- Audio CD
- Publisher: HighBridge Company; Unabridged; 15 hours on 12 CDs edition (Sep 14 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1615735461
- ISBN-13: 978-1615735464
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 13 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #779,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Lackberg skillfully details how horrific secrets are never completely buried and how silence can kill the soul. (Publishers Weekly )
This excellent thriller is a must-read for fans of Scandinavian crime literature and will especially appeal to those who enjoy Asa Larsson's Rebecka Martinsson novels. (Booklist )
Chilly, deceptive and lucid, just like the icy environment it describes. (The Literary Review )
A top-class Scandinavian writer. (The Times (London) )
Ingenious. Strong portrayals and ice-cold suspense. (Metropol (France) )
Narrator David Thorn s accents and rhythms bring the Swedish origins of this translated novel to life, increasing the listener s connection with the setting. Thorn skillfully handles multiple points of view and a variety of voices in this character-driven mystery. AudioFile (Audiofile )
Audie Award nominee David Thorn delivers an appropriately chilling reading of Lackberg s compelling story. Gail Cooke (Gail Cooke )
Ably read by David Thorn. . . . Lots of intriguing characters, possible suspects and clues, plus a few red herrings and a finely drawn picture of a provincial town. BookPage (BookPage )
Recommended for readers who enjoy Louise Penny s small-town atmosphere. Library Journal (Library Journal )
Top-notch thriller, one of the best of the genre. Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minneapolis Star Tribune )
Unique mystery . . . It held me suspended until the awful truth finally surfaces. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle Post-Intelligencer )
This excellent thriller is a must-read for fans of Scandinavian crime literature and will especially appeal to those who enjoy Asa Larsson's Rebecka Martinsson novels. (Booklist )
Chilly, deceptive and lucid, just like the icy environment it describes. (The Literary Review )
A top-class Scandinavian writer. (The Times (London) )
Ingenious. Strong portrayals and ice-cold suspense. (Metropol (France) )
Narrator David Thorn s accents and rhythms bring the Swedish origins of this translated novel to life, increasing the listener s connection with the setting. Thorn skillfully handles multiple points of view and a variety of voices in this character-driven mystery. AudioFile (Audiofile )
Audie Award nominee David Thorn delivers an appropriately chilling reading of Lackberg s compelling story. Gail Cooke (Gail Cooke )
Ably read by David Thorn. . . . Lots of intriguing characters, possible suspects and clues, plus a few red herrings and a finely drawn picture of a provincial town. BookPage (BookPage )
Recommended for readers who enjoy Louise Penny s small-town atmosphere. Library Journal (Library Journal )
Top-notch thriller, one of the best of the genre. Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minneapolis Star Tribune )
Unique mystery . . . It held me suspended until the awful truth finally surfaces. Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle Post-Intelligencer )
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Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, her body frozen in an ice cold bath, it seems that she has taken her own life. Erica conceives a memoir about the beautiful but remote Alex, one that will answer questions about their lost friendship. While her interest grows to an obsession, local detective Patrik Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. But it is only when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about the small town with a deeply disturbing past.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
COMPELLING NARRATION OF THIS INTRIGUING THRILLER,
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This review is from: The Ice Princess (Audio CD)
Audie Award nominee David Thorn delivers an appropriately chilling reading of Lackberg's compelling story. His well modulated voice carries the listener from the lead character's initial shock to the inexorable revealing of dreadful secrets. An accomplished voice performer Thorn has a goodly number of children's book and classics to his credit.Losing her parents was trauma enough for 35-year-old writer Erica Falck, but returning to her hometown of Fjallbacka only to learn of the death of her childhood friend, Alex, proved to be almost too much. Alex was found with her wrists slashed, frozen in an icy bath. Her demise was presumed a suicide. Although they had been close as children Erica and Alex had been estranged for almost a quarter of a decade - she is puzzled by the death of her once beautiful friend. Alex's family asks Erica to write a remembrance of Alex, which she readily agrees to do. However, when an autopsy shows that Alex did not take her own life but was murdered and furthermore she was pregnant previous assumptions are tossed out the window. Erica joins forces with detective Patrik Hedstrom to investigate the case. Eventually dark secrets are revealed, which may well destroy the fabric of that once peaceful small community. Lackberg's novels have continually topped bestseller lists in Sweden and THE ICE PRINCESS was named Best International Crime Novel of the Year. Enjoy! - Gail Cooke
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
little town blues,
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This review is from: The Ice Princess (Hardcover)
This novel deals with life in a small Swedish town, and events a quarter of a century earlier which ended in at least two deaths. A woman, her wrists slashed, bleeds to death in her bathtub, covered with ice, preserving her body until it is discovered. Subsequently, an outcast ne'er-do-well artist, her boyhood friend and possible lover, is found hanging in his flat. Both apparent suicides are subsequently determined to be murders, and therein lies the beginning of a tale.The book is nominally a murder mystery. However, so many extraneous sub-plots and characters clutter it up that the reader becomes bogged down in unnecessary verbiage and unrelated information, slowing down the reading and detracting from the otherwise excellent story. If only a sharper pencil or even a re-write had been applied to the novel, it would have been far superior to the book as published. Nevertheless, it is still worth reading because the main plot and the unfolding of the investigation are well-done. Which is more than can be said for the character development. Writer Erica Falck seems merely a foil in place of the author, and her new boyfriend, Patrick Hedstrom, is more wooden than alive. As for the police superintendent, he's not even funny, as it appears he is supposed to be. Most of the other characters merely fill in blanks. Given the fact that Lackberg has written seven books that have dominated Stockholm bestseller lists, these observations surely are surprising. That said, the novel is recommended.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Incorrect shipping,
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This review is from: The Ice Princess (Paperback)
Although the package was addressed to me in the US, the invoice and book inside the package was for someone in Paris, France. I returned the package to Amazon. When I contacted Amazon.ca about the correct replacement order, the book was no longer immediately available.
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