Monday, September 10, 2018

Giveaway - The Forbidden Place - Susanne Jansson

I've got a great giveaway for you today - Susanne Jansson's debut novel - The Forbidden Place. Paula Hawkins called it a "a bone-chillingly cool crime debut."

Here's more from Grand Central Publishing:

"In the remote Swedish wetlands lies Mossmarken: the village on the edge of the mire where, once upon a time, people came to leave offerings to the gods. Biologist Nathalie came in order to study the peat bogs. But she has a secret: Mossmarken was once her home, a place where terrible things happened. She has returned at last, determined to confront her childhood trauma and find out the truth.

Soon after her arrival, she finds an unconscious man out on the marsh, his pockets filled with gold–just like the ancient human sacrifices. A grave is dug in the mire, which vanishes a day after. And as the police investigate, the bodies start to surface…

Is the mire calling out for sacrifices, as the superstitious locals claim? Or is it an all-too-human evil?

Richly atmospheric and haunting to the last page, Susanne Jansson’s stunning debut is a gripping tale of the power of nature to shape our reality, the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the world, and the terrible consequences they may have. This international sensation will captivate fans of the celebrated suspense fiction of Jane Harper or Tana French." Read an excerpt of  The Forbidden Place.

"Susanne Jansson was born in 1972 in Åmål, Sweden. She later moved to Gothenburg to work in advertising and then to New York to study photography. After returning to Sweden, she worked as a freelance photographer while studying journalism, and for the past twenty years she has been combining her work as a photographer with freelance journalism. This is her debut novel. Jansson lives with her family outside Gothenburg."

If you'd like to read The Forbidden Place, enter to win a copy using the Rafflecopter form below. Open to US and Canada, no PO boxes please. Ends September 22/18.

5 comments:

John Smith said...

I'm frightened already! I hear "peat bogs" and I think, no, no, stay away from the peat bogs!

skkorman said...

I would love to read this book—thanks for the chance to win a copy!

skkorman AT bellsouth DOT net

petite said...

This novel sounds intriguing and captivating. Thanks.

Grandma Cootie said...

Sounds fascinating. Thanks for the chance to win.

Dianna said...

A setting called Mossmarken just sounds scary by itself!