The Preacher

By Camilla Läckberg

Book Overview

Praise forThe Ice Princess: "The hottest crime genre of the moment is Nordic noir and Swedish writer Camilla L ckberg (who shares Stieg Larsson's translator) is one of the reasons. As with all Scandinavian murder mysteries, it's darker, bleaker, and the plot far more sinister than similar American fare. Larsson fans who give L ckberg's novel a chance to seduce them will be rewarded."USA Today "At the start of L ckberg's haunting U.S. debut, biographer Erica Falck feels compelled to write a novel about why her beautiful friend Alex would kill herself. L ckberg skillfully details how horrific secrets are never completely buried and how silence can kill the soul."Publishers Weekly, starred review "Camilla L ckberg has written seven blockbuster novels in her native Swedish but, until now, no one has published any of them in the United States. Now Pegasus Books has stepped forward."The New York Times "Heart-stopping--a masterclass in Scandinavian crime fiction."--Val McDermid

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1605981737
• ISBN13: 9781605981734
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Pegasus Crime
• Length: 419 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Painful reading

If you are going to read this, make a list of the characters and their relationships as you read about them or you'll be lost. The book jumps all over in a disjointed fashion. Unrelated story lines adding nothing but words are interjected. The book is far too long. Good editing would have produced a tighter, more readable story. There are mistakes that would have been caught with better editing, too. Some sentences are so trite and predictable as to be laughable. Perhaps this is the result of the translation, but taken in its entirety, the book seems first draft-like. I had difficulty finishing the book, but plugged on until the end.

The Scandinavian's Score Again

In a word: Excellent! Clever and intricate plot, great character development. I look forward to more works by this writer.

Predikanten (av Camilla Läckberg)

Andra boken med Patrik Hedström och hans kollegor i Tanumshedes poliskår. En kvinna hittas mördad i Kungsklyftan i Fjällbacka. Under hennes kropp finner man skeletten efter ytterligare två kvinnor som försvann på 1970-talet. Utredarna måste gå långt tillbaka i tiden för att upptäcka sambandet mellan de tre kvinnornas död. Svenska, 317 sidor