CAMILLA GREBE

A gripping psychological thriller of love, betrayal and obsession with a twist you won''t see coming...A young woman is found beheaded in an infamous business tycoon''s marble-lined hallway. The businessman, scandal-ridden CEO of the retail chain Clothes & More, is missing without a trace.But who is the dead woman? And who is the brutal killer who wielded the machete?Rewind two months earlier to meet Emma Bohman, a sales assistant for Clothes & More, whose life is turned upside down by a chance encounter with Jesper Orre. Insisting that their love affair is kept secret, he shakes Emma''s world a second time when he suddenly leaves her with no explanation.As frightening things begin to happen to Emma, she suspects Jesper is responsible. But why does he want to hurt her? And how far would he go to silence his secret lover? o hurt her? And how far would he go to silence his secret lover?

NO ORDINARY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER - THIS WILL KEEP YOU UP ALL NIGHT 'Cross-cutting between characters at an ever-increasing pace, this is Scandi-noir at its powerful bleakest.' Daily Mail For fans of Jo Nesbo and The Bridge, The Ice Beneath Her is a gripping and deeply disturbing story about love, betrayal and obsession that is impossible to put down. Fast-paced and peopled with compelling characters, it surprises at every turn as it hurtles towards an unforgettable ending with a twist you really won't see coming . . . A young woman is found beheaded in an infamous business tycoon's marble-lined hallway. The businessman, scandal-ridden CEO of the retail chain Clothes & More, is missing without a trace. But who is the dead woman? And who is the brutal killer who wielded the machete? Rewind two months earlier to meet Emma Bohman, a sales assistant for Clothes & More, whose life is turned upside down by a chance encounter with Jesper Orre. Insisting that their love affair is kept secret, he shakes Emma's world a second time when he suddenly leaves her with no explanation. As frightening things begin to happen to Emma, she suspects Jesper is responsible. But why does he want to hurt her? And how far would he go to silence his secret lover?

NO ORDINARY PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER - THIS WILL KEEP YOU UP ALL NIGHT 'Scandi-noir at its powerful bleakest.' Daily Mail 'Deserves to be called a page-turner - I read it in one sitting!' Cecilia Ekback, bestselling author of Wolf Winter For fans of Jo Nesbo and The Bridge, The Ice Beneath Her is a gripping and deeply disturbing story about love, betrayal and obsession that is impossible to put down. Fast-paced and peopled with compelling characters, it surprises at every turn as it hurtles towards an unforgettable ending with a twist you really won't see coming . . . A young woman is found beheaded in an infamous business tycoon's marble-lined hallway. The businessman, scandal-ridden CEO of the retail chain Clothes & More, is missing without a trace. But who is the dead woman? And who is the brutal killer who wielded the machete? Rewind two months earlier to meet Emma Bohman, a sales assistant for Clothes & More, whose life is turned upside down by a chance encounter with Jesper Orre. Insisting that their love affair is kept secret, he shakes Emma's world a second time when he suddenly leaves her with no explanation. As frightening things begin to happen to Emma, she suspects Jesper is responsible. But why does he want to hurt her? And how far would he go to silence his secret lover?

Lykke Andersen mène une vie heureuse, mondaine et épanouie : éditrice accomplie, compagne d'un auteur renommé et mère de jumeaux. A l'occasion de la fête suédoise de l'Ecrevisse, elle organise un dîn

In the chilling follow-up to Some Kind of Peace, Siri Bergman returns to investigate a brutal murder case centered in the dark world of domestic abuse.Its a rainy evening in a Stockholm suburb and five-year-old Tilda is hiding under the kitchen table playing with her crayons when a man enters and beats her mother to death in cold blood. The only witness, Tilda cant quite see the murderer or figure out who he is. But shes still a witness. Across town, Siri Bergman and her best friend, Aina, are assisting their old friend Vijay with a research project on domestic abuse. They host a weekly self-help group for survivors, and over the course of several dark, rainy evenings, these women share their stories of impossible love, violence, and humiliation. When the boyfriend of one of the women turns out to be a prime suspect in a high-profile murder case, it isnt long before Siri finds herself embroiled in the investigation. But as she draws closer to finding the murderer, unexpected developments in her own life force her to wonder: Can she learn to trust a man again in spite of being surrounded by women who have been so deeply betrayed by love?

Une nuit de février 1944, à Stockholm, une mère de famille est retrouvée morte chez elle, clouée au sol. Trente ans plus tard, plusieurs femmes subissent exactement le même sort. Dans les années quat

Emma, une jeune Suédoise travaillant pour un empire industriel, cache un secret : le grand patron, Jesper, lui a demandé sa main et ne veut pas qu'elle ébruite la nouvelle. Deux mois plus tard, Jesper disparaît sans laisser de trace et un cadavre de femme, la tête tranchée, est retrouvé dans sa maison. Peter et Hanne, policiers de talent et anciens amants, enquêtent en tandem.

It seems so idyllic. But something is out of place. In the neatly raked gravel parking area is a dazzlingly clean black Jeep. The paint of the Jeep reflects a clematis with large pure white blossoms climbing up a knotted old apple tree. Someone is lying under the low trunk and crooked branches of the tree. A young woman, a girl. . . .Siri Bergman is a thirty-four-year-old psychologist who works in central Stockholm and lives alone in an isolated cottage out of the city. She has a troublesome secret in her past and has been trying to move on with her life. Terrified of the dark, she leaves all the lights on when she goes to bedhaving a few glasses of wine each night to calm her nervesbut she cant shake the feeling that someone is watching her through the blackened windows at night. When the lifeless body of Sara Matteusa young patient of Siris with a history of drug addiction and sexual abuseis found floating in the water near the cottage, Siri can no longer deny that someone is out there, watching her and waiting. When her beloved cat goes missing and she receives a photo of herself from a stalker, it becomes clear that Siri is next. Luckily, she can rely on Markus, the young policeman investigating Saras death; Vijay, an old friend and psychology professor; and Aina, her best friend. Together, they set about profiling Siris aspiring murderer, hoping to catch him before he kills again. But as their investigation unfolds, Siris past and present start to merge and disintegrate so that virtually everyone in her inner circle becomes a potential suspect. With the suspense building toward a dramatic conclusion as surprising as it is horrifying, Siri is forced to relive and reexamine her anguished past, and finally to achieve some kind of peace.

From the internationally bestselling authors of Some Kind of Peace, this eBook features an original short story, Strangers, plus bonus materials, including:· Extended excerpt from Some Kind of Peace, the first Siri Bergman thriller· EXCLUSIVE sneak preview of More Bitter Than Death, the second Siri Bergman thriller (on sale June 18, 2013)· Q&A with Camilla Grebe and sa TraffA chilling blend of psychology and murder, this heart-pounding Swedish series follows Siri Bergman, a thirty-something psychologist in central Stockholm, as she tries to heal the minds of her patientsdespite the fact that shes running from plenty of demons of her own. But the mind is a maze with many winding paths, and somehow Siri keeps finding herself venturing away from the safety of the therapists couch . . . and onto the trail of a killer.

The new beautifully written and utterly compelling psychological crime thriller from number 1 Swedish bestselling sistersSometimes reliving the past revives old demons . . . In a Stockholm apartment, five-year-old Tilde watches from under the kitchen table as her mother is brutally kicked to death. Meanwhile, in another part of town, psychotherapist Siri Bergman and her colleague Aina meet their new patients - a group of women, all of whom are victims of domestic violence. From Kattis, who was beaten by her boyfriend and lives under the constant threat of his return, to Malin, the promising young athlete who was attacked by a man she met online, and from Sofi, the teenager abused by her stepfather, to Sirkka, an older woman who had a troubled marriage - each woman takes her turn to share her story in the safety of the sessions. But as the group gets closer, it is not long before the dangers lurking in the womens lives outside invade the peace with shattering consequences. And somehow, the fate of five-year-old Tilde is intertwined with that of Siri and the other women, so that what started out as the search for peace will swiftly turn into a tense hunt for a murderer. Praise for Camilla Grebe and sa Traff:Grebe and Traff break new ground in the Scandinavian crime literature genre, and they do it brilliantly. Using unique insights and experiences from their own professional backgrounds, they tell a smooth-paced yet utterly intriguing story about mans inability to let go of the past Kristina Ohlsson, author of Unwanted

The beautifully written and utterly compelling psychological crime thriller from number 1 Swedish bestselling sisters.Meet Siri Bergman. She lives alone, an hour outside of Stockholm where she practises as a psychotherapist, her nearest neighbour far away. She is terrified of the dark. Siri tells herself that she has moved on since her husband died in a diving accident. But when she goes to bed at night, she leaves all the lights on, unable to shake the feeling that someone is watching her. What if she has good reason to be afraid? One night she wakes to find that the house is pitch black, and the torch by her bedside has vanished. Later the body of one of her young patients is found floating in the water nearby. Thrown headlong into a tense murder investigation, everything Siri believed is called into question. Can she trust anyone? Grebe and Traff break new ground in the Scandinavian crime literature genre, and they do it brilliantly. Using unique insights and experiences from their own professional backgrounds, they tell a smooth-paced yet utterly intriguing story about mans inability to let go of the past Kristina Ohlsson, author of Unwanted

Lykke Andersen, éditrice accomplie, compagne d'un auteur renommé et mère de jumeaux, a tout pour être heureuse. A l'occasion de la fête suédoise de l'écrevisse, elle organise un dîner dans leur maiso

CONNAÎT-ON VRAIMENT LES GENS QU'ON AIME ?Dans sa grande maison aux abords de Stockholm, Maria aime sa famille recomposée avec son nouveau mari Samir, son petit Vincent, si fragile et attachant, et sa

Poursuivi par Igor, un dangereux dealer, le jeune Samuel quitte Stockholm pour se réfugier sur l'île de Marholmen où Rachel le recrute pour prendre soin de son fils handicapé Jonas. Les policiers Man

When the prime suspect to a shocking murder vanishes, detectives race to track him down before a vengeful scorned ex finds him first in this exceptional (Publishers Weekly, starred review) Nordic noir thriller from the acclaimed Swedish author of After Shes Gone.Impressive . . . a tour de force.Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Winters chill has descended on Stockholm as police arrive at the scene of a shocking murder. An unidentified woman lies beheaded in a posh suburban homea brutal crime made all the more disturbing by its uncanny resemblance to an unsolved killing ten years earlier. But this time theres a suspect: the charismatic and controversial chain-store CEO Jesper Orre, who owns the home but is nowhere to be found.To homicide detectives Peter Lindgren and Manfred Olsson, nothing about the suave, high-profile businessmanincluding a playboy reputation and rumors of financial misdeedssuggests he conceals the dark heart and twisted mind of a cold-blooded killer. In search of a motive, Lindgren and Olsson turn to the brilliant criminal profiler Hanne Lagerlind-Schon. Once a valued police asset, now marooned in unhappy retirement and a crumbling marriage, shes eager to exercise her keen skills againand offer the detectives a window into the secret soul of Jesper Orre.But theyre not the only ones searching. Two months before, Emma Bohman, a young clerk at Orres company, chanced to meet the charming chief executive, and romance swiftly bloomed. Almost as quickly as the passionate affair ignited, it was over when Orre inexplicably disappeared. One staggering misfortune after another followed, leaving Emma certain that her runaway lover was to blame and transforming her confusion and heartbreak into anger.Now, pursuing the same mysterious man for different reasons, Emma and the police are destined to cross paths in a chilling dance of obsession, vengeance, madness, and love gone hellishly wrong.

A psychological profiler whos lost her memory and a teenage boy with a fiercely guarded secret become unwitting, unlikely partners in this race to stop a killera stellar crime novel [and] scorching thriller (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from the acclaimed author of The Ice Beneath Her.Nordic noir at its best.Booklist, starred reviewTHE CRIME WRITERS OF SCANDINAVIAS BEST NORDIC CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAROut of the frozen depths of a forest in Ormberg, Sweden, a woman stumbles onto the road. Her arms are covered with scratches, her feet are bare, and she has no memory of who she is. Local police identify her as psychological profiler Hanne Lagerlind-Schon, who, with her partner, had been helping investigate the cold case of a young womans murder. Hanne begins to recover but cannot recall anything about where her partner is, or what their investigation had uncovered before her disappearance. Police have only one lead: a young woman in a sequined dress who was spotted nearby the night Hanne was found.The young woman doesnt come forward because she doesnt exist: Jake Birgersson, a local teenager, had been out walking in his mothers dress and sisters makeup, his secret shame and thrill. Terrified of discovery, Jake hid and watched Hanne get into a car, leaving behind her diary.Reading Hannes notebook, Jake realizes that it contains the key to a major breakthrough in the casebut turning it in would mean admitting the truth about who he is. When another murder victim is found in the woods, Jake realizes that Hanne herself is in danger, and his only choice is to find and warn her so that together, they can stop the killer before he strikes again.

Os inspetores Peter Lindgren e Manfred Olsson enfrentam um crime chocante: uma jovem mulher foi decapitada numa casa de classe alta nos subúrbios de Estocolmo.Um crime que se torna mais perturbador pela semelhança com um assassinio por resolver, dez anos antes. So que, desta vez, a policia tem um suspeito.Orre e o carismatico e controverso diretor executivo de uma famosa cadeia de lojas, e o dono da casa onde a mulher foi assassinada. Nada no seu perfil, contudo, nem mesmo a fama de playboy, sugere que possa ter cometido um crime semelhante. Alem de que ninguem sabe onde ele esta.Na busca por um motivo e pelo paradeiro do seu suspeito, os inspetores recorrem a Hanne Lagerlind-Schon, uma brilhante psicologa comportamental presa a uma reforma e a um casamento infelizes. Mas eles no so os unicos que o procuram. Dois meses antes, Emma Bohman, uma funcionaria de Jesper, envolveu-se numa relaço secreta com o seu diretor. E to depressa nasceu o caso amoroso entre ambos, como terminou, quando ele a deixou, sem qualquer explicaço. E Emma, devastada e confusa, no descansara ate o encontrar e obter respostas as suas perguntas.Numa busca paralela pelo mesmo homem, Emma e a policia esto destinados a cruzar caminhos ate descobrirem o que realmente aconteceu.Os elogios da critica:Excecional. Publishers WeeklySe gosta de policiais brutais e macabros, este no ira dececiona-lo Tenso, inquietante, ameaçador e de leitura compulsiva, e perfeito para fs de Jo Nesb. Heat Impressionante Um livro que coloca a autora entre os principais escritores nordicos de policiais. Kirkus ReviewsUma historia incrivel e cativante. Sunday MirrorO noir escandinavo no seu expoente maximo. Daily MailA escritora sueca Camilla Grebe foi comparada a Jo Nesb. Considero que ela subsiste por si so, com a sua mestria. Mais do que recomendado de leitura obrigatoria. Frost MagazineExistem muitos autores talentosos e populares na Escandinavia que escrevem policiais desta natureza, mas nenhum esta ao nivel de Camilla Grebe. AdresseavisenUma nova voz que combina o melhor de autores como Jo Nesb e Anne Holt, com o ritmo e suspense de thrillers como A Rapariga no Comboio. Simplesmente espantoso e viciante. Legano NewsCamilla Grebe e uma das melhores escritoras de policiais do momento. Politiken