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 |
Published in English | (March 2011) |
| Pages | 378 pages |
| ISBN | 0007254008 |
| Preceded by | The Stonecutter |
| 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 from this No. 1 bestselling Swedish crime writer.[1]
Synopsis
Patrik (police officer) and Erica (writer) have reconnected, had a child and are moving headlong into matrimony.[2] Problems sidelined when a chaotic alcohol-fuelled party ends with the death of an unpopular contestant on the TV show.[3] A 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 assumption is that it is a drink drive accident.[5] It becomes clear there's a serial assassin in the vicinity.[6] As cameras shadow the stars' every move, relations with the locals are strained to breaking point. [7] This novel develops the characters developed in the earlier volumes to great effect; some consider it the most sophisticated work. [8] A piece of evidence reveals that a pair of seemingly disparate homicides are linked, a pattern emerges of similar homicides spread over many years- in different regions of Sweden; slowly Patrick realises that these cases are more closely linked than he realises.[9]
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