Box 21

Three years ago, Lydia and Alena were two hopeful girls from Lithuania. Now they are sex slaves, lured to Sweden with the promise of better jobs and then trapped in a Stockholm brothel. Suddenly they are given an unexpected chance at freedom and with it the opportunity to take revenge on their ensla [...]
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Three years ago, Lydia and Alena were two hopeful girls from Lithuania. Now they are sex slaves, lured to Sweden with the promise of better jobs and then trapped in a Stockholm brothel. Suddenly they are given an unexpected chance at freedom and with it the opportunity to take revenge on their enslavers and reclaim the lives and dignity they once had. What will happen now that the tables are turned and the victims fight back? Box 21 is a mind-blowing psychological thriller of the highest order. Superb...Roslund and Hellstrom play out the tale in taut, short scenes, meting out revelations and shocks in sure, knowing fashion, ending with the shock that all but undoes the rest.... Box 21 is profound. The Philadelphia Inquirer This dark, explicit novel is another impressive crime thriller from Scandinavia.... A good read. Arizona Republic Gripping...the story takes a number of surprising twists and turns. The Washington Post Book World This excellent crime thriller is bound to please fans of Stieg Larsson s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Henning Mankell s Kurt Wallander series. Library Journal"