About this Event
The Mysteries to Die For Book Club is led by Elsie Souza, reading M**der, mayhem, and marvelous prose. From Nordic noir to British whodunits, each book reveals how crime and storytelling cross borders, and what our favorite detectives can teach us about culture, justice, and the human heart.
This month, we're reading Camilla Läckberg's The Ice Princess—a chilling Swedish mystery set in the seaside town of Fjällbacka, where the apparent suicide of a young woman brings old secrets to the surface. When writer Erica Falck returns to her hometown after the death of her parents, she is shocked to learn that her childhood friend Alexandra Wijkner has been found dead in a bathtub, her wrists slashed. But the circumstances don't add up, and as Erica begins looking into the life Alexandra left behind, she joins forces with local detective Patrik Hedström to uncover what really happened. Their investigation reaches back into Fjällbacka's past, where family histories, small-town gossip, and long-held grudges prove difficult to keep buried. The first book in Läckberg's bestselling Fjällbacka series, The Ice Princess pairs a satisfyingly tangled M**der investigation with the claustrophobic pleasures of a town where everybody knows everybody—and almost nobody knows the whole story.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
“A top-notch thriller, one of the best of the genre” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) from international crime-writing sensation Camilla Läckberg tells the story of brutal murders in a small Swedish fishing village, and the shattering, decades-old secrets that precipitated them.
In this electrifying Scandinavian thriller from an international crime-writing sensation, a grisly death exposes the dark heart of a seaside village. Erica Falck returns to her tiny, remote hometown of Fjällbacka, Sweden, after her parents’ deaths only to encounter another tragedy: the suicide of her childhood best friend, Alex. It’s Erica herself who finds Alex’s body—suspended in a bathtub of frozen water, her wrists slashed. Erica is bewildered: Why would a beautiful woman who had it all take her own life?
Teaming up with police detective Patrik Hedström, Erica begins to uncover shocking events from Alex’s childhood. As one horrifying fact after another comes to light, Erica and Patrik’s curiosity gives way to obsession—and their flirtation grows into uncontrollable attraction. But it’s not long before one thing becomes very clear: a deadly secret is at stake, and there’s someone out there who will do anything—even commit M**der—to protect it.
Fans of Scandinavian noir and authors like Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell will devour Camilla Läckberg’s penetrating portrait of human nature at its darkest.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Born in 1974, Camilla Läckberg graduated from Gothenburg University of Economics, before moving to Stockholm where she worked for a few years as an economist. However, a course in creative writing triggered a drastic change of career. Her ten novels all became Swedish No. 1 bestsellers. She lives with her family in Stockholm.
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