Until Thy Wrath Be Past

Until Thy Wrath Be Past: The Arctic Murders - atmospheric Scandi murder mysteries - Åsa Larsson

A shameful past and a secret worth killing for - a vivid tale of suspense from one of Sweden's finest crime writers. In Until Thy Wrath Be Past the body of a young woman surfaces in the River Torne, in the far north of Sweden. Meanwhile, Rebecka Martinsson is working as a prosecutor in nearby Kiruna. Her sleep has been disturbed by haunting visions of a shadowy, accusing figure. Could the body be connected to the ghostly young woman in her dreams? Joining forces once again with Police Inspector Anna-Maria Mella, Rebecka is drawn into a murder and missing-person investigation that becomes entangled with old rumors of a German supply plane that mysteriously disappeared in 1943. Shame and secrecy shroud the locals' memories of the war, with Sweden's early collaboration with the Nazis still a raw wound. And on the windswept shore of a frozen lake lurks a faceless killer determined to keep the past buried forever beneath half a century's silent ice and snow. With its psychologically complex twists and turns, this harrowing thriller captivates from the very first page. Review Larsson's laid-back style makes her unflinching probing of the icy depths of the human heart all the more chilling ― TelegraphIn a world awash with female coppers, there aren't many as interesting and human as Rebecka ― Wall Street Journal   About the Author Åsa Larsson was born and grew up in Kiruna, Sweden. She is a qualified lawyer and made her debut in 2003 with The Savage Altar, which was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Association prize for best debut novel. Its sequel, The Blood Spilt, was chosen as Best Swedish Crime Novel of 2004, as was The Second Deadly Sin in 2011. Her novels were adapted for television and shown on More 4. The sixth and final book in the Rebecka Martinsson series, The Sins of Our Fathers, was named Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, and is the winner of the Adlibris Suspense Award, the Storytel Award.