Book description
The gripping psychological thriller debut of the No. 1 international
bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg.
Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer
Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her
childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, her
body frozen in an ice cold bath, it seems that she has taken her own life.
Erica conceives a memoir about the beautiful but remote Alex, one that
will answer questions about their lost friendship. While her interest
grows to an obsession, local detective Patrik Hedstrom is following his
own suspicions about the case. But it is only when they start working
together that the truth begins to emerge about the small town with a
deeply disturbing past. Praise for The Ice Princess:
'Heart-stopping and heart-warming, 'The Ice Princess' is a masterclass
in Scandinavian crime writing' Val McDermid
'Another top-class Scandinavian crime writer reaches the British
market' The Times
'Chilly, deceptive and lucid, just like the icy environment it
describes' Literary Review
'Camilla Lackberg is a more than welcome addition to the growing ranks
of Scandinavian crime writers translated into English. With its sharp
emotional nuances and psychological insight, 'The Ice Princess' builds
in suspense as the author turns her clear eye on the buried secrets and
contemporary relationships of a small, isolated community. I predict
that Fjallbacka and its crimes and people will soon be as poplular here
as they are in her native Sweden' Peter Robinson Born in 1974, Camilla
Lackberg graduated from Gothenburg University of Economics, before
moving to Stockholm where she worked for a few years as an economist.
However, a course in creative crime writing became the trigger to a
drastic change of career. Her first four novels all became Swedish No 1
bestsellers. She lives in a suburb of Stockholm.
