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For the Dead

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781409179382

Price: £8.99

ON SALE: 20th February 2020

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Crime & Mystery

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DI Charlie Lager returns to investigate a long-buried disappearance in this ‘atmospheric’, ‘evocative’ and ‘arresting’ page-turner of a procedural from the new Swedish queen of crime fiction

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She must find the truth about Francesca. Before the past catches up with her…

AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY

Thirty years ago, teenager Paul Bergman was found drowned in Gullspång’s lake, and his best friend Francesca vanished from her home. Paul’s death was ruled a suicide, and Francesca was never found.

A DETECTIVE’S OBSESSION
DI Charlie Lager is still haunted by childhood memories of a strange house and the missing girl who once lived there.

A DEADLY SECRET
Convinced that the original investigation was flawed, Charlie is determined to uncover what really happened all those decades ago. But someone out there is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the truth from coming out…


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Praise for Lina Bengtsdotter:

‘A thriller that lingers in the memory’SUNDAY TIMES

‘Atmospheric, evocative…a first-class procedural…an excellent thriller’ – CRIME TIME

‘Dark Nordic noir’ – THE i

‘Takes crime fiction to a disturbingly personal, high level’ – SHOTS

‘Intelligent and arresting’ – MORNING STAR

‘A brilliant, dense crime novel’ – DAGENS NYHETER

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Reviews

Lina Bengtsdotter's books are beautiful, dark and completely addictive. I love them!
Katrine Engberg
The dark humour, compelling characters and exquisite writing means you're always in for a treat with Lina Bengtsdotter's novels
Camilla Läckberg

Detective Charlie Lager