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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The inspiration for the hit film series, Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter, now available on Netflix. Beneath a dark winter sky. . .death waits patiently. A journalist is murdered in the frozen white landscape of a northern Swedish town. Annika Bengtzon, a reporter at a Stockholm-based tabloid, was planning to interview him about a long-ago attack against an isolated air base nearby, and now she suspects that his death is linked to that attack. Against the explicit orders of her boss, she begins to investigate the event, which is soon followed by a series of shocking murders. Annika knows the murders are connected. At the same time, she begins to suspect that her husband is hiding something, and nothing can counteract the loneliness that has crept into her life. Behind everything lurks the figure of the Red Wolf, a cold-blooded killer with the soul of a lover. In the end, she must discover the truth not only about the murders but also about the lies that are destroying her own family.

The most famous police officer in Sweden is found murdered in his bed. His 4-year-old son has vanished without a trace. His wife, Julia is under suspicion and no one believes her when she says she is innocent. No one except her best friend Nina, also a police officer. And possibly news reporter Annika Bengtzon. But if Julia is telling the truth, where is their son?

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...

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.

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.

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.

This is the third thriller from Liza Marklund, bestselling author of ''The Bomber'', to feature Swedish newspaper reporter, Annika Bengtzon.

«Liza Marklund es una fuera de serie.» HENNING MANKELL Segunda entrega de la serie de misterio de Marklund. La reportera novata Annika Bengtzon acaba de empezar unas prácticas de verano en un importante periódico de Estocolmo, el Kvällspressen. Allí se encarga de la aburrida tarea de atender la línea telefónica de los chivatazos. Pero antes de que haya tenido la menor oportunidad de adentrarse en el frenético mundo del periodismo, aparece el cadáver desnudo de una chica joven en un cementerio. Una bailarina de striptease que trabajaba en el club Studio sex ha sido violada y estrangulada, y el principal sospechoso es un secretario del Gobierno. Annika rápidamente se da cuenta de que este caso puede ser la oportunidad para escribir su primer gran artículo y catapultarse a la fama. Sin embargo, a medida que descubre el oscuro infierno de los clubes de alterne, se va internando peligrosamente en un mundo de sexo y violencia.

#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.