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„Drottning skandinavískra glæpasagna.“ – Henning Mankell Bærinn Stenräsk árið 1990. Miði á eldhúsborðinu: Ástin mín. Ég fór að tína krækiber. Varð að komast út. Markus er hjá Karinu. Neðst í hægra horninu var stjarnan sem líktist litla óreglulega örinu á maganum. Merki Helenu. Myrkur skall á en Helena kom ekki heim. Hún hafði tekið litla barnið sitt með sér. Suðið í skordýrunum vísaði björgunarsveitinni á það. Maurarnir skriðu inn og út um munninn. En barnið lifði af. Helena fannst hins vegar hvergi. Kaldamýrin varð gröf hennar. Wiking Stormberg komst aldrei yfir missi eiginkonunnar. Hann lifði aðeins fyrir börn sín og starfið hjá lögreglunni í Stenträsk. Áratugir liðu, hálf ævi. Dag einn í ágúst 2020 kom bréf í póstkassa Markusar, sonar Wikings og Helenu, skrifað með rithönd Helenar og með merki hennar – stjörnunni. Kaldamýri er sjálfstætt framhald metsölubókarinnar Heimskautsbaugsins sem hlotið hefur einróma lof gagnrýnenda. Bækur verðlaunahöfundarins Lizu Marklund hafa selst í yfir 23 milljónum eintaka og meðal annars komist í efsta sæti metsölulista New York Times.
Author
Scandinavia’s undisputed queen of crime fiction, Liza Marklund is the No. 1 international bestselling author of the Annika Bengtzon series. Liza Marklund was born in 1962 in the small village of Pålmark, close to the Arctic Circle in Sweden. She is an author, journalist, columnist, and goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. She is also co-owner of Piratförlaget, one of Sweden’s most successful publishing houses. Since her debut in 1995, Liza Marklund has written eleven novels and two nonfiction books. Liza co-wrote the international bestseller The Postcard Killers with James Patterson, making her the second Swedish author ever to reach No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Her crime novels featuring the gutsy reporter Annika Bengtzon have sold more than 13 million copies in 30 languages to date. Liza Marklund worked as an investigative news reporter for ten years and as an editor in print and television news for five. Today, she also makes documentaries for television and writes for various newspapers. Her topics are often women and children’s rights. Liza has made documentaries about children with HIV/AIDS in Cambodia and Russia, and a series about domestic violence, Take a Little Beating. Liza is also a popular columnist since 20 years. Her columns have appeared in various Swedish and international newspapers and magazines, including Financial Times in the UK, Welt am Sonntag in Germany, Dagbladet Information in Denmark, and Ilta-Lehti in Finland. She is a regular columnist in Swedish tabloid Expressen and Norwegian daily Verdens Gang. Today, Liza and her family divide their time between Stockholm in Sweden and Marbella in southern Spain.
