Asa Larsson
1) Sun Storm
Author
Language
English
Description
On the floor of a church in northern Sweden, the body of a man lies mutilated and defiled-and in the night sky, the aurora borealis dances as the snow begins to fall . . . So begins Åsa Larsson's spellbinding thriller, winner of Sweden's Best First Crime Novel Award and an international literary sensation. Rebecka Martinsson is heading home to Kiruna, the town she'd left in disgrace years before. A Stockholm attorney, Rebecka has a good reason to...
Author
Series
Rebecka Martinsson volume 5
Language
Swedish
Description
When a young man overdoses while sampling a new drug batch at a party, the police attempt to track down the dealers, but Mella doesn't realize her own daughter is involved. Rebecka plans a trip to Stockholm while hiding her condition from Krister.
Author
Series
Rebecka Martinsson volume 1
Language
Swedish
Description
A dispute over poaching escalates when someone leaves a dead reindeer outside a herder's farm. Rebecka, now working as a prosecutor in Kurravaara, goes to the remote community with Krister to investigate, but the locals are unwilling to talk.
Author
Series
Rebecka Martinsson volume 7
Language
Swedish
Description
After a heavy snowstorm, a plow driver finds a car buried in the snow with a dead woman inside. The victim had a head injury inconsistent with a crash, and her newborn baby in the back seat froze to death. Still recovering from her accident, Rebecka returns early from medical leave to help with the case.
Author
Series
Rebecka Martinsson volume 4
Language
Swedish
Description
Linn's husband remains the prime suspect, but there's not enough evidence to charge him. Mella's team follows up on the origin of the plastic sheeting covering Linn's body, but they still have not found the murder weapon.
Author
Series
Rebecka Martinsson volume 6
Language
Swedish
Description
Mella worries for her daughter's safety when an informant turns up dead after asking to speak with Mella. Following a public breakdown in Stockholm, Rebecka returns to Kiruna with important decisions to make about her future.
Author
Series
Rebecka Martinsson volume 8
Language
Swedish
Description
Mella is convinced they have the killer, but Rebecka believes the suspect's confession is false. After complaints that Rebecka won't let it go, Rebecka's boss forces her to go back on sick leave.
Author
Series
Rebecka Martinsson volume 3
Language
Swedish
Description
Construction workers uncover human remains under the floorboards while demolishing an old building. The police identify the body as a young mother named Linn, who disappeared sixteen years ago. Elsewhere, Rebecka learns an old family secret when a friend suffers a heart attack.
Author
Series
Rebecka Martinsson volume 2
Language
Swedish
Description
Now that the family feud among the herders has claimed a human life, Rebecka and Krister work together despite the awkwardness between them over Krister's new girlfriend. Krister knew the victim and believes the murder may be connected to a bear poaching incident years ago.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Swedish
Description
Set in Sweden's "beautiful and menacing" arctic region, these "spine-chilling mysteries" (The Wall Street Journal) follow prosecutor Rebecka Martinsson as she investigates crimes in her remote hometown. But as Rebecka buries herself in her work, she can't escape family secrets that start to resurface, the pull of her old life in Stockholm, and her complicated feelings for her colleague, Krister.