Betrayal - Softcover

Alvtegen, Karin

3.61

1,660 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014305385X ISBN 13: 9780143053859

Publisher: Penguin Canada, 2007

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Eva, a dynamic, successful young mother, is forced to reassess her marriage when her husband's apathy can no longer be ignored. When she discovers that he's been having an affair with their son's day-care teacher, her grief and rage drive her to vengeful action.

Then she meets Jonas, who for the past two years has been keeping vigil beside his comatose girlfriend. Burdened with his own sinister history, he sees a chance to start afresh with Eva.

Reminiscent of the work of Patricia Highsmith and Henning Mankell, Betrayal exposes the pain of deception and shows how our own destructive behaviour can lead to consequences far beyond our control.

Nominated for the Best Nordic Crime Novel award in 2004 and a bestseller across the continent, Betrayal cements Karin Alvtegen's position in the top rank of European thriller writers.

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About the Author:

Karin Alvtegen is one of Scandinavia's most acclaimed and bestselling crime writers. She was born in Joenkoeping, 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, for Missing. Her novel Shadow was shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2009. She is the great-neice of Astrid Lindgren (author of the Pippi Longstocking stories), and lives in Stockholm.

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Alvtegen's chilling novels are head and shoulders above the rest of the Scandi crew * * Daily Mail * * Reminiscent of Ruth Rendell at her best * * Herald * * Alvtegen is a name to watch * * Guardian * * A compelling tale...full of false leads and bloody deeds * * Sunday Herald * * Alvtegen powerfully evokes Sibylla's sense of persecution and conveys what it means to live as an outsider, without ever compromising this compulsive thriller * * Metro * * 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 * * 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 * * Folkbladet Joenkoeping * *

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