2007 Skugga (Shadow)
 
How much is glory and fame really worth, when counted in the suffering of the people closest to you? The death of the housekeeper of the fictive world-famous Nobel Prize laureate Axel Ragnerfeldt becomes the starting point of an investigation into the claustrophobic family ties, mysterious disappearances and dark secrets surrounding a man shrouded in myth. With her fifth novel Shadow, Karin Alvtegen has achieved her darkest and most complex thriller to date, in which the disturbing truth of a sick family is gradually and mercilessly laid bare.


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Sweden, Natur & Kultur
Finland, WSOY
Norway, Damm
Denmark, Tiderne Skifter
Germany, Dumont
Netherlands, De Geus
France, Plon
Italy, Edizioni Nottempo
UK, Canongate
Romania, Rao
Poland, Bertelsmann Media
Lithuania, Baltos Lankos
Estonia, Eesti Raamat
Greece, Orfeas
Japan, Shogakukan
Korea, Sallim
Brazil, Record
Turkey, Artemis
Hungary, Animus