Karin Alvtegen



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Karin Alvtegen

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born
June 08, 1965 in Huskvarna, Sweden

gender
female

website

genre
Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


About this author

The Queen of Crime in Scandinavia.

Missing was awarded the premier Scandinavian crime writing award the Glass Key in 2001 and was also nominated for the Poloni Award and Best Crime Novel 2000 in Sweden.

Shame was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie International Dagger award for crime novels in translation upon publication in English.

Alvtegen lives in Stockholm. She is grand-niece of the popular children's novelist Astrid Lindgren.


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Books by Karin Alvtegen

Average rating: 3.51 · 1,052 ratings · 178 reviews · 14 distinct works
Missing
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 436 ratings — published 2000 — 20 editions
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Betrayal
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions
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Shadow
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 169 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions
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Shame
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions
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Skuld
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions
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En sannolik historia
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 201
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Sacrifice
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3.33 of 5 stars 3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012
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Voortvluchtig
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000
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Trahie
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005
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Honteuse
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006
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