Book description
The sensational and utterly unforgettable thriller that
exposes the soul of a culture...the heart of a people...and the mind
of a killer...
With more than half a million copies sold, The Bomber is the
most successful book ever published in Sweden. Now Liza Marklund's
extraordinary writing, bone-chilling plot, and irresistible heroine
have created an international phenomenon as explosive as the Bomber's
devastating blasts.
Journalist Annika Bengtzon is asleep next to her husband when the
call comes in at 3:22 A. M. It is the weekend. She's busy with two
kids and has Christmas shopping to do. But within minutes she is
standing in a frozen December night looking at a nightmare scene of
police tape and rubble, and trying to get the best possible picture of
it for tomorrow's edition of her newspaper.
A bomb has not only destroyed Stockholm's new Olympic arena just
months before the Summer Games, it has blown someone to pieces.
Putting a city on edge with fears of a terrorist on the loose, the
Bomber will become Annika Bengtzon's biggest story -- or the final
nail in her coffin.
As the only woman editor at a Swedish tabloid, Annika is gutsy, she
gets stories that others don't, and she takes risks. Fighting for the
respect of her colleagues, she finds herself increasingly consumed by
her job, maybe losing her family in the process. Now, she has a hunch
-- and a secret source inside the police department -- telling her
that the Olympic stadium blast isn't terrorism. It's much more
personal than that. And Annika knows that the odds are, if she closes
in on the truth, she will end up on the Bomber's list of victims.
Set against the breathtaking landscape of the Swedish winter, The
Bomber draws readers in like the dark and edgy eye of a TV camera
at a nighttime crime scene, delivering a climax that's a blasting cap
on a short fuse, ready to detonate a reporter's world.
Liza Marklund is a print and television
journalist. The Bomber, her first novel, has been on the bestseller
list in Sweden for more than a year. She lives in Stockholm with her
husband and three children.
