Paperback: A frosty night in Stockholm. A thousand guests attend the Nobel Prizewinners' dinner.
The evening is one of prestige and glamour. Until two shots are fired on the dance floor.
Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon is there, covering the event for the
Evening Post.
As the police realize she caught a glimpse of the suspect, she is far more interested in getting back to the newsroom.
But as more brutal murders follow, Annika finds herself in the middle of something far larger than she had anticipated.
No longer just a reporter but also a vulnerable key witness, she begins to close up the gaps linking these crimes, just as the suspect starts closing the net on Annika herself.
About the author:
Liza Marklund is an author, publisher, journalist, columnist and goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. Her crime novels featuring the relentless reporter Annika Bengtzon instantly became an international hit, and sold 13 million copies in 30 languages to date.
She has achieved the unique feat being the number one bestseller in all five Nordic countries, as well as the USA, and she has been awarded numerous prizes, including a nomination for the Glass Key for best Scandinavian crime novel.
The Annika Bengtzon series is currently being adapted into film, and will launch with the movie of this novel, under the title
Nobel's Last Will.
Fans of Liza Marklund will be pleased to know that the seventh book in this series,
Lifetime, will be released in 2013.
On the translator: Neil Smith studied Scandinavian Studies at University College London and lived in Stockholm for several years. He now lives in Norfolk, England.
Liza Marklund on
Last Will (2012), the sixth book in the Annika Bengtzon series:
Rating: 5/5
