FADERSMORD – PATRICIDE
By Carina Bergfeldt
AN ANONYMOUS MURDERER is meticulously planning to kill the person who has turned her life into a living hell. She plans the ultimate murder in great detail with fictional murderer Dexter Morgan as her role model. She documents it all in a notebook which, in spite of its macabre contents, is decorated with colourful cupcakes, like the journal of an innocent young girl. And, in order to not lose focus, she has attached a note to the fridge that says: “PATRICIDE”.
WHILE THE PATRICIDE is being planned, a woman is found frozen in the ice at Lake Simsjön, and there is no doubt that she has been murdered. At the Skövde police department, inspector Anna Eiler works intensely on the case while reporters Julia Almliden and Ing-Marie Andersson conduct their own criminal investigation. All three of them have their own personal reasons for wanting to solve the murder case. Since they live in a small town where everyone is connected to each other, one way or the other, relationships are put to the test this winter. And perhaps one of them carries the darkest secret of them all…
PATRICIDE IS A psychological debut novel that gets under your skin. A skilfully woven suspense novel, portraying a heritage of violence and the indelible tracks it leaves behind. It is the first instalment in a trilogy dealing with the subject of violence and hatred against women.
ABOUT THE BOOK
First published by Frank Förlag, Sweden 2012
RIGHTS SOLD TO
Catalonia, Columna
Czech Republic, Vikend
Denmark, Lindhardt & Ringhof
France, Hachette
Germany, Goldmann
Italy, Longanesi
The Netherlands, AW Bruna
Norway, Gyldendal
Portugal, Planeta Manuscrito
Spain, Seix Barral
Sweden, Frank Förlag
Taiwan, Spring
REVIEWS
It is a captivating story, and I simply have to know how it will end.
– Aftonbladet
An unusually skilful debut novel with a very credible sense of everyday life and a sneaking, unpleasant atmosphere.
– Dagens Nyheter
An exciting newcomer in an otherwise saturated crime novel market.
– Metro
I like writers who want to achieve something – such as Bergfeldt dealing with violence against women.
– Aftonbladet
This is an important debut novel … Read this psychological thriller and keep in mind that it describes reality.
– Amelia Magazine
There is a lot of guesswork about who is behind the murder plans before the truth is revealed.
– Journalisten
Very exciting crime fiction. … A true page-turner. … There’s no limit to how fast one wants to finish it.
– P4, Sveriges Radio
An exciting and well-written novel with many layers and I read it with great enjoyment.
– Skaraborgs Allehanda
Patricide is a claustrophobic, well-written and exciting story.
– Mons Kallentoft
For one week I haven’t turned on the TV. I have said no to hanging out with people in the evenings and just longed to get into bed and read.
– Katrin Zytomierska
A simply amazing book – Exciting, well-written and important!
– Magdalena Graaf
I sense an authorship on its way up. Scary and clever crime novel by an incredibly skilful journalist. Keep your eye on her, there is no limit to how far she may go!
– Simona Ahrnstedt
Carina Bergfeldt is a very promising debutant, and Patricide is a well written and suspenseful crime novel.
– Siren Marøy, Gyldendal Norway
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