The Ice Princess
For the first time in English, the psychological thriller debut of No.1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg.Returning to her hometown after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, her body frozen in an ice cold bath, it seems that she has taken her own life. Erica conceives a memoir about the beautiful but remote Alex, one that will answer questions about their lost friendship. While her interest grows to an obsession, local detective Patrik Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. But it is only when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about the small town with a deeply disturbing past.
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Writer Erica Falck returns to her parents' empty house in the small fishing town of Fjallbacka after their car accident. She is asked to identify the body of her childhood best friend Alex, found frozen in a bathtub of pink ice. The local detective Patrik Hedstrom partners with her on the case.
The Ice Princess was written by Camilla Lackberg and originally published in Swedish as Isprinsessan in 2003. It is the first book in her Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck Fjallbacka series.
Camilla Lackberg has written more than 11 Fjallbacka novels, plus several novellas. The series has been adapted into Swedish films and TV. Each book features a new murder mystery in the same coastal town.
The Ice Princess is 393 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Ice Princess takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
The Ice Princess is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
The Ice Princess is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.