Attorney Rebecka Martinsson is trying to get back to work
following a breakdown after her last case. She's in a new
position and, as usual, throws herself almost 24 hours a
day into her work.
When Inspector Anna-Maria Mella comes to Rebecka about a
murder case, she's glad to immerse herself in the
complicated scenario. A dead woman was found on a frozen
lake, and there's evidence of electrical torture. Once
she's identified as Inna Wattrang, one of the higher up
execs in Kallis Mining, everyone on the case knows it's
going to be a tough one.
Mauri Kallis, owner of Kallis Mining, may come across as a
gentleman, but he won't tolerate police and attorneys
prying into his affairs. Even Inna's brother, Diddi
Wattrang, though clearly grief stricken, is unwilling to
share any business information about who may have wanted to
kill Inna.
This is a fascinating book, particularly as a writer
myself. Larsson has done a spectacular job at intertwining
numerous subplots into this book, as well as defining a lot
of strong, interesting personalities. The novel is full of
flashbacks to what the situations that brought the three
characters from Kallis Mining to where they are today, and
at times, I remember thinking that it was a little too
disjointed. But I couldn't stop reading, and I was pulled
strongly into their world. So Larsson made it work -- and
how! I will certainly be reading her other book, THE BLOOD
SPILT, and I definitely recommend this for a rather dark
and intriguing read.
A grisly torture-murder, a haunting northern Sweden
backdrop, and a dark drama of twisted sexuality collide
memorably in Åsa Larsson’s masterpiece of suspense—a tale
of menace, hope, longing, and darkness beyond
imagining.
The dead woman was found on a frozen
lake, her body riddled with evidence of torture.
Instantly, Inspector Anna-Maria Mella knows she needs
help. Because the dead woman—found in workout clothes with
lacy underwear beneath them—was a key player in a mining
company whose tentacles reach across the globe. Anna-Maria
needs a lawyer to help explain some things—and she knows
one of the best.
Attorney Rebecka Martinsson is
desperate to get back to work, to feel alive again after a
case that almost destroyed her. Soon Rebecka is prying
into the affairs of the dead woman’s boss, the founder of
Kallis Mining, whose relationship with his star employee
was both complex and ominous. But what Rebecka and Anna-
Maria are about to uncover—a tangled drama of secrets,
perversion, and criminality—will lay bare a tale as
shocking as it is sad…about a man’s obsession, a woman’s
lonely death, and a killer’s cold, cold heart.
