{"title":"Books by Åsa Larsson","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780241956458","title":"The Blood Spilt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A breath of fresh cold air . . . a dangerous edge to gladden fans of Lisbeth Salander' Boyd Tonkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the million-book bestselling author comes another nail-biting thriller, for fans of Stieg Larsson, The Bridge and The Killing TV series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe murder of a female priest sends shockwaves through the isolated community of Kiruna. A crime that has terrifying echoes of another. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLawyer 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan Rebecka find the truth before she is consumed by it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Among the current batch of Nordic writers, Larsson is one to be followed with the most minute attention' Barry Forshaw, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A superior example of Scandinavian noir' Julia Handford, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Larsson's laid-back style makes her unflinching probing of the icy depths of the human heart all the more chilling' Jake Kerridge, \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAsa Larsson has sold over a million and a half books worldwide. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Altar\u003c\/i\u003e, won the award for Sweden's best first crime novel. This is her second novel starring Rebecka Martinsson.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43201637941426,"sku":"9780241956458","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241956458_f518480a-2d80-4df2-b999-5bdedc96fefb.jpg?v=1786012432"},{"product_id":"9781849167383","title":"The Sins of Our Fathers","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year 2021 (Swedish Crime Writers' Academy)\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Storytel Award for Best Suspense Novel 2021\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Adlibris Award for Best Suspense Novel 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Forensic pathologist Lars Pohjanen has only a few weeks to live when he asks Rebecka Martinsson to investigate a murder that has long since passed the statute of limitations. A body found in a freezer at the home of the deceased alcoholic, Henry Pekkari, has been identified as a man who disappeared without a trace in 1962: the father of Swedish Olympic boxing champion Börje Ström. Rebecka wants nothing to do with a fifty-year-old case - she has enough to worry about. But how can she ignore a dying man's wish?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When the post-mortem confirms that Pekkari, too, was murdered, Rebecka has a red-hot investigation on her hands. But what does it have to do with the body kept in his freezer for decades?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, the city of Kiruna is being torn down and moved a few kilometres east, to make way for the mine that has been devouring the city from below. With the city in flux, the tentacles of organized crime are slowly taking over . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fragile yet fierce Rebecka Martinsson returns in a spellbinding addition to the Arctic Murders series, now a Walter Presents drama for television.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Swedish by Frank Perry\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205603066034,"sku":"9781849167383","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781849167383.jpg?v=1786029482"},{"product_id":"9781529432367","title":"Until Thy Wrath Be Past","description":"\u003cp\u003eOprah.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 \u003ci\u003eUntil Thy Wrath Be Past \u003c\/i\u003ethe 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoining 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43231261491378,"sku":"9781529432367","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529432367_b5a79b61-a14d-45e3-89c0-18c253afba1b.jpg?v=1786022966"},{"product_id":"9781529432350","title":"The Second Deadly Sin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe novels that inspired \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders - the major TV series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rebecka Martinsson: the new Scandi-noir heroine to rival Saga Noren and Sarah Lund\" \u003ci\u003eiNews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In a television world now awash in female coppers, there aren't many as interesting and human as Rebecka\"  \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the end of a deadly bear hunt across the wilderness of Northern Sweden, the successful hunters are shaken by a grisly discovery. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross in Kurravaara, a woman is murdered with frenzied brutality: crude abuse scrawled above her bloodied bed, her young grandson nowhere to be found. Only Rebecka Martinsson sees a connection. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDropped from the case thanks to a jealous rival, she now stands alone against a killer who brings death to young and old, spawned by a horrifying crime that festers after one hundred years on ice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43231261524146,"sku":"9781529432350","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529432350_528a0bd9-e66d-4ea1-b92f-c66e6b7ac2a5.jpg?v=1786022964"},{"product_id":"9781529432343","title":"The Black Path","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Times' \"\u003c\/i\u003eBest Crime Novels by Women since 2000\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Rebecka Martinsson: the new Scandi-noir heroine to rival Saga Noren and Sarah Lund\" \u003ci\u003eiNews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"In a television world now awash in female coppers, there aren't many as interesting and human as Rebecka\"  \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe frozen body of a woman is found in a fishing ark on the ice near Torneträsk in northern Sweden. 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