- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Picador; First Edition edition (Oct 26 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312655347
- ISBN-13: 978-0312655341
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #93,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR
“A high-impact Swedish thriller.” —The New York Times
“A high-impact Swedish thriller.” —The New York Times
“Superb . . . Roslund and Hellstrom play out the tale in taut, short scenes, meting our revelations and shocks in sure, knowing fashion, ending with the shock that all but undoes the rest . . . Box 21 is profound.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
“This dark, explicit novel is another impressive crime thriller from Scandinavia. . . . A good read.” —Arizona Republic
“Gripping . . . the story takes a number of surprising twists and turns.” —The Washington Post Book World
“This excellent crime thriller is bound to please fans of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander series.” —Library Journal
“A remarkable tale of loss, addiction and revenge. . . . This taut and nuanced thriller should appeal to fans of Mo Hayder, Denise Mina and, of course, Henning Mankell.” --Publishers Weekly
(Starred Review)
“What is it with Scandinavians and great crime writing? Something to do with the long nights, I guess. Box 21, with its sharply drawn cast of jaded cops, junkies, thugs, and victims, is a gripping tale of modern-day slavery, damage, and revenge, shocking and compelling in equal measure.” —Simon Lewis, author of Bad Traffic
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Three years ago, Lydia and Alena were two hopeful girls from Lithuania. Now they are sex slaves, lured to Sweden with the promise of better jobs and then trapped in a Stockholm brothel. Suddenly they are given an unexpected chance at freedom and with it the opportunity to take revenge on their enslavers and reclaim the lives and dignity they once had. What will happen now that the tables are turned and the victims fight back? Box 21 is a mind-blowing psychological thriller of the highest order.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Guess And Guess Again,
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This review is from: Box 21 (Hardcover)
Here is a book that follows no formula and as such you keep guessing. The plot involves thugs, theives, pimps and whores, and is well drawn. Sometimes you wanted to have a shower after reading a few pages. The book has tension, fast pacing and an easy style. Good read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Complex,
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This review is from: Box 21: A Novel (Paperback)
Also published under the title "The Vault" in the UKBook 2 in the Ewert Grens series The novel holds two main stories that are dark, extraordinarily sad and definitely not for the faint at heart. Both threads involve one of Stockholm's best detectives Ewert Grens. The first plot opens, with the release from prison of a notorious criminal; Jochum Lang. Detective Grens who has personal and professional reasons, feels Lang is a threat to the public, a hard core criminal and he makes it his mission to put him back behind bars. Grens strong feelings are based on an incident that happened twenty five years earlier. His colleague and girlfriend at the time was beaten to within an inch of her life and has been institutionalized ever since, a case that haunts him to this day. When Grens discovers that criminal bosses are hiring Lang as a strong arm he seizes the chance to send him back to prison. The second plot is fast paced and full of credible action with a sad tone, another case Detective Grens is working in parallel that is demanding much of his time and skill. Lydia Grajauskas and Alena Sljusareva are two Lithuanian girls who have been tricked into leaving their country only to become sex slaves and property of the man they call Dimitri-Bastard-Pimp. We first learned about the girls when they are into a three year old nightmare servicing 12 clients a day, their moral at the extreme low and often beaten into submission. One day Lydia was so badly beaten that the neighbours called the police and was transported to the hospital. Her terrifying ordeal is revealed and at the same time she seizes the opportunity to fulfill a dream, take matters into her own hands and escape the hands of her captor. The writing is crisp and steadfast with short chapters that shift back and forth between several colourfully portrayed characters: the criminals, the victims and the cops. I found it rather hard to get into this tale at first but once I became familiar with the writer's style and phrasing, it all fell into place, at this point the story gelled and I was hooked. I like this novel; it is a complex and intense psychological thriller that delivers a brutally intimate view into the drug and sex slave trade.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
A dull read - I don't recommend it,
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This review is from: Box 21: A Novel (Paperback)
I thought this book was boring.The main characters predictable, dull, & not likeable. The best part about the book was it's ending, at least that was a little unexpected.
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