Missing is an irresistible reading experience, which also explores deeper issues surrounding social pretension and all its ironies, and Sybilla is an intriguingly modern heroine.

When a second person is killed in similar circumstances, she becomes the most wanted person in Sweden.Īlvtegen uses a stunningly direct prose, rich and insightful, in a plot which has tremendous pace and verve. His dead body is discovered the following morning and Sybilla becomes the prime suspect. Missing is a gripping race against the clock, and a thrilling story of secrets, deceptions and obsessions.Reminiscent of Ruth Rendell at her best HeraldA compelling tale. One night, in The Grand Hotel, she charms a susceptible businessman into paying for her dinner and room. She is always well-dressed and displays impeccable manners and charm. Below is a list of Karin Alvtegen’s books in order of when they were originally. Her first novel to be published in English was Missing, which was released in 2003. On the surface a murder mystery, but ultimately a novel about being true to oneself. Karin Alvtegen became a published author in 1998 with the novel Skuld in Swedish. You'll find yourself rooting for our 'heroine', a social outcast living on the fringes of society, who fights personal demons whilst being wrongly accused of a string of grisly murders.

For fifteen years she has been excluded from society and, as one of the homeless in Stockholm, she takes each day as it comes, keeping all her possessions in her rucksack - apart from a knife and salami which she stores in a smart briefcase. Born into a life of privilege, Sybilla has spent many years opting instead to live on the streets of Stockholm, cadging a bed, a bath, a meal, where she can. She is the great-niece of Pippi Longstockings author Astrid Lindgren. This is a completely refreshing take on the crime novel from an enormous new talent. Missing by Karin Alvtegen, 2009, Felony & Mayhem Press edition, in English - Felony & Mayhem pbk.

Missing by karin alvtegen