Ice Beneath Her: A Novel

Acclaimed Swedish author Camilla Grebe makes her solo American debut with a psychological thriller as cunning in its twists as it is captivating in its storytellingfor fans of the celebrated crime fiction of Camilla Lckberg, Jo Nesb, Ruth Ware, and Fiona Barton.

Winter's chill has descended on Stockholm as police arrive at the scene of a shocking murder.

An unidentified woman lies beheaded in a posh suburban homea brutal crime made all the more disturbing by its uncanny resemblance to an unsolved killing ten years earlier.

But this time there's a suspect: the charismatic and controversial chain-store CEO Jesper Orre, who owns the home but is nowhere to be found.To homicide detectives Peter Lindgren and Manfred Olsson, nothing about the suave, high-profile businessmanincluding a playboy reputation and rumors of financial misdeedssuggests he conceals the dark heart and twisted mind of a cold-blooded killer.

In search of a motive, Lindgren and Olsson turn to the brilliant criminal profiler Hanne Lagerlind-Schn.

Once a valued police asset, now marooned in unhappy retirement and a crumbling marriage, she's eager to exercise her keen skills againand offer the detectives a window into the secret soul of Jesper Orre.

But they're not the only ones searching. Two months before, Emma Bohman, a young clerk at Orre's company, chanced to meet the charming chief executive, and romance swiftly bloomed.

Almost as quickly as the passionate affair ignited, it was over when Orre inexplicably disappeared.

One staggering misfortune after another followed, leaving Emma certain that her runaway lover was to blame and transforming her confusion and heartbreak into anger.

Now, pursuing the same mysterious man for different reasons, Emma and the police are destined to cross paths in a chilling dance of obsession, vengeance, madness, and love gone hellishly wrong.Praise forThe Ice Beneath Her';Exceptional.'Publishers Weekly (starred review) ';Impressive . . . a tour de force that lifts its author to the front rank among the increasingly crowded field of Nordic noir.'Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ';The Ice Beneath Her deserves to be called a page-turnerI read it in one sitting!

The narrative is fast-paced and the twists superb.'Cecilia Ekbck, bestselling author of Wolf Winter