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Genre/Form: | Thrillers (Fiction) Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery fiction Fiction |
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Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Karin Alvtegen |
ISBN: | 9781841959382 1841959383 9780857860224 0857860224 |
OCLC Number: | 756707968 |
Language Note: | Translated from the Swedish. |
Notes: | Originally published in Swedish as Saknad: Stockholm : Natur och Kultur, 2000. Translation originally published: 2003. |
Awards: | Short-listed for Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Best Novel Category 2009 |
Description: | 347 pages ; 20 cm |
Other Titles: | Saknad. |
Responsibility: | Karin Alvtegen ; translated from the Swedish by Anna Paterson. |
Abstract:
Can murder and mercy go hand in hand?In The Grand Hotel, a homeless woman charms a businessman into paying for dinner and a room. When a second person is killed in similar circumstances, Sybilla, having left her comfortable middle-class upbringing for the anonymity of the streets, becomes the most wanted person in Sweden .
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A genuine hit . . . a brilliant novel. * * Gefle Dagblad, Sweden * * A very powerful novel. Skilfully, very intimately and realistically, Alvtegen describes an individual living outside the margins. * * Helsingborgs Dagblad * * A gripping, multi-faceted thriller. It is not only about brutal murder, but also about something more profound - an individual's road to awareness about her own life and value . . . Alvtegen is already amongst the top Swedish crime and thriller authors. * * Folkbladet Joenkoeping * * Read more...
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