Silenced : a novel / by Kristina Ohlsson.
Other Titles: Tusenskönor. English
Author: Ohlsson, Kristina, 1979-
Edition: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2013.
ISBN: 9781439198902 (hardback)
143919890X (hardback)
9781439198940 (ebook)
9781439198926 (tp)
Description: pages cm
Subject: FICTION / General. bisacsh
FICTION / Thrillers. bisacsh
FICTION / Suspense. bisacsh
Notes: "Originally published in Swedish as Tusenskönor"--T.p. verso.
Summary: "A teenage girl is assaulted and raped on a midsummer's eve fifteen years ago. Cut to present, and a man is killed in a hit and run. He has no identification on him, he is not reported missing nor wanted by the police. Simultaneously a priest and his wife are found dead in an apparent suicide. Fredrika Bergman and her colleagues are assigned to the seemingly unconnected cases. Skillfully crafted and highly suspenseful, Silenced is a gripping thriller, where the demise of one family is mirrored in the general failure of human rights - and where the casualties of one tragedy abuse the victimes of another"--