Lifetime

Her husband's dead. Her little boy's missing. She is the prime suspect.

This is a cleverly plotted story which, like so much Swedish crime fiction, features situations and characters one can believe in or sympathise with and is set firmly in contemporary society.

She has been dubbed 'Scandinavia's queen of crime fiction' and in this, her latest novel, Liza Marklund maintains her moniker with a plot that will intrigue and excited

Marklund has created a complex page-turner, complete with gritty realism, a  flawed but likable protagonist, and nonstop suspense.

One of the most popular crime writers of our time

The most famous police officer in Sweden is found murdered in his bed. His four-year-old son is missing. His wife is suspected of killing both of them. No one believes her when she says she is innocent. 
 
No one except for news reporter Annika Bengtzon. Her personal life in turmoil, she turns all her energies to her work, investigating the life of the murdered man. 
 
But if his wife is innocent, where is their son? And will the truth be uncovered in time to find him…before it’s too late?

Red Wolf

She wants the killer story, he just wants to kill. By the Thriller Queen who gets all other crime writers excited.

Pick up a Liza Marklund book, read it until dawn, wait until the stores open, buy another one

Twists and turns you never see coming...I am but one of a steadily growing group of loyal fans

An exceptionally well-crafted and suspenseful work

AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH? 
Reporter Annika Bengtzon is working on the story of a devastating crime when she hears that a journalist investigating the same incident has been killed. It appears to be a hit-and-run accident. 
 
A SERIES OF MURDERS 
Several brutal killings follow - all linked by handwritten letters sent to the victims' relatives. When Annika unravels a connection with the story she's writing, she is thrown on to the trail of a deadly psychopath. 
 
THE HUNT IS ON 
Caught in a frenzied spiral of secrets and violence, Annika finds herself and her marriage at breaking point. Will her refusal to stop pursuing the truth eventually destroy her?

The Final Word

Scandinavia's Queen of Crime returns with the final Annika Bengtzon novel, perfect for fans of Camilla Lackberg, Jo Nesbo and Karin Slaughter.

Annika Bengtzon has spent her career telling stories that need to be heard. 
 
As a journalist, she’s always been at the front line of criminal reporting, alongside the investigating officers. And now a court case that she’s been reporting on – the savage murder of a homeless man – has begun to attract a lot of attention. With the stakes rising by the day, Annika is once again flung to the heart of a complex case. 
 
But nagging at the back of her mind is her sister’s mysterious absence. After a series of anxious text messages, she’s not heard another word. In the midst of a tense public situation, Annika’s own complicated past looks set to rear its head. 
 
Some voices refuse to be silenced.

Without a Trace

Scandinavia's Queen of Crime returns with yet another gripping thriller, perfect for fans of Camilla Lackberg, Jo Nesbo and Karin Slaughter.

A family torn apart. Another trying to find a way to be as one. 
 
Ingemar Lerberg had it all: successful businessman, politician, husband, father. Until he is found, brutally beaten and left for dead, in his mansion in a fashionable district of Stockholm. His wife, Nora, is missing. With no alternative, his children are taken into care. In one night, a family has been ripped apart. 
 
Journalist Annika Bengtzon is assigned to the case. As she delves into the horrifying details of this family’s fate, she grapples too with the change in her own. With her new boyfriend she must patch together a family from their respective children and stepchildren, and find a way for them all to live harmoniously. 
 
Family matters above all else, but all is never as it seems. Behind the scenes, darkness lies.

The Long Shadow

A violent robbery, a family murdered, a daughter missing...

A violent robbery has taken place in an affluent area of the Costa Del Sol, in which an entire family are killed – grandmother, mother, father and two children. 
 Annika Bengtzon is assigned to the story, and when she arrives in Spain and gains access to the crime scene, she is horrified to discover there was a third child – a teenage daughter – who is unaccounted for. 
 Annika makes it her mission to find the missing Suzette. But as she delves into the mystery, she becomes embroiled in a far darker side of Spanish life than she’d envisioned as once again those closest to her turn out to be the ones she knows the least about…

A violent robbery has killed an entire family on the Costa Del Sol. 
 
 Annika Bengtzon is assigned to cover the story for the Evening Post. But when she arrives in Spain she discovers there was a third child – a teenage daughter – who is unaccounted for. 
 
 Annika makes it her mission to find the missing girl. But as she delves into the mystery she becomes embroiled in a far darker side of Spanish life than she’d envisioned, as she begins to piece together a terrifying story of violence, abuse and murder.

Last Will

A frosty December night in Stockholm. 
A thousand guests attend the prestigious Nobel Prizewinners’ dinner. 
The evening is one of prestige and glamour. 
Until wo shots are fired on the dance floor. 
 
Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon is there, covering the event for the Evening Post. As the police realize she caught a glimpse of the suspect, she is far more interested in getting back to the newsroom. 
 
But as more brutal murders follow, Annika finds herself in the middle of something far larger than she had anticipated. No longer just a reporter but also a vulnerable key witness, she begins to close up the gaps linking these crimes, just as the suspect starts closing the net on Annika herself…

Vanished

People can't just disappear...or can they? 
 
Five murders in one week, a smuggling operation gone wrong, and a crime reporter desperate to find the truth...

At a derelict port in Stockholm, two brutally murdered men are found by a security guard. In the same area a young woman, Aida, is on the run from a deranged gunman. 
 
Meanwhile, journalist Annika Bengtzon is approached by a woman wanting her story published in the Evening Post. She claims to have founded an organization to erase people's pasts - giving vulnerable individuals a completely new identity. 
 
Annika helps Aida to get in touch with the foundation. But as she begins to investigate this woman's story, more bodies turn up and she finds herself getting dangerously close to the truth - that all is not as it seems... 
 
Previously published as Paradise.

The Bomber

All she wants for Christmas...is to survive.

Twists and turns you never see coming... I am but one of a steadily growing group of loyal fans

Seven days. Three killings. And one woman who knows too much... 
 
Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon is woken by a phonecall in the early hours of a wintry December morning. An explosion has ripped apart the Olympic Stadium. And a victim has been blown to pieces. 
 
As Annika delves into the details of the bombing and the background of the victim, there is a second explosion. These chilling crimes could be her biggest news story yet. When her police source reveals they are hot on the heels of the bomber, Annika is guaranteed an exclusive with her name on it. 
 
But she is uncovering too much, and soon finds herself the target of a deranged serial killer...

Exposed

The chilling second novel from the Scandinavian crime queen

Dynamic plots with suspense throughout

Liza Marklund is an author, publisher, journalist, columnist, and goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. Her crime novels featuring the relentless reporter Annika Bengtzon instantly became an international hit, and Marklund's books have sold 12 million copies in 30 languages to date. 
 
http://www.lizamarklund.com/

'That night he did something so controversial that he'd rather be suspected of murder than tell anyone what he was really doing. What could possibly be worse than that?' 
 
Trainee journalist Annika Bengtzon has secured a summer placement at Sweden's biggest tabloid newspaper. She's desperate for this to be her big break, although manning the tip-off phoneline isn't quite what she had in mind... 
 
Until a caller tells her that the naked body of a young woman has been found in a nearby cemetery. 
 
As she pieces together details of the young woman's life, Annika stumbles across video footage that places the main suspect hundreds of miles from the crime scene, right at the time of the murder. 
 
Are the police looking for the wrong man? There is suddenly far more at stake here than Annika's career, and the more questions she asks, the more she leaves herself dangerously exposed.

Liza Marklund

Delivers an emotional punch rare in contemporary crime fiction.

A stunning novel that convincingly makes the link between terrorism and crime.

Most readers should find the book irresistible. In balancing the sharp shifts in tone, Marklund is masterful

A mother found. A father lost. 
 
In the midst of a Swedish winter, a young mother is found murdered behind her son’s nursery. Halfway across the world, in the sweltering Kenyan heat, a government official is kidnapped. 
 
As a journalist, Annika Bengtzon is often on the frontline, witness to the darkness humans are capable of. But this time it’s different. It’s personal. 
 
The official held to ransom is her husband and she must meet the extreme demands of his kidnappers if she is to bring him home. And what of the Swedish mother slain in the snow? Until her killer is found, no one is safe…

Liza Marklund

Praise for Borderline

One of the most popular crime writers of our time

No one tells a story like Liza Marklund

Edge-of-your-seat suspense

One of the most popular crime writers of our time

No one tells a story like Liza Marklund

Edge-of-your-seat suspense

One of the most popular crime writers of our time

No one tells a story like Liza Marklund

Edge-of-your-seat suspense

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