Asa Larsson

In the first thaw of spring the body of a young woman surfaces in the River Torne in the far north of Sweden. Rebecka Martinsson is working as a prosecutor in nearby Kiruna, her sleep troubled by visions of a shadowy, accusing figure. Could the body belong to the girl in her dream? Joining forces with Police Inspector Anna-Maria Mella, Martinsson...

Before Stieg Larsson, there was Asa Larsson ...the follow up to "The Savage Altar", "The Blood Spilt" is a truly absorbing, atmospheric and fast-paced thriller featuring lawyer Rebecka Martinsson, a fantastic character in the mould of "The Silence of the Lambs"' Clarice Starling. It is midsummer in Sweden - when the light lingers through dawn and...

A grisly torture-murder, a haunting northern Sweden backdrop, and a dark drama of twisted sexuality collide memorably in sa Larssons masterpiece of suspensea tale of menace, hope, longing, and darkness beyond imagining.The dead woman was found on a frozen lake, her body riddled with evidence of torture. Instantly, Inspector Anna-Maria Mella knows...

On the floor of a church in northern Sweden, the body of a man lies mutilated and defiledand in the night sky, the aurora borealis dances as the snow begins to fall....So begins sa Larssons spellbinding thriller, winner of Swedens Best First Crime Novel Award and an international literary sensation.Rebecka Martinsson is heading home to Kiruna, the...

Its midsummer in Swedenwhen the light lingers through dawn and a long, isolating winter finally comes to an end. In this magical time, a brutal killer has chosen to strike. A female priestwho made enemies and acolytes in equal numberhas been found hanging in her church. And a big-city lawyer quite acquainted with death enters the scene as police...