Viveca Sten

On a hot July morning on Sweden's idyllic vacation island of Sandhamn, a man takes his dog for a walk and makes a gruesome discovery: a body, tangled in fishing net, has washed ashore. Police detective Thomas Andreasson is the first to arrive on the scene. Before long, he has identified the deceased as Krister Berggren, a bachelor from the mainland who has been missing for months. All signs point to an accident--until another brutalized corpse is found at the local bed-and-breakfast. But this time it is Berggren's cousin, whom Thomas interviewed in Stockholm just days before. As the island's residents reel from the news, Thomas turns to his childhood friend, local lawyer Nora Linde. Together, they attempt to unravel the riddles left behind by these two mysterious outsiders--while trying to make sense of the difficult twists their own lives have taken since the shared summer days of their youth.

Still Waters

The splendor of the Swedish mountains becomes the backdrop for a bone-chilling crime. On the day Stockholm police officer Hanna Ahlander's personal and professional lives crash, she takes refuge at her sister's lodge in the Swedish ski resort paradise of Åre. But it's a brief comfort. The entire village is shaken by the sudden vanishing of a local teenage girl. Hanna can't help but investigate, and while searching for the missing person, she lands a job with the local police department. There she joins forces with Detective Inspector Daniel Lindskog, who has been tasked with finding the girl. Their only lead: a scarf in the snow. As subzero temperatures drop even further, a treacherous blizzard sweeps toward Åre. Hanna and Daniel's investigation is getting more desperate by the hour. Lost or abducted, either way time is running out for the missing girl. Each new clue closes in on something far more sinister than either Hanna or Daniel imagined. In this devious novel by the bestselling author of the Sandhamn Murders series, discover what it will take to solve a case when the truth can be so easily hidden in the coming storm.

Hidden in Snow

What do the new arrivals on Sandhamn Island have to fear? Their own secrets--in this gripping novel of suspense by the bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment. The new summer house on Sandhamn Island is an architectural dream for its owner, Carsten Jonsson. It's a nightmare for the locals. The venture capitalist has flouted local traditions, property lines, and the natural beauty of the coastline. He's also too wealthy and arrogant to heed the anonymous warnings to leave. The threats escalate when his guest lodge is burned to the ground and an unidentifiable corpse is found in the charred ruins. Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson isn't sure if it's murder or a tragic accident. Until his friend attorney Nora Linde is drawn into the investigation. Nora's emotional investment in Carsten's fragile and fearful wife, Celia, is yielding a new level of suspicion: that the Jonssons are hiding more than anyone can imagine. Now Thomas and Nora must sift through the ashes of a puzzling crime and step into the shadows of a powerful family, whose deadly secrets are coming to light on Sandhamn.

In the Shadow of Power

Sandhamn Island's archipelago is a beautiful place to visit. For a mother on the run, it's the only place to hide in a novel of escalating suspense by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of Still Waters. Building a case against Andreis Kovač is a risky strategy for prosecutor Nora Linde. A violent key player in Stockholm's drug trade and untouchable when it comes to financial crimes, he has the best defense money can buy. To topple Andreis's empire, Nora's working a different angle. It's personal. Nora's critical witness is Andreis's wife, Mina--if she'll testify. Mina has suffered her husband's rage too long. It's nearly cost her her life. Still carrying the traumas of the Bosnian War, Andreis can be triggered like an explosive. He must be taken down. And as the trial looms, Mina and her infant son must disappear. The police have found her a safe place to hide on Runmarö Island in Sandhamn's archipelago. But there's no shelter from a man as powerful and merciless as Andreis. Especially when he's being crossed. His campaign of terror has just begun. He's prepared to crush anyone who stands in his way: Mina, Nora, and everyone they know and love. Andreis is coming for them. This time, Nora is on the defense.

In Bad Company

Just när skidsäsongen börjat i Åre hittas ett lik i en av liftarna. Kroppen är stelfrusen med läppar som smalnat av kylan. Mycket pekar på ett mord. Daniel Lindskog är inspektör vid Årepolisen och nybliven pappa. Hanna Ahlander har flytt till Åre efter att ha blivit dumpad och tvingats lämna sitt jobb på Citypolisen i Stockholm. Snart blir de båda två avgörande i utredningen kring den döda. Snön yr, temperaturen sjunker och allt fler svävar i livsfara. Hur många måste offras innan sanningen uppdagas? ”Offermakaren” är första delen i Viveca Stens dramatiska nya serie Åremorden som utspelar sig i de jämtländska fjällen. Som alltid väver hon samman den storslagna naturen med starka karaktärer i en rafflande mordgåta som fullkomligt trollbinder läsaren.

Offermakaren

Det är sportlov i Åre när ett illa tilltygat lik hittas en bit utanför byn. Offret har inga kända fiender och Årepolisen står rådlös. Hanna Ahlander är kvar på sitt vikariat men hoppas på en fast tjänst. Hennes kollega Daniel Lindskog slits mellan familjen och arbetet.Samtidigt har en frikyrklig sekt fått starkt fäste i de isolerade byarna nära norska gränsen. Den unga Rebecka drömmer om att tjäna Gud som trofast pastorshustru, men hon blir mer och mer utsatt och isolerad. Ingen tar hennes parti och snart fruktar hon för sitt liv.När nya hemligheter avslöjas börjar en allt mörkare historia nystas upp. Hanna och Daniel dras in i en komplicerad utredning som handlar om att överleva - till varje pris."Dalskuggan" är andra delen i Åremorden. En serie där Viveca Sten väver samman den storslagna naturen med starka karaktärer i rafflande mordgåtor som fullkomligt trollbinder läsaren.

Dalskuggan

When two cold case disappearances are reopened, a decade of deadly secrets is unearthed on Sandhamn Island in the #1 bestselling thriller by Viveca Sten, author of In Bad Company. A woman's skeletal remains are excavated on an uninhabited island in Sandhamn's archipelago, and Thomas Andreasson is called to officially investigate. But his best friend, Nora Linde, can't help but get involved. On leave after her last case took a dark turn, Nora is tortured by depression, nightmares, and guilt. Her marriage fractured, her pride chipped away, Nora could find redemption in this investigation. Then evidence suggests two possible cold cases linked to the grim discovery: two women who have been missing for ten years. Now Nora feels compelled to unearth a mystery someone has gone to great pains to bury. What could have happened to require such a cover-up? As the cold case vanishings converge, Nora follows a twisting trail of revenge, blackmail, and betrayal. She's also inviting the watchful eye of someone determined to stop her. To free herself from the damaging grip of the past--and the reach of a relentless killer--Nora is going to have to brave the darkness one more time.

Buried in Secret

A shocking abduction rocks idyllic Sandhamn Island in an enthralling novel of suspense by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment. With the summer season on Sandhamn comes an unsettling mystery for Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson. A bullied young boy has vanished from a sailing camp on neighboring Lökholmen Island. Has the terrorized eleven-year-old run away? Or, in this isolated vacation spot where strangers lurk, is it something more ominous? The disappearance has also captured the interest of Thomas's longtime friend, attorney Nora Linde. The missing child happens to be the son of her latest client, Christian Dufva. He is a key witness against his partner in a high-profile embezzlement trial, and Dufva's testimony could be devastating. It'll also be Nora's biggest win--the next step toward a position as chief prosecutor. But with every anonymous threat against Dufva, the stakes get higher. When new evidence surfaces in their respective cases, new questions and fears arise for Thomas and Nora. Time is running out to resolve them. So is hope of finding the boy alive. Because on Sandhamn Island, the truth is buried as deep as the secrets.

In the Name of Truth

It's a beautiful day for a regatta--until one of Sandhamn Island's most prestigious residents is killed aboard his sailing yacht. Oscar Juliander was a rich lawyer and deputy chairman of the prestigious Royal Swedish Yacht Club. While at first his death seems like a tragic accident, there is evidence of foul play. Police detective Thomas Andreasson teams up with local lawyer Nora Linde to investigate. As they work to uncover clues, they face resistance from an elite world where nothing but appearance matters. When the rich and powerful inhabitants of Sweden's idyllic island getaway come under scrutiny, Thomas and Nora must work closely and secretively to seek justice.

Closed Circles

Secrets, vengeance, and a brutal murder unsettle an idyllic winter paradise in a blood-chilling novel of suspense by the acclaimed author of Hidden in Snow and the Sandhamn Murder series. In the Swedish ski resort of Åre, crime is rare. Certainly nothing so brutal as the murder of Johan Andersson, a former Olympic skier found bound and beaten to death in the forest. According to his distraught wife, he didn't have any enemies in the world. To Detective Inspectors Hanna Ahlander and Daniel Lindskog, the crime proves otherwise. But what could have provoked such rage? And in whom? As Hanna and Daniel search for answers, Rebecka Ekvall, a vulnerable pastor's wife, is trapped in an abusive marriage. Isolated from her congregation, she's afraid of her husband and even more fearful for her life. Because Rebecka carries a fateful secret. But she isn't the only one in Åre with something to hide. As Hanna and Daniel continue to untangle the dark histories of a growing list of suspects, they realize that Johan's murder is just the beginning of a disturbing case about survival and revenge--at any cost.

Hidden in Shadows

Svikalogn

Tonight You’re Dead

Camilla Sten

Djupgraven är första delen i Camilla och Viveca Stens rysarserie för slukaråldern. Övernaturligheter hämtade från nordisk folktro möter sjömansskrock och bäddar för sträckläsning. I huvudpersonen Tuva får vi också en träffande skildring av hur det är att växa upp och känna sig annorlunda i ett litet samhälle. Även om tolvåriga Tuva inte har mycket gemensamt med sina klasskompisar och mest håller sig för sig själv har hon alltid känt sig hemma i skärgården och på Harö, där hon bor. Hon kan alla kobbar, skär och grund utan och innantill. Men den här hösten har något förändrats. Människor försvinner spårlöst i havet, mörka skuggor böljar under vattenytan och övernaturliga väsen visar sig bland träden ... Tillsammans har mor och dotter Sten skapat en olidligt spännande första del i en rysartrilogi. Viveca Sten är en av våra största deckarförfattare, dottern Camilla har nyligen släppt sin hyllade debutroman för vuxna.

Djupgraven

Fem kvinnor åker till fjällen för en återförening. Det är tjugo år sedan de pluggade ihop och Lisen - som äger ett överdådigt hus i Åre - bjuder in. Trots den inledande champagnen maler oron inför en helg med personer som de egentligen inte känner längre. Helgen börjar glatt med en god middag och prat om gamla minnen, men allt eftersom börjar sprickorna visa sig. Livsbesvikelser och avund kommer i dagen, och medan snöovädret tilltar på fjället övergår den sjudande spänningen i öppen konflikt. De kan inte förlåta vare sig varandra eller sig själva för gamla försyndelser. Och när nya hemligheter når upp till ytan brister fördämningarna. Fem åker dit men bara fyra återvänder hem. I "Återträffen" skriver Camilla Sten och Viveca Sten för första gången tillsammans för vuxna. Omslagsformgivare: Helena Hammarström

Återträffen

A woman's dangerous career comes to a chilling end in this spellbinding thriller by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment... The body of world-famous journalist Jeanette Thiels is discovered the day after Christmas, frozen in a snow-spotted garden just steps from her hotel on Sandhamn Island. Detective Thomas Andreasson finds it highly unlikely that it was some bizarre accident. After all, the relentless war-zone correspondent was no stranger to conflict and controversy--both professional, and of late, very personal. Who would want to see her dead is another story. Enlisting the help of attorney Nora Linde, his longtime friend on holiday, Thomas is anxious for the answers. But he and Nora don't have to look far. The clues are leading them closer to home than they imagined. Jeannette may have made a career out of exposing corruption at the highest levels of world power, but she was also a woman with secrets of her own and they're coming to light on Sandhamn. But for Thomas and Nora, unearthing the deeply rooted deceptions behind Jeanette's death could now put those closest to her in harm's way, too.

In Harm's Way

The tiny Swedish island of Sandhamn has always been a haven for lawyer Nora Linde. With trouble brewing in her marriage, she finds its comforts more welcome than ever, even in the depths of winter. That is, until her two young sons trip across a severed arm in the woods. The boys’ gruesome discovery will once again connect Nora with her childhood friend Thomas Andreasson, now a local police detective. When the limb is identified as belonging to a twenty-year-old woman who disappeared without a trace months earlier, what had been a missing persons case takes on a whole new urgency. Nora and Thomas delve deeply into the woman’s final hours, each of them wrestling not only with the case but with the private demons it awakens in them. As they do, they’ll find themselves drawn into the history of Sandhamn and the tensions that have been simmering just below the surface for more than a hundred years.

Guiltless

What's a lie among friends? It's murder--in this riveting thriller by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of Tonight You're Dead... It's Midsummer's Eve, the celebration of the longest day of the year, and on Sandhamn it's the longest party of the year. But the fun comes to a dead halt when a young reveler is murdered, a teenage girl is found drugged and dazed on the beach, and other young women vanish. So far, what links the victims is a mystery. For Nora Linde and her new boyfriend, Jonas Sköld, the crimes are personal: one of the missing girls is Wilma, Jonas's daughter. And her disappearance could test Nora and Jonas's relationship in ways they never expected. Thrust into the investigation, they soon discover that it's more than a case of bad blood between friends. But the truth, which has receded into a haze of carousing, drugs, and liquor, is getting harder to see. If Nora and Jonas are going to find out what happened to Wilma, they'd better do it fast--before the ebbing tides sweep away all the terrible secrets of that night on Sandhamn Island.

In the Heat of the Moment

Benådaren

Vilseledaren

Strax före påsk hittas affärskvinnan Charlotte Wretlind brutalt mördad i sin svit på Copperhill Mountain Lodge i Åre. Paniken sprider sig i trakten och Daniel Lindskog och hans kollega Hanna Ahlander tar sig omedelbart an fallet. Det visar sig att offret har kopplingar till Storliens berömda högfjällshotell, en anrik men nergången skidanläggning som sedan många år förlorat sin forna glans. Daniel har börjat gå i terapi för att hantera ilskan som ställer till det i hans relationer, Hanna försöker förgäves hålla reda på sitt känsloliv. Tillsammans leds de in i en vindlande utredning kantad av trasiga relationer, svåra konflikter och plågsamma barndomsminnen. ”Botgöraren” är tredje delen i serien Åremorden, där Viveca Sten väver samman den storslagna naturen med starka karaktärer i mordgåtor som fullkomligt trollbinder läsaren.

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