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Femicide: the new shocking Scandinavian thriller (Vanessa Frank, 1)

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Sofia Engstrand

12 Hours 20 Minutes

SAGA Egmont

September 2022

Audio Book Summary

It seemed like an open-and-shut case. But they couldn’t have been more wrong.

When a 25-year-old woman is found dead in Stockholm, detective Vanessa Frank knows that there is more to the case than meets the eye. And when Vanessa finds herself on the trail of a dangerous internet community who call themselves ‘incels’, her world starts to unravel.

These ‘involuntarily celibate’ men have fostered hatred towards the women who turn them down, and now women are turning up dead. But can Vanessa prove the connection, and is she ready to risk her life to do so?

‘Femicide’ is a heart-pounding scandi-noir from the Swedish writer Pascal Engman, that scours the dark side of the internet in a thriller that feels all too real. For fans of Jo Nesbo or Stieg Larsson, this is an absolute must-read from the next generation of crime writing.

‘It is one of the best Swedish crime novels I’ve read in years... impossible to put down.’ - Camilla Läckberg, author of the Fjällbacka and Faye series, with more than 26 million copies sold worldwide

‘It is irresistible reading.’ - David Lagercrantz, author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web - Millennium series by Stieg Larsson

‘Fresh, brilliant writing and utterly compelling. I loved it.’ - Peter James, UK No.1 bestselling author of the Detective Superintendent Roy Grace series

'He never lets go of the reader’s desire to know just how the hell this is going to go' Fredrik Backman, best-selling author of A Man Called Ove



Praise for Femicide
‘It is one of the best Swedish crime novels I’ve read in years... impossible to put down.’ - Camilla Läckberg, author of the Fjällbacka and Faye series, with more than 26 million copies sold worldwide

‘Fresh, brilliant writing and utterly compelling.
I loved it.’ - Peter James, UK No.1 bestselling author of the Detective
Superintendent Roy Grace series

‘[Pascal Engman] never lets go of the reader’s desire to know just how the hell this is going to go.’ -
Fredrik Backman, best-selling author of A Man Called Ove

‘There is an incredible drive in [Pascal Engman’s] prose, and a wonderful sense of dramaturgy. With a light hand he throws you into his dramas. It is irresistible reading.’ - David Lagercrantz, author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web - Millennium series by Stieg Larsson

‘[Pascal Engman] has an amazing ability to constantly accelerate the pace of the story. He absorbs the reader so you can’t stop reading.’ - Inga-Lill Mosander, Swedish journalist
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Pascal Engman (1986) is a Swedish crime writer and former journalist. Pushed by his exposure to extremist views on social media, Pascal has become known for writing about the darkest reaches of the internet and the people behind the screen.

His Vanessa Frank detective series has achieved critical acclaim within the scandi-noir scene and includes works such as ‘The Widows’, ‘Cocaine’, and ‘Femicide’.

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  • Nancy C.

    Surprising how the author was able to interweave the characters and their relationship to the murders. I enjoyed it. I finished it over a weekend. I liked Vanessa Frank and hope there will be more stories in the future with her.

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  • Michelle D.

    I enjoyed the story, though I felt like it was a little predictable. It was hard to keep up with some of the characters’ stories because many had similar names and I would get them confused with one another and their separate plots.

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  • Jan C.

    New royalty in Scandinavian Noir

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  • Lisa K.

    Good story, interesting threads with all the characters.

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  • Eric L.

    Superb stuff. The narrator really did a fantastic job.

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  • Anonymous

    The clarity, tone and nuance of the narrators voice was music to my ears. She made the 12 hours and forty minutes of storytelling a pleasure rather than toil while also subtly differentiating the many characters of each chapter. The story has an array of flawed characters and some unpleasant imagery of rape and violence but ultimately this is not gratuitous in the scheme of developing the motivation of different characters. I was riveted.

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  • Diane C.

    I could not keep up with this plot. The book is divided into about 8 parts each with several chapters. Lots of characters were introduced and maybe even some with similar names??? Honestly, with the unfamiliar names and places narrated by someone with an accent (although I thought she was good), I didn’t know what was going on. The last 3 hours were the best part of this book.

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  • Debchick

    While I did enjoy the story it was average. It was confusing in the beginning to work out who was who. The narrators pronunciation of some characters names drove me crazy. Other than that it’s an okay listen.

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  • Anastasia Z.

    Interesting book, first you do not have a clue who are all those people but then you can't stop listening!

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  • Michelle

    Fabulous book! I’m looking forward to the next one.

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