The Sins of our Fathers

As well as being a masterful storyteller, Åsa Larsson is an astute social commentator – Charlotte Heathcote * Sunday Express *The fragile Rebecka Martinsson is an indelible figure, and Larsson is one of the best current practitioners of Scandinavian crime fiction. – Barry Forshaw * Financial Times *No other Swedish crime writer has been lauded to the extent Åsa has; her stories are something out of the ordinary. […] [The] language roars like a river, it is as if the language itself shows how everything has changed and is coming together: then and now, old battles and new crimes, family ties, and people’s dependency upon one another * Dagens Nyheter *[Åsa Larsson’s] suspense novels are in a league of their own. In part due to the language, but also because they include several warm portrayals of people; people shaped by harsh social climates as well as severe weather. […] The Sins of Our Fathers holds multitudes, high pace, and human tragedy galore, extreme Laestadians as well as bloody knock-out fights. But also, dizzying ski trips, frolicking dogs, and touching elderly romance. […] A grandiose finale. * Arbeterbladet *[This] is a multifaceted, utterly brilliant crime novel. It is also a read that creates an insatiable urge to move north; Åsa writes about a landscape that she loves, a Norrbotten with mountains so beautiful they seem to be out of this world, and sparkling rivers that rush and roar as they have done since ancient times. * Femina *Rebecka Martinsson is back. Magnificent nature, brilliant character portrayals, murder, love, and dogs. It doesn’t get any better than this * Aftonbladet *

Asa Larsson was born and grew up in Kiruna, Sweden. She is a qualified lawyer and made her debut in 2003 with The Savage Altar, which was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers’ Association prize for best debut novel. Its sequel, The Blood Spilt, was chosen as Best Swedish Crime Novel of 2004, as was The Second Deadly Sin in 2011. Her novels were adapted for television.

The sixth and final book in the Rebecka Martinsson series, The Sins of Our Fathers, was published in September, 2021. It was later named Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, and is the winner of the Adlibris Suspense Award.

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