The Crow Girl: A fast-paced page-turning psychological thriller
Erik Axl Sund
Apr 2016 · Random House
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With a serial killer on the loose Detective Kihlberg must delve into a nightmare world of hidden lives, lost identities and secret rituals... This is the world of the Crow Girl.
It starts with just one body - the hands bound, the skin covered in marks.
Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg is determined to find out who is responsible, despite opposition from her superiors. When two more bodies are discovered, it becomes clear that she is hunting a serial killer.
With her career on the line, Kihlberg turns to psychotherapist Sofia Zetterlund. Together, they expose a chain of shocking events that began decades ago - but will it lead them to the murderer before someone else dies?
'A compulsive page-turner' Sunday Express
'Compelling... we are left gasping for breath' Daily Mail
'There's a fantastic twist... the pace of its revelations is relentless' Observer
It starts with just one body - the hands bound, the skin covered in marks.
Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg is determined to find out who is responsible, despite opposition from her superiors. When two more bodies are discovered, it becomes clear that she is hunting a serial killer.
With her career on the line, Kihlberg turns to psychotherapist Sofia Zetterlund. Together, they expose a chain of shocking events that began decades ago - but will it lead them to the murderer before someone else dies?
'A compulsive page-turner' Sunday Express
'Compelling... we are left gasping for breath' Daily Mail
'There's a fantastic twist... the pace of its revelations is relentless' Observer
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4.1
18 reviews
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July 21, 2017
Well written knowledgeable police hunt for new and historic child murder victims and perpetrators who are involved in sexual abuse, graphically described. At over 900 pgs it could have been a labour, it lost one star for this but the author's skill in engaging lifts it above the ordinary.
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JulieK James
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July 1, 2018
This is not a novel for the faint-hearted - even by Scandi-Noir standards.
It will test your resolve and your parental emotions will leave you feeling
utterly wrung-out. But it is brilliantly written and the plot perfectly
paced. A haunting masterpiece.
Prashant Mathur
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August 17, 2017
While the twist and turns are many and they keep the reader guessing but a need for the taut mystery was somehow lacking.
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About the author
Erik Axl Sund is the pseudonym for two authors who have been friends and collaborators for years: Jerker Erikson and Håkan Axlander Sundquist. Håkan was a sound engineer, musician and artist, while Jerker was a music producer and worked as a librarian in a prison. Both live in Sweden where they are now full-time writers, and also run an art gallery together.
Originally written as a trilogy before being re-worked for the English language markets The Crow Girl is their first book. The complete trilogy received the 'Special Award' from the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers in 2012, with the academy highlighting the trilogy's "hypnotically captivating psychoanalysis in crime fiction form."
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