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Missing
Karin Alvtegen
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Description for Missing
Paperback. A gripping race against the clock, and an examination of the hidden lives of those who choose to live on the outskirts of society. Translator(s): Paterson, Anna. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
The murderer had sliced open the dead man's torso and removed unspecified internal organs. The police admitted that some kind of religious symbol had been left at the scene of the crime, suggesting a ritual act of slaughter . . .
When a serial killer strikes, a homeless woman finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time, framed for horrifying murders that she didn't commit. On the run and living by her wits, can she avoid capture long enough to prove her innocence?
Missing is a gripping race against the clock, and an examination of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857860224
SKU
V9780857860224
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-56
About Karin Alvtegen
Karin Alvtegen was born in Jönköping, Sweden, in 1965 and had a varied career, including work in set design for film and stage, before she started to write. She won Sweden's most prestigious crime novel award, the Glass Key, with Missing, and received further acclaim for her next two novels, Betrayal and Shame. She is the great-neice of Astrid Lindgren ... Read more
Reviews for Missing
Reminiscent of Ruth Rendell at her best.
Herald
Alvtegen is a name to watch.
Guardian
A compelling tale...full of false leads and bloody deeds.
Sunday Herald
Alvtegen's chilling novels are head and shoulders above the rest of the Scandi crew.
... Read more
Herald
Alvtegen is a name to watch.
Guardian
A compelling tale...full of false leads and bloody deeds.
Sunday Herald
Alvtegen's chilling novels are head and shoulders above the rest of the Scandi crew.
... Read more