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The Bomber (Paperback)

by Liza Marklund (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 394 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books; paperback / softback edition (5 Aug 2005)
  • ISBN-10: 0743440846
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743440844
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 362,699 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A bomb that destroyed Stockholm's new Olympic area also blew someone to pieces. And finding The Bomber will become journalist Annika Bengtzon's biggest story - or the final nail in her coffin.An impressive nerve-shattering thriller with a bone-chilling plot and an irresistible heroine.


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The sensational and utterly unforgettable thriller that exposes the soul of a culture...the heart of a people...and the mind of a killer...A bomb has not only destroyed Stockholm's new Olympic arena just months before the Summer Games, it has blown someone to pieces. Putting a city on edge with fears of a terrorist on the loose, the Bomber will become journalist Annika Bengtzon's biggest story - or the final nail in her coffin. Set against the breathtaking landscape of the Swedish winter, THE BOMBER draws in readers like the dark and edgy eye of a TV camera at a nighttime crime scene, delivering a climax that's a blasting cap on a short fuse, ready to detonate a reporter's world. Liza Marklund's extraordinary writing, bone-chilling plot and irresistible heroine have created an international phenomenon as explosive as the Bomber's devastating blasts.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An action heroine with a personality solves a racy intrigue, 5 Jul 2001
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This review is from: The Bomber (Hardcover)
In the early morning a week before Christmas a bomb ravages the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm. Annika Bengtzon, a young mother, who has recently become crime editor on the newspaper Kvällspressen, has to leave her rather strange dream about sex in space to investigate the cause and damage. The remains of the dynamic OS-boss Christina Furhage is found on the destroyed stand, which puts Annika in the middle of a murder hunt. To find the answer Annika starts to explore the life behind the perfect front, which Christina Furhage has managed to create. The bomber has to be found quickly since the Olympic Games in Stockholm is only six months away but when Annika digs deeper into to mystery it puts her and her family in danger.

It is the first time we meet Annika and she is a refreshing change to the usual rather corpulent and arrogant male detective, who features in too many crime novels. The snoopy journalist in her drives her to write - not to solve crimes but a detective and a journalist work after the same pattern. This is a pattern the author knows exceptionally well since Liza Marklund is a successful Swedish journalist. Annika is named after Marklund's daughter Annika and her favorite editor from her time as a journalist on the Swedish national newspaper Expressen Bengt Bengtzon.

Marklund says she longed for a heroine, who reminded her about herself and her friends. A career woman, who has a husband, kids, mortgage and paranoia regarding food and health but on the same time an insatiable appetite on life. Annika is brought to life in a lively but loving manner. She is not a super woman or a Lara Croft but someone closer to human dimensions with a lot of courage combined with a huge curiosity.

While the characters only exist in Marklund's imagination the descriptions of the milieu are bringing you a piece of the real Stockholm. She has down her homework and the environment is well described. The newspaper's office is intense and sometimes hostile while you can relax the minute you get inside the friendly family home. Or can you?

This is not a book you will be able to put down and get on with your life. The action grips you from the first page, which boldly starts: "The woman, who was about to die..." and it is impossible to stop reading until you know how the last page finishes. And that is for me to know and for you to find out!

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, 10 Jul 2002
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This review is from: The Bomber (Mass Market Paperback)
I am a fan of Liza Marklund. I love the way she makes all characters realistic, and she doesn't glamourise the world of detectives or journalists.
Liza Marklund gives her readers an insight to the world of journalism. The main character, Annika, comes to life when you read the books about her.
I couldn't put the book down. Read it! You won't be disappointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Bomber, 4 Nov 2003
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I've read this book in it's original language and it is truly one of the most thrilling books I've ever read. It was like watching the film as you are reading the book. I could literally not put it down towards the end.
I also find it interesting how the main character "Annika", who is a journalist, manage to find out all the information about orginasations, police and crimes etc.
Truly worth a read.
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