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For the Dead
Detective Charlie Lager (Book 2)
- Author
- Lina Bengtsdotter
- Narrator
- Emma Powell
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 20 February 2020
- Run Time
- 10 hours 29 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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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...
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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
Critics Review
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The dark humour, compelling characters and exquisite writing means you're always in for a treat with Lina Bengtsdotter's novels
Camilla Läckberg
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Lina Bengtsdotter's books are beautiful, dark and completely addictive. I love them!
Katrine Engberg
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Details
- Author
- Lina Bengtsdotter
- Narrator
- Emma Powell
- Duration
- 10 hours 29 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 February 2020
- ISBN
- 9781409179573
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Fiction in translation, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives
Synopsis
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 MYSTERYThirty 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 OBSESSIONDI Charlie Lager is still haunted by childhood memories of a strange house and the missing girl who once lived there.A DEADLY SECRETConvinced 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
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