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Tina Frennstedt

Taken 
  Book #1 in the Cold Case Sweden series

Cold Case Sweden brings together the best of Scandinavian

TV produc ons The Bridge and The Killing in a crime series
wri en by cold case expert Tina Frennstedt
Sixteen years ago, a 19‐year old disappears in the middle of summer in
southern Sweden. The case is never solved, and the girl remains missing.
Now, a killer a acking women in their own homes is terrorising Malmö,
and evidence points the inves ga on to a long sought‐a er Danish mur‐
derer and rapist, the Valby Killer. Celebrated Danish criminal profiler and
expert on the Valby Killer, Carsten Morris, becomes part of the Swedish
inves ga on. In a wholly unexpected turn of events, another link is
made: fingerprints from the Malmö crime scene trace back to the cold
case of the missing teenager from 2002. Can the two be linked?

Detec ve Inspector and Head of Sweden’s Cold Case Group, Tess

Hjalmarsson, is now in charge of the inves ga on. She’s driven,
bordering on obsessive, to solve cases long a er the original inves ga‐
on has ended. With her hot‐headed and feisty partner Marie Erling, she
is determined to solve both cases, before the killer strikes again.

Using her experience from more than 25 years as a crime reporter, Tina
Frennstedt draws inspira on from criminal cases she has reported on,
bringing a rare and refreshing authen city to her wri ng.

Introducing the Cold Case Sweden series, TAKEN takes place in southern
Sweden, in and around Malmö, the se ng of some of the most Rights sold
celebrated Swedish book and TV series. Czech: Under offer
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Perfect for fans of Tana French, Jussi Adler‐Olsen and Stefan Ahnhem. Dutch: HarperCollins Holland (1+2)
Estonian: Ees Raamat (1+2)
Finnish: Like (1)
German: Bastei Lübbe (1‐3)
‘TAKEN is a page‐turner that grabs you on the first page and never lets Slovak: Albatros (1)
go un l the end.’
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Bokförlaget Forum
— Akademibokhandeln January 2019
420 pages
‘Presence, excitement, empathy, engagement and a sharp intrigue—it
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has everything and promises to deliver even more.’ Swedish Edi on
English Sample Transla on 120 pp
— Skånska Dagbladet Synopsis
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Tina Frennstedt (b.1969) is one of Sweden’s most acclaimed and tenacious crime Rights Available
reporters. She was a news editor at newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, crime reporter at
Expressen, and today as the broadcas ng manager for Crime Central, an Expressen
TV produc on, focusing on current crimes. She lives in Södermalm, Stockholm. Cold
Contact
Case Sweden: TAKEN is the 2019 super lead tle for the Bonnier Publishing Group in
Elisabet Brännström
Sweden and will be published with a major campaign. elisabet.brannstrom@bonnierrights.se
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