Camilla Läckbergs første kriminalroman fra Fjällbacka: Erica Falcks bestevenninne fra barndommen blir funnet død i badekaret, og Erica møter politi...
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Aug 23, 2010
Nancy
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Really, I've given this book 3.5 stars, but once again, I'm faced with the fact that goodreads lacks the 1/2 star option. Even though I dislike star ratings, I try to be fair and round up when I need to.
Erica Falck, the main character of this story, is a writer of biographies of famous women. However, after her childhood friend Alex Carlgren-Wijkner is found dead, Alex's family asks Erica to write a commemoration of her life for the local newspaper in Fjällbacka, where Alex lived unt More...
Erica Falck, the main character of this story, is a writer of biographies of famous women. However, after her childhood friend Alex Carlgren-Wijkner is found dead, Alex's family asks Erica to write a commemoration of her life for the local newspaper in Fjällbacka, where Alex lived unt More...
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Jan 24, 2012
Masanobu
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I had heard only good things about this book, but it seems this year I'm not being lucky with my readings.
In no particular order, the things that bugged me the most were:
1. This is a murder mystery novel, so there are clues the protagonists investigate to resolve it. The only problem is Läckberg tells the reader the clues after everything is resolved. Yes, the reader is excluded from the investigation, i.e. the fun of this kind of books.
2. There are blatant ti More...
In no particular order, the things that bugged me the most were:
1. This is a murder mystery novel, so there are clues the protagonists investigate to resolve it. The only problem is Läckberg tells the reader the clues after everything is resolved. Yes, the reader is excluded from the investigation, i.e. the fun of this kind of books.
2. There are blatant ti More...
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Jan 21, 2009
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After finishing Stieg Larsson's fabulous trilogy, it is only natural for me to hunt for more Swedish authors writing criminal-genre novels and Camilla Läckberg happened to be the next one on the list - at least in my town library's list.
It is quite funny how Swedish writers tend to write their books in a batch of three - as a trilogy and Isprinsessen - which literally means "The Ice Princess" in English is the first of the three. Another similarity with Larsson's book that More...
It is quite funny how Swedish writers tend to write their books in a batch of three - as a trilogy and Isprinsessen - which literally means "The Ice Princess" in English is the first of the three. Another similarity with Larsson's book that More...
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Aug 09, 2011
Mi è molto piaciuto! Scrittrice interessante in questa sua opera prima, che in realtà è già una trilogia; aspetto con impazienza che traducano i prossimi due. Il film di questo libro in Svezia è già uscito.
E' un Thriller ambientato nella provincia, ambiente tranquillo, familiare e ... impiccione (si', pure in Svezia nei piccoli paesi nessuno si fa i fatti suoi!).
La cosa grande di questo libro è come vengono decritti i personaggi con le loro passioni, pensieri. E' facilissimo immedesimarcisi, en More...
E' un Thriller ambientato nella provincia, ambiente tranquillo, familiare e ... impiccione (si', pure in Svezia nei piccoli paesi nessuno si fa i fatti suoi!).
La cosa grande di questo libro è come vengono decritti i personaggi con le loro passioni, pensieri. E' facilissimo immedesimarcisi, en More...
Nov 05, 2011
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I had a crisis a few weeks ago. I was on an airplane, diverted from my original destination, and I didn’t pack a back-up book. Luckily, we eventually got off the plane in Indianapolis, and I picked up The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg in the airport bookstore. (I admit that I picked it up because I liked the cover and I’ve been reading some Scandinavian authors lately, so it fit the bill.) More than entertaining enough to keep me engrossed all the way to Chicago.
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Sep 16, 2011
Roberta
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Erika torna a Fjällbacka dopo la morte dei suoi genitori per occuparsi dei loro beni personali. La sorte infierisce coinvolgendola nel ritrovamento del cadavere di quella che era la sua migliore amica da ragazzina, Alexandra. Apparentemente si tratta di un suicidio ma ben presto si scopre che la donna è stata assassinata. Il libro si alterna fra le indagini (svolte in parte dalla polizia, in piccola parte da Erika che si sente molto coinvolta dal fatto) e le vicende personali soprattutto di Erik
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Sep 07, 2011
Jay
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Alright I admit it ... I turned to Camilla Lackberg to help me overcome my withdrawal symptoms from completing the Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy in a two month period last summer. I needed a summer Scandinavian mystery fix. I was not disappointed!
Though Lackberg's style is closer to that other great Scandinavian author - Henning Mankel - both in plotting and detective insight/inscrutability (think Kurt Wallender), she captures the intensity of Larsson's characters. The richne More...
Though Lackberg's style is closer to that other great Scandinavian author - Henning Mankel - both in plotting and detective insight/inscrutability (think Kurt Wallender), she captures the intensity of Larsson's characters. The richne More...
Aug 07, 2011
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Dans ce polar, celle qui joue le rôle de la détective est Erica Falck, une romancière suédoise. L'intrigue se déroule à un époque contemporaine dans un petit village suédois au nom imprononçable de Fjällbacka. Une jeune femme originaire du village est retrouvée morte dans sa baignoire dans une posture qui évoque le suicide, les poignets entaillés par une lame de rasoir. La porte de la maison est restée ouverte, l'eau a gelé — je vous rappelle que nous sommes en Suède — ce qui nous donne une bell
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Jul 18, 2011
James
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Beginning with her 2002 novel, Isprinsessan, Camilla Lackberg has been a popular crime fiction novelist in Sweden. In an obvious attempt to capitalize on the current wave of interest in Scandanavian crime fiction in the U.S., Lackberg's first novel has now been published here as The Ice Princess.
Erica Falck, a writer, returns to her small hometown of Fjallbacka, a Swedish fishing village, to deal with family matters in the wake of her parents' deaths. No sooner does she arrive, thou More...
Erica Falck, a writer, returns to her small hometown of Fjallbacka, a Swedish fishing village, to deal with family matters in the wake of her parents' deaths. No sooner does she arrive, thou More...
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May 01, 2011
The Ice Princess, by Camilla Lackberg, b-plus, narrated by David Thorn, Produced by Highbridge Audio, downloaded from audible.com.
Erica Falck, a writer with four biographies under her belt and working on a fifth one, returns to her small town in Sweden to pack up the house after her parents were killed in an accident. While taking a walk one day, an elderly man calls out to her for help and says someone is dead in a nearby house. She goes into the house and finds her former childho More...
Erica Falck, a writer with four biographies under her belt and working on a fifth one, returns to her small town in Sweden to pack up the house after her parents were killed in an accident. While taking a walk one day, an elderly man calls out to her for help and says someone is dead in a nearby house. She goes into the house and finds her former childho More...
Apr 30, 2011
Marleen
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Erica Falck, a writer, has returned to her hometown after her parent's death to deal with the parental home when she finds the body of her one time best friend. Alex, the friend, is found frozen in a bath with her wrists slashed. But, what at first appears to be a suicide soon turns into a murder investigation.
Despite her grieve over her parent's death and other family issues, Erica can't help being fascinated with the murder of her childhood friend and decides to look into to it. An invest More...
Despite her grieve over her parent's death and other family issues, Erica can't help being fascinated with the murder of her childhood friend and decides to look into to it. An invest More...
Apr 27, 2011
Nancy
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Following her parent’s death, Erica Falck returns home to go through their home and belongings. Her sister isn’t able, being beaten by her husband is all she can handle on a baily basis. When Erica steps out to market one morning, the last thing she thinks about is that she will again see her childhood best friend – Alexandra Carlgren (now Wijkner). The VERY last thing she expects is that Alex is naked in a bath tub with the water frozen around her. She’s been there for awhile.
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Apr 06, 2011
Kavyen
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The story kept me glued. There were so many revelations that it got my head spinning. I am a fast reader and with this book I seem to have beat my own record. (I finished this in 5 hours except for the breaks that I absolutely had to take). The ending was something I least expected – I had my suspicions but it was nowhere close. I also enjoyed it tremendously when a part of the mystery is solved but is not exposed to the reader until much later.
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Mar 30, 2011
Cheryl
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Erica Falck has returned to her hometown of Fjallbacka, Sweden. While walking up the hill to the Hakebacken School, Erica hears her name being called. It is Eilert Berg. The only thing Erica hears from Eilert is the words…”She is dead”. Erica goes into the house to fine her friend, Alexandra Wijkner lying in the bath tub encased in frozen water with her wrist sliced open. Erica does not believe that Alex would take her own life. She does some investigation and what she uncovers about Alex will h
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Mar 30, 2011
Jenny
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I may be the only living female who hasn't yet read Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy. So, when Lackberg's new book is compared to the Scandinavian publishing phenomenon, it doesn't register much with me.
Maybe that's a good thing. There's nothing to compare The Ice Princess to. I'm not a reader of the recent craze of Swedish noir, though I will venture into Henning Mankell territory next week. Thus, this novel will be considered strictly on its own merits.
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Maybe that's a good thing. There's nothing to compare The Ice Princess to. I'm not a reader of the recent craze of Swedish noir, though I will venture into Henning Mankell territory next week. Thus, this novel will be considered strictly on its own merits.
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Feb 17, 2011
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Dec 08, 2010
Julie
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This Swedish mystery is a wonderful combination of two different styles: classic British mystery and Scandinavian crime story. In my opinion, it combines the best of both worlds - the British penchant for focusing on the mystery solving rather than on gory details of the crime, and the Scandinavian bluntness and willingness to explore difficult situations.
As I read this book, I was particularly charmed by its wintry Swedish setting, starting with the wonderful artwork on the cover (w More...
As I read this book, I was particularly charmed by its wintry Swedish setting, starting with the wonderful artwork on the cover (w More...
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Nov 07, 2010
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At the start of Läckberg's haunting U.S. debut, the first of her seven novels set in the Swedish coastal town of Fjällbacka, biographer Erica Falck returns home to sort through her deceased parents' belongings and work on her next book. But this is not the same hometown she grew up in. Summer tourists are turning the former fishing village into a thriving resort, and Erica's controlling brother-in-law is pressuring her to cash in by selling the family home. The apparent suicide of childhood frie
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Oct 18, 2010
Lydia
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A pretty good mystery set in Sweden. Everything is cold about this book, from the start when a woman's body is found frozen in a bathtub after she apparently slit her own wrists, to the icy roads and multiple layers of clothes the characters wear against the snow and wind.
It can be annoying when the author deliberately withholds a clue from the reader. We know the main character has found something, but it isn't revealed for awhile. It's a terrible tease, like the author couldn't cra More...
It can be annoying when the author deliberately withholds a clue from the reader. We know the main character has found something, but it isn't revealed for awhile. It's a terrible tease, like the author couldn't cra More...
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Oct 09, 2010
Brigitte
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I picked this book to read after seeing a number of starred reviews, most of which started with, "If you like Steig Larsson...." Now I'm going to make a startling admission - I haven't read, I'm mean, finished a Steig Larsson book yet. I know, I know, how can that be?! Well, to my credit, I did start the first book, I just couldn't get into it - maybe it was my mood at the time. I actually have a copy sitting on my pile of books to read.
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Oct 03, 2010
Rod
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Since this review will contain no spoilers it cannot be too specific. The plot is good, though the information that one of the characters had previously had a child very few people knew about surprised me. How was this discovered? Thinking I’d missed something, I re-read the pages leading up to the reference but couldn’t figure it out.
There are two deaths, one of which was clearly a murder – that of the Ice Princess mentioned in the title. Both are reported after the fact and the bo More...
There are two deaths, one of which was clearly a murder – that of the Ice Princess mentioned in the title. Both are reported after the fact and the bo More...
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Oct 02, 2010
Lydia
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Sometimes my reading and TV watching (or just my reading) intersects in strange and mysterious ways. Just before picking up this book I was making my way through the first season of Castle, starring Nathan Fillian as the crime writer, Richard Castle. The episode I watched involved the murder of a young woman who was frozen solid, so when I began this book about a writer and a murder involving a young woman frozen in a bathtub I got a strange feeling of deja vu.
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Jul 18, 2010
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Jul 02, 2010
Rebecca
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Like, oh, just about everyone, I finished the Millennium trilogy and wanted more. Lackberg's book is a page turner, all right, a compelling enough mystery with well-drawn and appealing lead characters, but ultimately it disappointed me for two reasons.
The first is purely mechanical, and could have been solved by the hand of a decent editor. The author persists in telling us, in a character's point of view, that he or she has uncovered some dramatic piece of evidence or stunning revel More...
The first is purely mechanical, and could have been solved by the hand of a decent editor. The author persists in telling us, in a character's point of view, that he or she has uncovered some dramatic piece of evidence or stunning revel More...
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Aug 21, 2009
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Apr 08, 2011
Simone
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Fjallbacka, Sweden is an idyllic fishing village. Rich city folk pay tons of money for summer homes here. People that live there rarely want to leave. All is not as it seems though. Small towns can hold big secrets. You know the saying, "Two people can share a secret -- if one of them is dead." Someone has taken that to heart.
Erica Falck returns to her hometown to settle her parents' estate after their death in a car accident. She didn't expect to find the frozen corpse of More...
Erica Falck returns to her hometown to settle her parents' estate after their death in a car accident. She didn't expect to find the frozen corpse of More...
Jan 27, 2011
Tommy
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Barely two stars. The writing was terrible, though I don't know whether to blame that on the author or the translator. The story was a bad version of an episode of CSI or Law and Order SVU, complete with caricatures of the useless/incompetent station chief, small town murder, sappy unnecessary romance, family complications, and other things I don't want to give away for anyone who actually still wants to read this.
I'd read a decent amount of press on this and saw a signed copy at a Pa More...
I'd read a decent amount of press on this and saw a signed copy at a Pa More...
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Jan 01, 2012
Helena
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I really liked that it wasn't as harsh as the Millennium Trilogy and that it had more details in both the society and the murder itself. The opening of the book is set up really well and we never lose the image of Alex in her bathtub.
The mystery was well constructed (I did figure out who had done it and some of the more questionable pieces in the book, such as the connections between the mismatches, or the apparent mismatches she throws around in the beginning of the book) but what More...
The mystery was well constructed (I did figure out who had done it and some of the more questionable pieces in the book, such as the connections between the mismatches, or the apparent mismatches she throws around in the beginning of the book) but what More...
Dec 12, 2011
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Nov 20, 2011
Mary
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Really liked it, this is the first of the Camilla Lackberg crime/mystery series. Set in a small Swedish town, Detective Patrik Hedstrom is leading the investigation of what first appears to the a suicide of a young woman found dead in her bath. Evidence however arises that shows she was actually murdered. Erica Falck, a writer who is back home after her parents death, is taken to the scene of the death, when a neighbour finds the body and Erica is shocked to see her childhood best friend dead. S
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