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'A thriller that lingers in the memory' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB 'Dark Nordic noir' THE i 'A global bestseller' SUNDAY TIMES The award-winning, international bestselling Swedish crime debut about a missing girl, and the detective who must return home and confront her darkest secrets in order to find her - for fans of Susie Steiner, Samuel Bjork, and Lisa Jewell. ______________________________________ THE MISSING Nora's daughter Annabelle has disappeared, last seen on her way home from a party. THE LOST Gullspang's inexperienced police are wilting under the national media spotlight - and its residents desperate for answers. THE CLOCK IS TICKING Stockholm DI Charlie Lager must return home to find Annabelle, and then get out of town as soon as she can. Before everyone discovers the truth about her . . . If you liked MISSING, PRESUMED by Susie Steiner, I'M TRAVELLING ALONE by Samuel Bjork, and THEN SHE WAS GONE by Lisa Jewell you will love FOR THE MISSING, the international crime bestseller with a stunning ending. ______________________________________ WHAT REAL READERS ARE SAYING: 'Oh My Gosh! This is epic!' 'This is a great crime mystery' 'An interesting and fascinating read' 'Highly recommended' 'I am just amazed when a debut author presents a crime thriller in a fresh way' 'The tension grows and grows up to a stunning conclusion'

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A wonderful debut * Dziennik Zachodni (Poland) * The next big Swedish crime sensation * Dagbladet (Norway) * A brilliant, dense crime novel * Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) * This debut novel from a psychology teacher upholds the recent tradition of dark Nordic noir. A girl goes missing on her way home from the party in the forested village of Gullspang. Enter a Stockholm detective with a secret of her own * i PAPER * A powerful Scandi Noir debut by a promising new author ... Atmospheric, evocative and with a heroine who overcomes some of the genre's cliches, this is a first-class procedural with all shades of grey unveiled like onion peel as the narrative progresses. With various parallel story strands deepening the mystery before they all come together in a flurry of unwelcome truths, this makes for an altogether excellent thriller -- Maxim Jakubowski * CRIME TIME * This smash hit Swedish debut breathes new life into a few well-worn det-fic themes to create a thriller that lingers in the memory * SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB *

A wonderful debut * Dziennik Zachodni (Poland) * The next big Swedish crime sensation * Dagbladet (Norway) * A brilliant, dense crime novel * Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) * This debut novel from a psychology teacher upholds the recent tradition of dark Nordic noir. A girl goes missing on her way home from the party in the forested village of Gullspang. Enter a Stockholm detective with a secret of her own * i PAPER * This smash hit Swedish debut breathes new life into a few well-worn det-fic themes to create a thriller that lingers in the memory * SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB *

A brilliant, dense crime novel - Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) The next big Swedish crime sensation - Dagbladet (Norway) A wonderful debut - Dziennik Zachodni (Poland)

This smash hit Swedish debut breathes new life into a few well-worn det-fic themes to create a thriller that lingers in the memory - SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB This debut novel from a psychology teacher upholds the recent tradition of dark Nordic noir. A girl goes missing on her way home from the party in the forested village of Gullspang. Enter a Stockholm detective with a secret of her own - THE i PAPER Atmospheric, evocative and with a heroine who overcomes some of the genre's cliches, this is a first-class procedural - CRIME TIME The next big Swedish crime sensation - Dagbladet (Norway) A wonderful debut - Dziennik Zachodni (Poland)

This smash hit Swedish debut breathes new life into a few well-worn det-fic themes to create a thriller that lingers in the memory - SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB This debut novel from a psychology teacher upholds the recent tradition of dark Nordic noir. A girl goes missing on her way home from the party in the forested village of Gullspang. Enter a Stockholm detective with a secret of her own - THE i PAPER Atmospheric, evocative and with a heroine who overcomes some of the genre's cliches, this is a first-class procedural - CRIME TIME The next big Swedish crime sensation - Dagbladet (Norway) A wonderful debut - Dziennik Zachodni (Poland)

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Lina Bengtsdotter grew up in Gullspang, Sweden. She is a teacher in Swedish and Psychology and has published a number of short stories in various newspapers and magazines in Sweden and the Nordic countries. She has lived in the UK and in Italy and today resides outside of Stockholm with her three children.

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