Missing
- 17 Feb 2011
- 9780857860224
- £9.99
- 352 pp
- 129×198mm
- 6 Aug 2009
- 9781847676887
- £7.99
- 352 pp
In a few words
A timely reissue of CWA-shortlisted Karin Alvtegen’s acclaimed psychological thriller
In a few words
A timely reissue of CWA-shortlisted Karin Alvtegen’s acclaimed psychological thriller
Reminiscent of Ruth Rendell at her best.
Alvtegen is a name to watch.
A genuine hit . . . a brilliant novel.
Gefle Dagblad, Sweden
A very powerful novel. Skilfully, very intimately and realistically, Alvtegen describes an individual living outside the margins.
Helsingborgs Dagblad
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The murderer had sliced open the dead man’s torso and removed unspecified internal organs. The police admitted that some kind of religious symbol had been left at the scene of the crime, suggesting a ritual act of slaughter . . .
When a serial killer strikes, a homeless woman finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, framed for horrifying murders that she didn’t commit. On the run and living by her wits, can she avoid capture long enough to prove her innocence?
Missing is a gripping race against the clock, and an examination of the hidden lives of those who choose to live on the outskirts of society.
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Can murder and mercy go hand in hand?
In The Grand Hotel, a homeless woman charms a businessman into paying for dinner and a room. When his dead body is discovered the following morning she becomes the prime suspect. When a second person is killed in similar circumstances, Sybilla, having left her comfortable middle-class upbringing for the anonymity of the streets, becomes the most wanted person in Sweden . . .
Missing is a gripping, multi-faceted thriller; more than a murder-hunt, it is also something more profound : an individual’s journey to self-awareness and hope.
A compelling tale...full of false leads and bloody deeds.
Alvtegen's chilling novels are head and shoulders above the rest of the Scandi crew.
Alvtegen powerfully evokes Sibylla's sense of persecution and conveys what it means to live as an outsider, without ever compromising this compulsive thriller.
A genuine hit . . . a brilliant novel.
Gefle Dagblad, Sweden
A gripping, multi-faceted thriller. It is not only about brutal murder, but also about something more profound - an individual's road to awareness about her own life and value . . . Alvtegen is already amongst the top Swedish crime and thriller authors.
Karin Alvtegen
View profileKarin Alvtegen was born in Jönköping, Sweden, in 1965 and had a varied career, including work in set design for film and stage, before she started to write. She won Sweden’s most prestigious crime novel award, the Glass Key, with Missing, and received further acclaim for her next two novels, Betrayal and Shame. She is the great-neice of Astrid Lindgren (author of the Pippi Longstocking stories), and lives in Stockholm.
Karin Alvtegen
View profileKarin Alvtegen was born in Jönköping, Sweden, in 1965 and had a varied career, including work in set design for film and stage, before she started to write. She won Sweden’s most prestigious crime novel award, the Glass Key, in 2000 with her novel, Missing, and further acclaim with her next two novels, Betrayal and Shame. She is the great-neice of Astrid Lindgren (author of the Pippi Longstocking stories), and lives in Stockholm.
