New Releases by Liza Marklund

Annika Bengtzon schrijft een serie artikelen over terrorisme, en verdiept zich onder meer in een oude, nooit opgehelderde aanslag. Vlak voordat zij een informant zal ontmoeten, komt deze bij een auto-ongeluk om het leven. Annika vertrouwt het toeval niet. En terecht, zo blijkt. Er is iemand die niet wil dat dit onderzoek na dertig jaar wordt heropend.

Liza Marklund, Scandinavia’s Queen of Crime, returns with the final novel in the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling Annika Bengtzon series. Annika Bengtzon has spent her career telling stories that need to be heard. As a journalist, she’s always been at the front line of criminal reporting, alongside the investigating officers. And now a court case that she’s been reporting on—the savage murder of a homeless man—has begun to attract a lot of attention. With the stakes rising by the day, Annika is once again flung to the heart of a complex case. But nagging at the back of her mind is her sister’s mysterious absence. After a series of anxious text messages, she’s not heard another word. In the midst of a tense public situation, Annika’s own complicated past looks set to rear its head. Some voices refuse to be silenced.

#1 New York Times and internationally bestselling Swedish author Liza Marklund delivers more top-notch, “edge-of-your-seat suspense” (Harlan Coben) as her fearless journalist Annika Bengtzon investigates a high-profile missing persons case while trying to keep her own tumultuous home life from falling apart. Ingemar Lerberg had it all: successful businessman, politician, husband, father. Until he is found, brutally beaten and left for dead, in his mansion in a fashionable Stockholm neighborhood. His wife, Nora, is missing, with little evidence left behind. With no alternative, their children are taken into care. In one night, a family has been ripped apart. As Annika delves into the horrifying details of this family''s fate, she grapples too with the change in her own personal life. As hard as she''s trying to patch together a new family with her boyfriend and their respective children, past relationships still threaten to throw off the delicate her delicate balancing act. Family matters above all else, but all is never as it seems. Behind the scenes, darkness lies.

One afternoon, a young woman is found dead and covered with snow behind a nursery school in a Stockholm suburb. She is the fourth victim in a short time with the same characteristics: a young mother, stabbed from behind. In the editorial offices of Evening Post they sense a serial killer, but crime reporter Annika dismisses it as wild fantasies. As the murder spree continues and speculation of a serial killer arises also in the Police Department, Annika is dragged into a violent hostage situation that shakes both Europe and East Africa.

A thriller sampler from Emily Bestler Books, featuring John Connolly, Louise Millar, Mons Kallentoft, Liza Marklund, Caroline Kepnes, Sabine Durrant, Lee Goodman, and Kristina Ohlsson.

A violent robbery has killed an entire family on the Costa Del Sol. Annika Bengtzon is assigned to cover the story for the Evening Post. But when she arrives in Spain she discovers there is a third child who is unaccounted for. Annika makes it her mission to find the missing girl. But as she delves into the mystery she becomes embroiled in a far darker side of Spanish life than she''d envisioned, as she begins to piece together a terrifying story of violence, abuse and murder.

A collection of excerpts from the chilling and suspenseful Annika Bengtzon thrillers by “the queen of Scandinavian crime fiction,” including: Red Wolf, Last Will, and Lifetime.

Stockholm, une semaine avant Noël. C’est la course pour trouver les cadeaux de fin d’année, et avec deux enfants, la journaliste Annika Bengtzon a fort à faire. Mais un appel reçu au beau milieu de la nuit va la pousser à se rendre, glacée jusqu’aux os, sur une nouvelle scène de crime, une scène de cauchemar. Le prochain gros titre de son journal. Et pas le moindre. Car une violente explosion a détruit le chantier du stade olympique, quelques mois à peine avant les jeux. Parmi les débris, la police retrouve les restes d''une femme. Il s’agit de Christina Furhage, la charismatique présidente du Comité olympique suédois. Le pays entier redoute la prochaine attaque terroriste, qui semble inévitable. Pour Annika, ce n’est pas si simple. Mais en voulant démasquer le poseur de bombes, Annika risque fort d’apparaître sur la liste de ses prochaines cibles...

The next installment in the Annika Bengtzon series from #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Marklund. Police Officer Nina Hoffman finds her fellow officer David Lindholm naked on his bed with bullets through his head and stomach. The traumatized wife rambles on about a break-in, but all the evidence points in her direction.

For the first time in her career, reporter Annika Bengtzon is covering the glamorous Nobel Prize Dinner, traditionally held in Stockholm''s City Hall. The world''s notabilities are enjoying themselves on the dance floor when suddenly gunshots break through the din of conversation and music. In the ensuing panic, the presumed assassin wrestles Annika to the ground. Soon, she is caught in the middle of an intricate drama with links to Alfred Nobel--not only as a reporter but also as a key witness.

Scandinavia''s undisputed queen of crime fiction, Liza Marklund, is the #1 international bestselling author of the Annika Bengtzon series, now available from Vintage Canada. Five murders in 1 week, a smuggling operation gone wrong, and a crime reporter desperate to find the truth... A hurricane has swept over Sweden and left the country in turmoil. At a derelict port in Stockholm, a young woman is on the run from a deranged gunman. The following morning, a security guard finds the bodies of 2 men, brutally murdered. And a valuable lorry shipment of cigarettes has disappeared from the port. Meanwhile, copy editor Annika Bengtzon is thinking she''ll never be able to write her own articles for the Evening Post when she is approached by a woman wanting her story published. She claims to have founded an organization capable of erasing people''s pasts--giving vulnerable individuals a new identity and helping them to build a new life. But as Annika embarks on her investigations, more vicious murders follow and she finds herself getting dangerously close to the truth--that all is not as it seems...

Stockholm is bustling with preparations for the upcoming summer Olympics when a bomb explodes in the city''s new Olympic arena. One of the most powerful women in Sweden, Christina Furhage, is blown to bits. The police begin a wild and desperate chase for the killer, while crime reporter and mother of two, Annika Bengtzon, discovers connections no one else sees. Thus begins the first stand-alone crime novel by Liza Marklund, which follows the impulsive and passionate reporter Annika Bengtzon on her thrilling assignments.

On the shortest night of the year, thirteen people are due to film a prime time TV series but on the morning of Midsummer''s Eve, the brightest star in Swedish television is found shot dead in a mobile control room. Newspaper reporter Annika Bengtzon is drawn into the investigation where she soon learns that one of the suspects is her best friend. As events unfold her personal life starts to take a turn for the worse. Meanwhile, there''s a murderer on the loose - and a terrifying drama about to take place in the public eye.

A hurricane sweeps across southern Sweden, leaving chaos in its wake. Two men lie dead in Stockholm''s Free Port, shot in the head at point-blank range. A young woman runs for her life. She finds refuge in Paradise, a foundation dedicated to people whose lives are in danger. Newpaper sub-editor Annika Bengtzon is trying to piece her life together following the violent death of her fiance. Covering the story of Paradise is the opening she needs to get her personal life and her career back on track. But, as she''s about to find out, neither Paradise nor the young woman, Aida, are quite what they appear to be. Annika''s quest for the truth will force both her and Aida to confront their troubled pasts - and ultimately Annika will be faced with the most difficult decision of her life.

Scandinavia''s undisputed queen of crime fiction, Liza Marklund is the #1 international bestselling author of the Annika Bengtzon series, now available for the first time in Canada from Vintage Canada. Rookie reporter Annika Bengtzon has a coveted, yet temporary, position at a major Stockholm tabloid. Before she has had the slightest chance to adapt to the bullish and fast-paced world of news journalism, a dead body is found at a city cemetery. The victim is an exotic dancer who has been raped and strangled, and the prime suspect is a government minister. Annika realizes that this could become her breakthrough story. But as she exposes the dark underworld of sex clubs, chauvinism and corruption, she is drawn deep into a dangerous world of sex and violence.

Kriminalroman. Journalisten Annika Bengtzon kæmper for at komme over sin forlovedes død. En historie om "Paradiset", en institution der hjælper mordtruede mennesker bliver hendes chance for at vende tilbage til livet og arbejdet.

In the middle of the freezing winter, a journalist is murdered in the northern Swedish town of Lulea. Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon suspects that the killing is linked to an attack against an air base in the late sixties. Against the explicit orders of her boss, Annika continues her investigation of the death, which is soon followed by a series of shocking murders. Annika quickly finds herself drawn into a spiral of terrorism and violence centered around a small communist group called The Beasts. Meanwhile, her marriage starts to slide, and in the end she is not only determined to find out the truth, but also forced to question her own husband''s honesty.

Europe is stunning in the summer . . . but NYPD detective Jacob Kanon isn''t there for the beauty. He''s on a mission: to track down his daughter''s killer. NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe''s most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren''t what draw him-he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter''s killer. Kanon''s daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim. Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm-and they think they know where the next victims will be. With relentless twists and unstoppable action, The Postcard Killers may be James Patterson''s most vivid and compelling thriller yet.

Annika Bengtzons 4. Fall: Die glamouröse Moderatorin Michelle Carlsson wurde auf einem abgelegenen Schloss ermordet, in dem sie und 13 weitere, jetzt allesamt verdächtige Personen ein wüstes Fest gefeiert haben. Annika recherchiert: Wem ist dieser kaltblütige Mord zuzutrauen?.

Following up her international bestseller "The Bomber," Markland explores Annika''s early days as a freelance reporter in Stockholm. When a young woman is murdered, Annika wades into the city''s underworld of sex clubs and high-powered politics.

Eight years before the sensational events of THE BOMBER, fledgling reporter Annika Bengtzon has just started a summer job at a Swedish tabloid. Before she can even begin to get her bearings in the gritty, fast-paced world of journalism, Annika learns that the body of a young woman has been discovered - raped, murdered and abandoned in a cemetery. A powerful government minister emerges as the prime suspect, with the general election only a few weeks away. Fuelled by ambition, hampered by inexperience, Annika finds herself immersed in a steamy underworld of sex clubs, sinister power plays and a media feeding frenzy. This murder case could become Annika''s breakthrough story - or the event that seals her doom.