RED WOLF is the fifth book in Liza Marklund's Annika
Bengtzon series but the first book released in the US.
Annika, an investigative reporter for a Stockholm-based
tabloid, is still recovering from being trapped in a tunnel
with a killer. For months, she has focused on caring for
her husband and two young children and reporting on stories
that catch her interest. Annika finds herself focusing on
stories about terrorism which leads her to report on the
anniversary of an attack on an isolated air base in the
1970's. When a reporter who has uncovered new details about
attack is killed on the eve of his meeting with Annika, she
is drawn further into an investigation that leads back to
Red Wolf, a cold-blooded killer who will stop at nothing to
get what he wants.
Annika's personal life provides further complications.
She's still dealing with the emotional aftermath of her
confrontation with a killer. Both she and Thomas, her
husband, are struggling with a loneliness that has crept
into their lives. Annika begins to suspect Thomas is hiding
something and wonders if her marriage is in danger and, if
so, how to save it. Additionally, her best friend Anna
Snapphane is the face for new international television
merger and struggling with changes in her own family.
Annika's willingness to risk it all for the sake of truth
and justice may be needed to fix what's wrong.
Annika is an intelligent and complex heroine whose thirst
for justice regularly leads her into danger, but also helps
her uncover the truth. Her zeal as a reporter, mother,
wife, and friend, leaps off the page. She brings a deep
passion and commitment to all aspects of her life. The
tension and drama of the story are multifaceted. Annika
confronts dangers related to newsroom politics, threats to
her family, and, of course, the search for a killer. RED
WOLF is an action-packed novel that will keep you reading
late in to the night as the truths are revealed one at a time.
On her website, Ms. Marklund indicates that the novels in
the series were not intended to be read in chronological
order. However, I do think I would have been more invested
in the story at the start of the book if I had understood
more about what brought the characters to their current
situations. That said, I completely enjoyed Red Wolf as a
stand-alone book.
In the middle of the freezing winter, a journalist is
murdered in the northern Swedish town of Lulea. Crime
reporter Annika Bengtzon suspects that the killing is linked
to an attack against an air base in the late sixties.
Against the explicit orders of her boss, Annika continues
her investigation of the death, which is soon followed by a
series of shocking murders.
Annika quickly finds herself drawn into a spiral of
terrorism and violence centered around a small communist
group called The Beasts. Meanwhile, her marriage starts to
slide, and in the end she is not only determined to find out
the truth, but also forced to question her own husband's
honesty.
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