Reviews

• “[Marklund's] readers should find the book irresistible. In balancing the sharp shifts in tone, Marklund is masterful. /…/ a bravura performance that raises Marklund's game and lifts her above the mystery genre.”

• “Another guaranteed bestseller.”

• “It's partly shockingly brutal, partly poetic and beautiful.”

• “Reporters are used to dealing with other people's pain. Few are used to being the centre of an international incident, which is what happens in Liza Marklund's outstanding Borderline. / …/ The novel delivers an emotional punch rare in contemporary crime fiction.”

• “The Swedish crime writer produces a heart-stopping new thriller featuring journalist Annika Bengtzon. She is torn between covering an escalating murder hunt after a mother is found dead in the snow after taking her son to a nursery school, and a personal situation when her husband and colleagues are kidnapped at a conference in Kenya. Tension rises with every demand from the kidnappers, while the Swedish body count also rises.”

• “[Borderline is] well executed and provides a very well-researched picture /…/ As always, the pages are flowing – Marklund still writes better than most of her female crime writer-colleagues”

• “A strong comeback by Liza Marklund… With the ninth novel in the series, Marklund proves that she is still far ahead of most of her imitators, both when it comes to guaranteed suspense, crime fiction with a feminine element, and the ability to make personal matters political and political matters personal – unpretentiously raw and sweetened with a touch of self-irony”

• “The prose is confident as usual /…/ both vivid and credible”

• “Effective and well-oiled. /…/ The novel's contemporary connection is both genuine and convincing.”

• “The ninth novel featuring the crime-busting journalist Annika, who struggles with stupid and greedy superiors and a decidedly messy private life…is sometimes reminiscent of the heroes in Jan Guillou's novels. /…/ [Marklund] makes her characters feel alive. She also depicts the media in an often insightful way.”

• “Marklund is phenomenal at writing dialogue and Borderline is probably the most well-written crime novel I have read this year.”

• “Liza Marklund…has sold more than 13 million thrillers in 30 countries, of which 300.000 in the Netherlands alone. She writes in the same socially conscious tradition as her colleagues Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson. With Larsson, she shares the interest for the dark side of Sweden, and like Mankell she writes about the relationship between the 'heavenly' Sweden and the rest of the world. There is, however, a big difference between Marklund and the two other Swedish crime writers. Marklund's main character is called Bengtzon instead of Wallander or Blomkvist: and she is a woman.”