The Stonecutter: A Novel - Hardcover

Camilla L�ckberg

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33,654 ratings by Goodreads

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ISBN 10: 1605983306 ISBN 13: 9781605983301

Publisher: Pegasus Crime, 2012

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In the third novel from the bestselling female writer in Sweden―and for the first time in English―the mysterious drowning of a little girl threatens to tear apart the town of Fjallbacka.

The remote resort town of Fjallbacka has seen its share of tragedy, though perhaps none worse than that of the little girl found in a fisherman’s net. But this was no accidental drowning . . .

Local detective Patrik Hedstrom has just become a father. It’s his grim task to discover who could be behind the murder of a child both he and his partner Erica knew well. What he does not know is how this case will reach into the dark heart of Fjallbacka, spanning generations, ripping aside its idyllic fa�ade,perhaps forever.

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About the Author:

Camilla L�ckberg worked as an economist in Stockholm until a course in creative writing triggered a drastic career change. Her novels have all become #1 bestsellers in Sweden. Her thriller The Ice Princess, winner of the Grand Prix de Litt�rature Polici�re for Best International Crime Novel, has been published in over twenty-five countries. She lives in Stockholm with her husband and five children.

Review:

“Excellent. The end, when it comes, shocks like a dip in Swedish seawater.”
- Entertainment Weekly

“And, speaking of Dame Agatha, here’s a young Swedish writer who’s being hailed as “the Swedish Agatha Christie.” Purists out there will snort in derision, but Camilla Lackberg is very, very good. Her domestic novels are outselling those of her late countryman Stieg Larsson, and if she keeps producing mysteries as richly textured and downright breathtaking as her latest, The Stonecutter, who knows? Maybe, one day, we might be identifying Agatha Christie as “the British Camilla Lackberg.” The Stonecutter is one of those mysteries that ruin a vacation. Take it to the beach and your eyes will be so locked on its pages, you’ll never even know there’s an ocean in front of you. ”
- Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post

“The hottest crime genre of the moment is Nordic noir and Camilla L�ckberg is one of the reasons. Darker, bleaker, and far more sinister than similar American fare.”
- USA Today

“Fire and ice! Masterful suspense as compelling as secrets lying far beneath the dark sea. L�ckberg is the perfect crime novelist who combines her gift for intriguingly complicated plots and a keen understanding of the ‘grotesques’ who live among us. Erotic and terrifying.”
- Ann Rule, author of In the Still of the Night

“Something's rotten in Fjallbacka, Sweden: Seven-year-old Sara Klinga's drowning turns out to be a murder, and mysterious woes soon befall other children. An eerie subplot about a local stonecutter's family secrets provides clues in this dark novel of revenge, estrangement and loveless marriages. It will keep you guessing.”
- People

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