The Eyewitness
Harriet is a young civil investigator who decides to leave Stockholm behind for the small village of Lerviken on the South Coast. Feeling a little lost and unlucky in love, she is hoping that a change of scenery will be the positive injection she needs so desperately. This is where she spent her childhood summers and it is also the place where her elderly father Eugen has resided ever since the divorce from her mother. Harriet moves in with her father and takes up a position with the local police department. However, she soon realises that her new boss does not take her seriously and she feels like an outcast at work. Not even the idyllic setting can change her mindset and she finds herself longing for her old life in the city. When a wealthy woman is found brutally murdered at her estate, followed by the discovery of her critically injured husband in a container, Harried is pulled into a complex investigation. Suddenly Lerviken has lost its former innocence and all the familiar faces from her childhood appear as potential suspects. Could the killer in fact be someone she knows?
The Eyewitness is the first part in a new crime series set on the southern edges of Sweden. It is a fast-paced suspense novel with a likeable female underdog as the lead character.
Anna Bågstam, born 1977, works as a lawyer at the Swedish Parliament. She lives with her family in a suburb outside of Stockholm. Bågstam made her sensational debut in 2017 with the audio serial Stockholm Psycho, which was later shortlisted for the Crimetime Specsavers Award for Best Crime Debut. The Darkman is the third part in Bågstam’s…
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Czech Republic: Metafora, Estonia: Rahva Raamat, Germany: Btb, Hungary: Holnap, Italy: Marsilio Editore, Norway: Panta Forlag, Russia: Eksmo, Spain: PlanetaHarriet is a young civil investigator who decides to leave Stockholm behind for the small village of Lerviken on the South Coast. Feeling a little lost and unlucky in love, she is hoping that a change of scenery will be the positive injection she needs so desperately. This is where she spent her childhood summers and it is also the place where her elderly father Eugen has resided ever since the divorce from her mother. Harriet moves in with her father and takes up a position with the local police department. However, she soon realises that her new boss does not take her seriously and she feels like an outcast at work. Not even the idyllic setting can change her mindset and she finds herself longing for her old life in the city. When a wealthy woman is found brutally murdered at her estate, followed by the discovery of her critically injured husband in a container, Harried is pulled into a complex investigation. Suddenly Lerviken has lost its former innocence and all the familiar faces from her childhood appear as potential suspects. Could the killer in fact be someone she knows?
The Eyewitness is the first part in a new crime series set on the southern edges of Sweden. It is a fast-paced suspense novel with a likeable female underdog as the lead character.
