Camilla Läckberg
The Lost Boy
Translated from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally
Praise for The Lost Boy
“Heart-stopping and heart-warming…a masterclass in
Scandinavian crime writing.”
—Val McDermid
—Val McDermid
“Läckberg is an
expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with blood-curdling horror.”
– The Guardian
– The Guardian
“…after just a few
chapters I’m hooked… The creeping suspense makes me think of Johan Theorin or
maybe even John Ajvide Lindqvist.” --Södermanlands Nyheter
The Lost Boy
From Sweden’s Queen
of Crime, The Lost Boy is the
seventh crime thriller featuring detective
Patrik Hedström and his wife, writer Erica Falck. A woman and her
young son return to the family home on the remote “Ghost Isle”—the locals say
the island is haunted. Then her high
school sweetheart is found, murdered. Hedström and Falck work out a grim family
secret that lies behind the tragic events.
Photo from Camilla Läckberg website
Camilla Läckberg
Camilla Läckberg
is the first Scandinavian mystery writer
that I discovered. She is a hugely successful author of crime fiction,
cookbooks and children’s books. Her detective novels are set in her home town, the
fishing village Fjällbacka in Sweden,
giving each of her fiction titles that claustrophobic atmosphere of a small
town. Her novels are Number One
bestsellers in 55 countries; they have been translated into 37 languages. I
would put her in the same bestseller category as Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson.
A knowledgeable pro at marketing, Läckberg launched her publishing career with the debut novel The Ice Princess and made sure to visit
every bookstore in Sweden to ensure her engagement with her fans, who currently
number in the millions. Her breakthrough novel The Stonecutter was nominated for The Crime Novel of the Year Award
in 2005. Her most current novel—her ninth in the Fjällbacka series, is The
Lion Tamer published in Sweden in 2014.
You can check out Camilla Läckberg’s
extensive and informative website here:
Cinema
2013 saw the premiere of the first film based on the fifth
book in the Fjällbacka crime thriller
series -- The Hidden Child. This is the first in a cinematic series called The Fjällbacka Murders. You can watch
the trailer on YouTube here:
Or view the trailer on Camilla
Lackberg’s website:
Claudia
Galli Concha plays the lead role as Erica
Falck, while Richard Ulfsäter is DI
Patrik Hedström. The film was directed by the Oscar-winning director Per Hanefjord.
The Cosy Crime Walk Mystery Tour of Fjällbacka
So popular are the Fjällbacka crime thrillers that a tour company is running mystery tours in Läckberg’s home town. Known as “The Cosy Crime Walk,” the tour
gives the visitor an opportunity to experience the gruesome murder scenes, the characters and the events
mixed together with stories of the Fjällbacka
Archipelago, from the 17th century to the present.
Check out this website for details:
Vastsverige.com/en/Tanum/products/Lackberg-murder-mystery-tour
http://www.vastsverige.com/en/Tanum/products/159285/Lackberg-murder-mystery-tour/
http://www.vastsverige.com/en/Tanum/products/159285/Lackberg-murder-mystery-tour/
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