Rites of Spring (eBook)

Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month

Anders de la Motte (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
400 Seiten
Bonnier Publishing Fiction (Verlag)
978-1-78576-949-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The first thrilling standalone crime novel from the international number one bestseller and Sweden's answer to Val McDermid, Anders de la Motte.**DON'T MISS DEEDS OF AUTUMN. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**'Enthralling...De la Motte juxtaposes the horrors of war with age-old superstitions to superb effect' Joan Smith, Sunday TimesSouthern Sweden: Beautiful countryside, endless forests, coastal walks, dark days - and even darker nights. But beneath the beauty lies a dark heart . . .Skane, 1986: On the night of Walpurgis, the eve of May Day, where bonfires are lit to ward off evil spirits and preparations are made to celebrate the renewal of spring, a sixteen-year-old girl is ritualistically murdered in the woods beside a castle. Her stepbrother is convicted of the terrible deed and shortly after, the entire family vanishes without a trace.Spring, 2019: Dr Thea Lind moves into the castle. After making a strange discovery in an ancient oak tree on the grounds, her fascination with the old tragedy deepens. As she uncovers more and more similarities between her own troubled past and the murdered girl, she begins to believe that the real truth of the killing was never uncovered.What if the spring of 1986 claimed more than one victim?'A mesmerising amalgam of creepy folklore, festering secrets, dark truths and a damp and mouldering Scandinavian landscape rendered so dark and brooding that is becomes a principal player in this slow-burn, addictive tale' Lancashire Evening Post

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Seasons Quartet
• Reihe/Serie: Seasons Quartet
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: book of the month • detective • Europe • Family • Henning Mankell • holiday destination • holiday destination Nordic Nordic noir • How the Dead Speak • Jane Harper • Joan Smith • Jo Nesbo • killing • Literary crime • literary crime Europe literature in translation family secrets murder killing ritualistic killings • literature in translation • Murder • Nordic • Nordic Noir • procedural • procedural Jo Nesbo Henning Mankell Swedish Bestseller Scandi Crime Van der Valk • Ragnar Jonasson • ritualistic killings • scandi crime • Scandinavia • Secrets • serial killer • serial killer Ragnar Jonasson Yrsa Sigurdardottir Southern Sweden Skane • Skane • Southern Sweden • Sunday Times • Sweden • Swedish Bestseller • The Bridge • The Dry • The Killing • Thriller • Val McDermid • Val McDermid How the Dead Speak Sweden thriller Killing Bridge Scandinavia detective • Van der Valk • Yrsa Sigurdardottir
• ISBN-10: 1-78576-949-9 / 1785769499
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78576-949-8 / 9781785769498