martinsson is working as a prosecutor in nearby Kiruna. Her sleep has been disturbed by haunting visions of a shadowy, accusing figure. Could the body be connected to the ghostly young woman in her dreams? Joining forces once again with Police Inspector Anna-Maria Mella, Rebecka is drawn into a murder and missing-person investigation that becomes entangled with old rumors of a German supply plane that mysteriously disappeared in 1943. Shame and secrecy shroud the locals' memories of the war, with Sweden's early collaboration with the Nazis still a raw wound. And on the windswept shore of a frozen lake lurks a faceless killer determined to keep the past buried forever beneath half a century's silent ice and snow. With its psychologically complex twists and turns, this harrowing thriller captivates from the very first page.

At the end of a deadly bear hunt across the wilderness of Northern Sweden, the hunters are shaken by a horrifying discovery... Across in Kurravaara, a woman is murdered with horrific brutality... Only Rebecka Martinsson sees a connection but she's been dropped from the case...

One of The Times' "Best Crime Novels by Women since 2000"    "Rebecka Martinsson: the new Scandi-noir heroine to rival Saga Noren and Sarah Lund" iNews    "In a television world now awash in female coppers, there aren't many as interesting and human as Rebecka"  Wall Street Journal The frozen body of a woman is found in a fishing ark on the ice near Torneträsk in northern Sweden. She has been brutally tortured, but the killing blow was clumsy, almost amateur.  The body is quickly identified, raising hopes of an open-and-shut solution. But when a six-month-old suicide is disinterred, Rebecka Martinsson and Anna-Maria Mella find themselves investigating shocking corruption at the heart of one of Sweden's most successful mining companies. One that has powerful enemies of its own.

Dette er den femte romanen om Rebecka Martinsson.

Dette er andre bok med Rebecka Martinsson i hovedrollen.Det er sommernatt i nordsvenske Jukkasjärvi. Med et kubein i hånden venter morderen på offeret sitt, presten Mildred Nilsson. Nilsson er både feminist og kontroversiell; hun har vært på kant med arbeidsgiveren, mennene i lokalsamfunnet og jaktlaget. Det er flere som har hatt grunn til å ønske livet av henne. Og snart blir hun funnet hengende i en kjetting under kirkeorgelet. Da politiet et par måneder senere har trappet ned etterforskningen på grunn av manglende bevis, reiser stockholmsadvokaten Rebecka Martinsson til Jukkasjärvi for å rydde opp i kirkens juridiske affærer. I Mildreds skap finner hun trusselbrev og papirer som gjelder kirkens finanser. Med ett får drapssaken aktualitet igjen.

Tenåringene Wilma Persson og Simon Kyrö dykker etter et gammelt flyvrak i islagte Vittangijärvi. Sikkerhetslinen har de festet over råken de sagde i isen. Men noen kutter linen og legger en dør over åpningen. Simon greier ikke å finne veien tilbake, mens Wilma i desperasjon hakker et nytt hull i isen med dykkerkniven sin. Noen griper hånden hun stikker opp i luften. Med sine siste krefter sliter hun seg løs. Hva slags hemmeligheter ligger gjemt i flyet? Hvem er villig til å begå drap for å skjule sine spor? Dette er den fjerde boka om statsadvokat Rebecka Martinsson og politibetjent Anna-Maria Mella.

I Kiruna blir den åndelige lederen i Kraftkildens kirke, Viktor Strandgård, brutalt myrdet midt i altergangen. Neste morgen får stockholmsadvokaten Rebecka Martinsson en uventet telefon. Rebecka er vokst opp i Kiruna og kjente Viktor, og nå ber søsteren hans, Sanna, om hjelp. Sanna er overbevist om at politiet mistenker henne for drapet, og frykter at noen vil ta fra henne barna. Motvillig vender Rebecka tilbake til barndomsbyen. Hjemkomsten vekker til live sterke følelser, og snart jages hun både av sin egen fortid og av krefter som ønsker å bringe henne til taushet. Dette er forfatterens debutroman og den første romanen om Rebecka Martinsson.

'A breath of fresh cold air . . . a dangerous edge to gladden fans of Lisbeth Salander' Boyd TonkinThe first in the Rebecka Martinsson series from the million-book bestselling author, for fans of Stieg Larsson, The Bridge and The Killing TV series.A church in the glittering frozen wastes of northern Sweden. Inside, a sacrifice: the body of a man - slashed to pieces, hands severed, eyes gouged out.The victim's sister is first to discover the body and she soon finds herself the police's only suspect. Terrified and confused, she calls on an old friend: hot-shot city lawyer Rebecka Martinsson.Can Rebecka dig beneath the surface of the community that she once fled, and find the truth? 'A chilling plot knee-deep in blood-spattered snow' Jim Kelly'A labyrinthine conspiracy, superlative storytelling' IndependentA nail biting, suspense-filled mystery' Sunday TelegraphAsa Larsson has sold over a million and a half books worldwide. Her first novel, The Savage Altar, won the award for Sweden's best first crime novel. Her second novel, The Blood Spilt, is also available from Penguin now.