The Gallows Bird
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| Author | Camilla Läckberg |
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| Translator | Steven T. Murray |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Popular Fiction-Contemporary Thrillers |
| Genre | Crime |
| Publisher | Harpercollins |
Publication date | 2006 |
Published in English | March 2011 |
| Pages | 378 pages |
| ISBN | 0-00-725400-8 |
| Preceded by | The Stone Cutter |
| Followed by | Flavours from Fjällbacka |
The Gallows Bird (Swedish: Olycksfågeln) is a 2006 novel by Camilla Läckberg, translated by Steven T. Murray in 2011. It is the fourth psychological thriller written by Läckberg.[1]
Synopsis
[edit]Patrik (police officer) and Erica (writer) have reconnected, had a child and are moving headlong into matrimony.[2] Problems sidelined when a chaotic alcohol-fueled party ends with the death of an unpopular contestant on a reality TV show.[3] A local woman is found dead, apparently the victim of a car crash: the first in a spate of seemingly inexplicable accidents in Tanumshede.[4] The car reeks of alcohol and the initial assumption is that it is a drunk driver accident.[5]
Soon it becomes clear there's a serial assassin in the vicinity.[6] As TV cameras shadow the reality show stars' every move, relations with the locals are strained to the breaking point. A piece of evidence reveals that a pair of seemingly disparate homicides are linked, and a pattern emerges of similar homicides spread over many years—in different regions of Sweden; slowly Patrick realizes that these cases are more closely linked than he had thought.[7] Patrick also has his own set of problems to contend with: a wedding to arrange, and Erica's sister Anna living with them—he's experiencing stress.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Novel 4".
- ^ "Matrimony".
- ^ Forshaw, Barry (11 March 2011). "Party Alcohol". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 2022-06-18.
- ^ "Accident".
- ^ "Accident".
- ^ "Murderer/plural".
- ^ "Sweden literature".
- ^ swedengallow.com ["camilla-boss".]literature/8885476