Betrayal

Betrayal

by KarinAlvtagan (Author)

Synopsis

SOMEONE IS WATCHING EVA In the trees at the edge of her garden, a figure lurks in the dark. In the hospital, Jonas watches over his girlfriend, who is in a coma. But what, or who, has put her there? Through a chance meeting, Eva and Jonas's lives will become disturbingly entwined. And Eva will discover that sometimes, in order to survive, you must betray the ones you love the most . . .

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 297
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 16 Jun 2011

ISBN 10: 0857861646
ISBN 13: 9780857861641
Book Overview: When you're confronted with the ultimate betrayal, how far would you go for revenge?

Media Reviews
Alvtegen's chilling novels are head and shoulders above the rest of the Scandi crew * * Daily Mail * *
Reminiscent of Ruth Rendell at her best * * Herald * *
Alvtegen is a name to watch * * Guardian * *
A compelling tale...full of false leads and bloody deeds * * Sunday Herald * *
Alvtegen powerfully evokes Sibylla's sense of persecution and conveys what it means to live as an outsider, without ever compromising this compulsive thriller * * Metro * *
A genuine hit . . . a brilliant novel -- Gefle Dagblad * * Sweden * *
A very powerful novel. Skilfully, very intimately and realistically, Alvtegen describes an individual living outside the margins * * Helsingborgs Dagblad * *
A gripping, multi-faceted thriller. It is not only about brutal murder, but also about something more profound - an individual's road to awareness about her own life and value . . . Alvtegen is already amongst the top Swedish crime and thriller authors * * Folkbladet Joenkoeping * *
Author Bio
Karin Alvtegen is one of Scandinavia's most acclaimed and bestselling crime writers. She was born in Joenkoeping, Sweden, in 1965 and had a varied career, including work in set design for film and stage, before she started to write. She won Sweden's most prestigious crime novel award, the Glass Key, for Missing. Her novel Shadow was shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger 2009. She is the great-neice of Astrid Lindgren (author of the Pippi Longstocking stories), and lives in Stockholm.