The Ice Princess
Published in 2002, this is Camilla Läckberg’s debut as crime writer, the first in her Fjällbacka series, and was a huge success in Sweden when first published. The book is a mixture of traditional crime, romance and family relations, which apparently appealed to the audience. With a claustrophobic scenery of the small village where darkness seems to hide in every corner, Läckberg’s style of describing Fjällbacka has been compared to the French film director Claude Chabrol who had thrillers as his trademark.
It is winter and Fjällbacka, a small village by the sea, is quiet and calm, until the body of a young woman is found in the bathtub of her house. It seems like suicide, but after a while it’s discovered that she was murdered. Erica, an author, has recently return to her place of birth and the murdered woman is a childhood friend of hers. She is drawn into the case and together with Patrik, a local policeman, she slowly unveils the truth about her friend’s death.
When first published, “The Ice Princess” was criticized for using a plot and set of characters that has been seen many times before, but was also appreciated for its language and the social criticism of the Swedish society which was woven into the story.
Camilla Läckberg
Camilla Läckberg is a Swedish crime writer and has sometimes been called ‘the Swedish Agatha Christie’. Since her debut in 2002 with “The Ice Princess”, she has published twelve books; crime novels, cookery books and a children’s book, and been translated into 33 languages.
Publications
The Ice Princess
by Camilla Läckberg
The Preacher
by Camilla Läckberg
The Stone Cutter
by Camilla Läckberg
The Gallows Bird
by Camilla LäckbergBooks of special interest
The Merman
by Carl-Johan Vallgren
Echoes from the Dead
by Johan Theorin
New Collected Poems
by Tomas Tranströmer
Children's books
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
by Selma Lagerlöf
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
Bridget and the Moose Brothers
by Pija Lindenbaum
When Owen's Mom Breathed Fire
by Pija Lindenbaum
The Diamond Mystery
by Martin WidmarkThe Literary Magazine lists
New Collected Poems
by Tomas Tranströmer
I Die, But the Memory Lives On
by Henning Mankell
The Man from Beijing
by Henning MankellLatest reveiws
Current reveiws
Absolutely astounding. Nobel consideration should be given
Review: Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson
The best thriller I've read for a long long time!
Review: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
