Liza Marklund

The body of a young woman has been found behind a nursery school in Stockholm. She is the fourth victim in a short time with the same characteristics: a young mother, stabbed from behind. The offices of the Evening Post are awash with rumours of a serial killer, but journalist Annika Bengtzon dismisses it as wild fantasy. As the murder spree continues, the police too begin to think they have a serial killer on their hands. Meanwhile Annika is dragged into a violent hostage situation in Nairobi that involves her husband - a situation that shakes both Europe and East Africa.

Die ersten zwei Fälle von Annika Bengtzon Annika Bengtzon beginnt ihre journalistische Karriere beim Abendblatt. Durch einen anonymen Anruf in der Redaktion erfährt sie, dass man auf einem Friedhof eine Frauenleiche gefunden hat. Das Opfer war Tänzerin im Stripteaseclub "Studio 6", der pikanterweise auch von Politikern frequentiert wird. Annika stellt Nachforschungen an, ganz eigenmächtig, und das bleibt nicht ohne Folgen ... Fast acht Jahre später: Ein Bombenattentat erschüttert die schwedische Öffentlichkeit: Anschlag auf das Olympiastadion - wenige Monate vor Eröffnung der Spiele. In den Trümmern findet die Polizei die zerfetzten Teile eines Leichnams. Annika, seit kurzem Chefin der Polizeiredaktion einer großen Zeitung, wird mit der Berichterstattung betraut und ihre Recherchen fördern Unglaubliches zutage ...

AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH? - Reporter Annika Bengtzon is working on the story of a devastating crime when she hears that a journalist investigating the same incident has been killed It appears to be a hit-and-run accident A SERIES OF MURDERS - Several brutal killings follow _ all linked by handwritten letters sent to the victims relatives When Annika unravels a connection with the story shes writing, she is thrown on to the trail of a deadly psychopath...

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.

A family torn apart. Another trying to find a way to be as one. 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 district of Stockholm. His wife, Nora, is missing. With no alternative, his children are taken into care. In one night, a family has been ripped apart. Journalist Annika Bengtzon is assigned to the case. As she delves into the horrifying details of this family's fate, she grapples too with the change in her own. With her new boyfriend she must patch together a family from their respective children and stepchildren, and find a way for them all to live harmoniously. Family matters above all else, but all is never as it seems. Behind the scenes, darkness lies.

Als Flüchtlingshelferin lernt Mia einen gut aussehenden Libanesen kennen und lieben. Doch die Beziehung ist bald von Einschränkungen und Gewalt geprägt, und Mia verlässt ihren Verlobten. Der Beginn eines Albtraums: Kein noch so geheimer Umzug schützt Mia auf Dauer vor ihrem Verfolger. Am Ende sieht sie nur noch einen Ausweg: Freunde, Familie und Heimatland zu verlassen. Die atemlose Geschichte einer jahrelangen Flucht, gemeinsam erzählt von Liza Marklund und Maria Eriksson, die diese Geschichte persönlich erlebt hat.

Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon is woken by a phonecall in the early hours of a wintry morning An explosion has ripped apart the OlympicStadium And a victim has been blown to pieces As Annika delves into the details of the bombing and the background of the victim, there is a second explosion...

''That night he did something so controversial that he''d rather be suspected of murder than tell anyone what he was really doing. What could possibly be worse than that?'' Trainee journalist Annika Bengtzon has secured a summer placement at Sweden''s biggest tabloid newspaper. She''s desperate for this to be her big break, although manning the tip-off phoneline isn''t quite what she had in mind...Until a caller tells her that the naked body of a young woman has been found in a nearby cemetery. As she pieces together details of the young woman''s life, Annika stumbles across video footage that places the main suspect hundreds of miles from the crime scene, right at the time of the murder. Are the police looking for the wrong man? There is suddenly far more at stake here than Annika''s career, and the more questions she asks, the more she leaves herself dangerously exposed.

At a derelict port in Stockholm, two brutally murdered men are found by a security guard. In the same area a young woman, Aida, is on the run from a deranged gunman. Meanwhile, journalist Annika Bengtzon is approached by a woman wanting her story published in the Evening Post. She claims to have founded an organization to erase people's pasts - giving vulnerable individuals a completely new identity. Annika helps Aida to get in touch with the foundation. But as she begins to investigate this woman's story, more bodies turn up and she finds herself getting dangerously close to the truth - that all is not as it seems...This title is previously published as "Paradise".

On the shortest night of the year, thirteen people are due to film a prime time TV series but on the morning of Midsummers 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, theres a murderer on the loose - and a terrifying drama about to take place in the public eye.