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Börje Ström è un pugile che in Svezia tutti conoscono, non solo per i suoi eccezionali successi sul ring, ma anche per l'infanzia segnata dalla misteriosa scomparsa del padre. In modo del tutto inaspettato, dopo quasi sessant'anni, ne viene ritrovato il corpo, perfettamente conservato nel freezer di un vecchio alcolizzato stroncato, a quanto pare, da un infarto. Rebecka Martinsson, incalzata dal medico legale che l'ha accompagnata per tutta la sua carriera a Kiruna, decide allora di riaprire il caso. In realtà, il procuratore capo ha tante cose per la testa: la sua vita privata è un gran caos, divisa com'è tra due uomini, e oltretutto le indagini sul padre del campione di boxe si rivelano collegate a un capitolo molto buio del passato della sua famiglia, mettendola nella scomoda situazione di un conflitto d'interessi. Chi era veramente il padre di Börje Ström? E cosa lo legava alla madre di Rebecka? In un epilogo letteralmente mozzafiato, Asa Larsson tira le fila della sua acclamata serie con una storia ricca di emozioni e colpi di scena, accendendo l'entusiasmo nei milioni di lettori che l'hanno seguita con passione negli anni, in paziente attesa del suo ritorno. Una storia tutta sua: con personaggi magnifici, una trama brillante, e la straordinaria forza della natura seducente e selvaggia delle terre a nord del circolo polare artico.

Djevojka koja se igrala vatrom drugi je dio trilogije Millennium. Lisbeth Salander i Mikael Blomkvist ponovno se nalaze u središtu napete, uzbudljive priče, u kojoj sve počinje okrutnim ubojstvom mladog novinara Millenniuma i njegove djevojke koji se bave istraživanjem traffickinga. Svi tragovi upućuju da je zločin počinila Lisbeth Salander te su se čitava švedska policija i javnost digle na noge kako bi pronašle neprilagođenu djevojku sumnjiva ponašanja s podebljim dosjeom iz psihijatrijske klinike. No ta potraga vodi do mračnih, duboko zakopanih tajni koje otkrivaju kako je i zašto okolina odbacila osamljenu krhku genijalku. Stieg Larsson uspio je gotovo nemoguće: napisati nastavak koji je napetiji i kompleksniji od prvog dijela i u njemu iznova na fascinantan način ogoliti skrivene strane društva. Roman Djevojka koja se igrala vatrom potvrdio je da je trilogija Millennium istinska književna i nakladnička senzacija koja s pravom ima desetke milijuna fanova.

Rebecka Martinsson's courage to the test once more in her most twisted and unpredictable case yet.After successfully tracking down and killing a rogue bear in the wilderness of northern Sweden, a group of hunters is shaken by a grisly discovery when they dress the bear carcass: human remains in the stomach. Far away in the remote village of Kurravaara, an elderly woman is found murdered with frenzied brutality, crude abuse scrawled above her bloodied bed. Her young grandson, known to live with her, is nowhere to be found.Only Kiruna prosecutor Rebecka Martinsson sees a connection between the two events, but thanks to the machinations of a jealous rival, she is dropped from the case. Continuing to pursue answers in an unofficial capacity, and with the reluctant assistance of her friend and police inspector Anna-Maria Mella, Rebecka stands alone against a ruthless killer. At the root of it all is a horrifying, century-old crime, the tendrils of which continue to hold the small community in their grip.

On the windswept shore of a frozen lake lurks a faceless killer determined to keep the past buried forever beneath half a century's silent ice and snow.The body of a young woman surfaces in the River Torne, in the far north of Sweden. Meanwhile, Rebecka Martinsson is working as a prosecutor in nearby Kiruna. Her sleep has been disturbed by haunting visions of a shadowy, accusing figure. Could the body be connected to the ghostly young woman in her dreams?Joining forces once again with Police Inspector Anna-Maria Mella, Rebecka is drawn into a murder and missing-person investigation that becomes entangled with old rumors of a German supply plane that mysteriously disappeared in 1943. Shame and secrecy shroud the locals'memories of the war, with Sweden's early collaboration with the Nazis still a raw wound. With psychologically complex twists and turns, this harrowing thriller captivates from the very first page.

It's midsummer in Sweden—when the light lingers through dawn and a long, isolating winter finally comes to an end. In this magical time, a brutal killer has chosen to strike. A female priest—who made enemies and acolytes in equal number—has been found hanging in her church. And a big-city lawyer quite acquainted with death enters the scene as police and parishioners try to pick up the pieces....Not long ago, attorney Rebecka Martinsson had to kill three men in order to stop an eerily similar murder spree—one that also involved a priest. Now she is back in Kiruna, the region of her birth, while a determined policewoman gnaws on the case and people who loved or loathed the victim mourn or revel in her demise. The further Rebecka is drawn into the mystery—a mystery that will soon take another victim—the more the dead woman's world clutches her: a world of hurt and healing, sin and sexuality, and, above all, of sacrifice.In prose that is both lyrical and visceral, Åsa Larsson has crafted a novel of pure entertainment, a taut, atmospheric mystery that will hold you in thrall until the last, unforgettable page is turned

A grisly torture-murder, a haunting northern Sweden backdrop, and a dark drama of twisted sexuality collide memorably in Åsa Larsson's masterpiece of suspense—a tale of menace, hope, longing, and darkness beyond imagining.The dead woman was found on a frozen lake, her body riddled with evidence of torture. Instantly, Inspector Anna-Maria Mella knows she needs help. Because the dead woman—found in workout clothes with lacy underwear beneath them—was a key player in a mining company whose tentacles reach across the globe. Anna-Maria needs a lawyer to help explain some things—and she knows one of the best.Attorney Rebecka Martinsson is desperate to get back to work, to feel alive again after a case that almost destroyed her. Soon Rebecka is prying into the affairs of the dead woman's boss, the founder of Kallis Mining, whose relationship with his star employee was both complex and ominous. But what Rebecka and Anna-Maria are about to uncover—a tangled drama of secrets, perversion, and criminality—will lay bare a tale as shocking as it is sad…about a man's obsession, a woman's lonely death, and a killer's cold, cold heart.

WINNER OF SWEDEN'S BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL AWARD • In the land of silence and snow, the killing has begun... Rebecka Martinsson is heading home to Kiruna, the town she'd left in disgrace years before. A Stockholm attorney, Rebecka has a good reason to return: her friend Sanna, whose brother has been horrifically murdered in the revivalist church his charisma helped create. Beautiful and fragile, Sanna needs someone like Rebecka to remove the shadow of guilt that is engulfing her, to forestall an ambitious prosecutor and a dogged policewoman. But to help her friend, and to find the real killer of a man she once adored and is now not sure she ever knew, Rebecka must relive the darkness she left behind in Kiruna, delve into a sordid conspiracy of deceit, and confront a killer whose motives are dark, wrenching, and impossible to guess....Praise for Sun Storm“Richly atmospheric.”—Kirkus Reviews“Larsson builds suspense gradually but inexorably, and she is equally good at creating mood....This impressive debut heralds another striking voice from Scandinavia.”—Booklist “For those who eschew exotic travel in favor of the familiar hammock, there's nothing better than a well-written and well-translated story from some place you'll probably never visit. is that story and more!”—Rocky Mountain News