Liza Marklund introduced savvy reporter Annika Bengtzon in her #1 international bestseller The Bomber. Now, step back to Annika's early days at a Stockholm newspaper, where her talent for uncovering the truth is just taking flight.
The corpse of a young woman has been found in Stockholm's Kronoberg Park -- and the shocking, unsolved crime becomes a media feeding frenzy, as journalists vie to scoop the murder story of the summer. For a young freelance reporter like Annika, it's a chance to jump-start her career. But she's about to discover that ambition has a price, as she wades into the city's dark underworld of sex clubs and high-powered politics. Justice for a dead woman is at stake, and Annika is about to discover the cost of putting herself on the line while trying to make a deadline....