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GIVEAWAY – 3 copies of “After She’s Gone” set in SWEDEN!
17th March 2019
We are delighted to offer you THREE copies of “After She’s Gone”, by Camilla Grebe, a crime thriller set in SWEDEN. a top notch crime thriller!
A case as cold as the season. A profiler who can’t remember. A killer ready to strike again.
Psychological profiler Hanne Lagerlind-Schön and her partner, investigator Peter Lindgren are invited to the small, sleepy industrial town of Ormberg to investigate a cold case: ten years earlier a five-year-old girl’s remains were found in a cairn near the town.
But when a recurring memory problem resurfaces, Hanne struggles to keep track of the case. She begins keeping a diary, noting down everything she is likely to forget to keep up appearances so she doesn’t lose her job.
When the body of a woman is found at the cairn and one of Hanne’s shoes is found nearby covered in the victim’s blood, can Hanne’s diary hold the key to what happened? How does this new murder connect to their old one?
How can you put together what happened when the pieces keep fading away?
HOW TO ENTER:
Just tell us in the comments below on this page what comes to mind when you think of SWEDEN (ABBA, Volvo, Ikea or something else!). It’s as simple as that. Do this by midnight (UK time) on 30th March and the first three names out of the hat will be sent a copy direct from the publisher.
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Janh
Nick T
You mentioned IKEA… I caught German Measles as a child in the crèche at IKEA. I would love to win a copy to get some new memories!
ABBA is, of course, the first thing that comes to mind although there are many other things I think of when thinking of Sweden
It was a a skiing trip a few years ago, my mate was beside me, next second he was gone! The tip of his lead ski caught a rock and sent him head first into the snow! Funniest thing ever! PS he was okay.
I think of my friend Bodil.
Ulrika Jonsson
ABBA
music by Abba
Abba
The girl with the dragon tattoo
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Abba
Bjorn Borg – Best tennis player I ever saw.
Smörgåsbord!
Partly because it’s such a wonderful word to say! 😀
Abba
ABBA and smoked herring!
ABBA and Swedish meatballs
Abba
Abba
Working in Stockholm one summer, it was light till almost midnight, then only a couple of hours of darkness before dawn again.
Abba
Abba and IKEA
ABBA I love their cheesy, fun, disco music
ABBA
ABBA, I’m from their era and watched them win the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 singing Waterloo.
The Bridge!
Meatballs!
ABBA their music is so joyous!
I think of snow!
I always think of the girl with the dragon tattoo series!
Beautiful lakes, mountains and valleys!
Has to be Abba!
Abba
Ikea!!
Definitely ABBA, I’m a fan
Scandinavian
Wars
European Union
Demographics
Economy
Norweigians
IKEA!!
Blonde hair
Two things come to mind – Abba and Ikea
Ikea
Swedish cousins I’ve never met, Nordic Noir and of course Abba-iconic!
Ikea!
Handsome blonde men
It has to be Waterloo by Abba winning the Eurovision!
Wonderful prize
Sports stars – Zlatan Ibrahimović and Björn Borg
I love their great crime dramas, like Jordskott
The Swedish Chef on The Muppets (“Hergy Dergy Bergy!”)
Ulrika Jonsson, blonde hair and brilliant crime fiction
Bjorn Borg, Abba and IKEA x
ABBA, our trip to the Fjords which included a stop in Sweden and our Volvo car.
Abba and ikea
ABBA – thank you for the music
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
i think of vikings
IKEA
Volvo and meatballs!
Volvo
It’s Diam bars for me! Good job I don’t live in Sweden, otherwise I’d be the size of a house…
Forests.
I always think of the 100 year old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared by Jonas Jonassen! It’s my favourite book and I’ll recommend it to ANYBODY who asks! X
Stieg Larsson
Bjorn Borg, Abba and Volvo Cars
Liberated adults
Ikea!
Saunas!
A place of incredible contrasts. Scandi Noir and the most friendliest beautiful people, to name a few.
Dark but engrossing crime fiction
The Ice hotel in Jukkasjarvi. Had a great break there some years ago reindeer herding, cross country skiing and snow mobiling!
Brilliantly written crime dramas, a Royal family and short days in winter and short nights in summer
Auntie Lizzie, that’s where she was born, god mother to our boys
Forests! I remember driving for miles through them back in the 60s
Abba came from sweden. Its beautiful countryside!
Saunas, steam and snow.
huskies,great thrillers both spring to mind!
please add me to the giveaway!
Brilliant crime fiction, and ABBA of course.
I used to think of Abba until I visited when I discovered the friendly people and beautiful landscape.
Scandi Noir!
Superb snowy scenery.
I’ve just finished reading The Ice Beneath Her, kept me awake until the early hours. Love her writing, Brilliant!
Ikea’s meatballs!
When I think of Sweden I think of kanelbullar, glorious lakes to kayak in, the view from the Stadshuset in Stockholm, ferries in the archipelago, yummy brunch in the cafe in Midsommarparken with my son who has lived there for 7 years now.
Stockholm is the first place that comes to mind
Crime thrillers!
IKEA n stylish home Interiors
When I think of Sweden I think of fresh air, beautiful scenery, Wallendar, great design of housing and furniture, healthy good looking people, snow, forests, outdoor lifestyle and fondue 🙂
Abba
Abba and freedom
I always think of Fika – cake and coffee as I have a friend who lived in Sweden for a long time.
Colourful houses on the shoreline, scandi noir dramas, smorgasbord, fish, Abba, Ikea.
ABBA
The Swedish Chef from The Muppets!
Definitely Abba, Swedish crime series, The Girl with the dragon tattoo.
Definitely IKEA! The shop part is the bane of my life, as I can’t stand having to follow their long, winding route to the tills, but I do love the restaurant, the Swedish meatballs are my favourite! 🙂
Sweden always means to me : snow, cold, pickled herring, ABBA and really lovely people.
ABBA and ikea!
Winter weather, Nordic Noir and dark nights
fabulous drama series
Scandanavian fiction
Vasa. The world’s most high-tech warship when it set sail but sunk on its first voyage. Great museum in Stockholm where the ship is on show now.
Snow, peace and tranquillity.
After reading *Red Snow” I think about elk forests! But prior to reading Will Dean’s books I thought about a Swedish girl who came to stay with my family back in 1956 and gave me one of those little painted wooden horses, She didn’t think much of us whereas I am still in touch with the lovely Danish who also stayed, (Malvern used to hold an International Festival every few years and so we hosted choirs, dance groups etc in our own homes)
Nature, it’s wonderful lakes and mountains
My friends Liz and Jim who moved to Sweden from the UK about 15 years ago
ABBA, of course
Meatballs
Volvo- still my husband’s favorite car
Absolut vodka
Pippi Longstocking
Scandi noir books- of course
Sweden – spotlessly clean streets, beautiful scenery , fjords, mountains and lovely people.
Beautiful views x
Ikea and meatballs but would love to explore the real Sweden.
The Vasa museum
Beautiful scenery, pretty houses, fjords, colourful fabric, dill, rye bread and my brother’s Swedish pen pal many many years ago who used to eat raw potatoes!
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Wintery weather, Nordic Noir and dsrk nights
I think of real winters, sophisticated design and peculiar cousine
Meatballs, and Sven-Göran Eriksson.
Sweden makes me think of sparkling clean places with bright happy houses
The first thing I think of is Swedish meatballs and IKEA x
Sweden I think blonde hair and Festival of St. Lucia, thecone that takes place at Christmas. Girls wear a crown of candles. I recall a movie from when I was in elementary school.
Blonde hair and blue eyes!
I do think of abba
Ikea and meatballs!
Meatballs!!! I think of Swedish meatballs! Ha ha
Abba!
Clean air, good carefree living….and blondes like me
It’s got to be ABBA
When I think of Sweden I think of a smorgasbord with lots of delicious toppings, big open spaces and the Northern Lights xxx
Kopparberg cider in a beer garden on a summer’s day
Exciting crime stories with great plots!
ABBA , Ikea , meatballs , malmo
I think of our friend in Sweden whenever Sweden is actually mentioned. THEN it has to be Ikea!
Will Dean!!!
I think of Abba x
Great crime books to enjoy on dark cold winter nights
Has to be ABBA
Long quiet roads covered in snow.
I grew up listening to ABBA, and the first truck I drove was a Volvo, so both these thing are what I think of from Sweden
Minimalist
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