Summary
Legend has it that the ocean can lure children and make them fall into the depths to never return …
Martin, who has always been drawn to the ocean, moves his wife Alexandra and their two young children move to his family’s idyllic summer cottage in the picturesque island village of Orust, on the west coast of Sweden. Martin begins to cultivate a mussel farm, where he soon runs into trouble with the locals.
One January weekend, when Martin is distracted by a ringing phone, he d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473668591 |
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| ISBN-10: | 147366859X |
| Author: | Susanne Jansson |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 36mm |
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This disquieting tale of loss, grief, and rekindling of hope hooks the reader from the start * Publishers Weekly *Jansson’s second novel…is a powerful, evocative redemption story whose blend of psychological suspense and unsettling supernatural atmosphere is heightened by human obsessions and ghostly threats. * Booklist *Praise for The Forbidden Place -A bone-chillingly cool crime debut. – Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainAn ominous read with a creepy ambience. * Prima *The atmosphere is what makes me fall, head over heels: a lonely woman who rents out her city apartment and heads out into the wilderness … The Forbidden Place is one of the best and most complete debut novels I’ve ever read – Lotta Olsson * Dagens Nyheter *
About The Author
Susanne Jansson
Susanne Jansson was born in 1972 in Amal, Sweden. She later moved to Gothenburg to work in advertising and then to New York to study photography. The Forbidden Place, her debut novel, sold in twenty five territories around the world.
Susanne Jansson passed away in the summer of 2019 after a courageous fight with cancer.
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