Before Stieg Larsson, there was Asa Larsson..."The Savage Altar" is a truly absorbing, atmospheric and fast-paced thriller featuring lawyer Rebecka Martinsson, a fantastic character in the mould of "The Silence of the Lambs"' Clarice Starling. A church in the glittering frozen wastes of northern Swe[...]

The brutal murder of a female priest at the height of the Swedish midsummer sends shock waves through the local community and brings attorney Rebecka Martinsson face to face with a nightmare as she is drawn into the investigation into the case and into the heart of a lethal mystery that threatens to[...]

The frozen body of a woman is found in a fishing ark on the ice near Tornetrask in northern Sweden. She has been brutally tortured, but the killing blow was clumsy, almost amateur. The body is quickly identified, raising hopes of an open-and-shut solution. But when a six-month-old suicide is disinte[...]

Asa Larsson 's Rebecka Martinsson series was included on a list of Top Mysteries Every Woman Should Read by Oprah Winfrey, who called Rebecka Martinsson a "brilliant, believable" female detective. Now in The Second Deadly Sin Rebecka Martinsson's courage to the test once more in her most twisted and[...]

A shameful past and a secret worth killing for - a vivid tale of suspense from one of Sweden's finest crime writers.[...]