Eldslandet Tierra del Fuego

Vanessa Frank #1

A kidnapping wave runs through Stockholm. Rich men are the target group, and their families are being forced to pay ransoms to set them free. Their wealth seems to be the only thing connecting the victims.

After a heartbreaking divorce, detective Vanessa Frank has been suspended from duty, and an ongoing investigation will determine her future as Chief Inspector. Despite her suspension, she can’t help but follow a tip from an informant. It leads her to two childhood friends who soon find themselves caught up in a dangerous game beyond their control.

In Chile, an ancient and powerful organization dealing in organ trafficking are struggling to balance supply and demand. They are forced to look further than the shadows of the Andes and the old Nazi colony where it once began.

Tierra del Fuego is the first installment in the bestselling series about detective Vanessa Frank.

Reviews

“With Tierra del Fuego, [Engman] shows that he can immediately reach the top of the Swedish thriller genre. He knows how to combine a particularly exciting story with a bizarre theme (…). It makes you tremble in your seat. In fact, Engman includes all the ingredients that lead to a successful Scandi thriller in Tierra del Fuego. The plot is dark and intense. /…/ [Tierra del Fuego] is exciting, well-written, and has two protagonists in Vanessa Frank and Nicolas Paredes that that reader wants to meet again – soon, please! Pascal Engman, a name to remember!”

ThrillZone, Netherlands
“Pascal Engman has a great ability to constantly boost the pace of the story. He nails the reader to the story so you cannot stop reading /…/ High international class!”

SVT Gokväll, Sweden
“Great thriller with an elegantly braided story.”

Dagens Nyheter, Sweden
“Pascal Engman is already a writer to count on and he knows how to entertain an audience. /…/ It’s a clever build-up that quickly sucks the reader into the story and makes it impossible to let go. Fast turns between parallel events, a dialogue that drives the action forward, high pulse, short chapters and constant cliffhangers. Soon, 500 pages have been extinguished and you are as exhausted in the sofa as after a season of Homeland.”

Göteborgs-Posten, Sweden
“Once you start reading [Tierra del Fuego] you will be stuck in the eye of the storm /…/ Try to take a step back to admire the design, architecture, the literary construction. /…/ So well executed. All the while, the pace is high and the drama is great. Character portraits are skillfully shaped, Engman has a great ability to quickly draw up sustainable and distinct characters. /…/ Even the environments, both in Stockholm and in Chile, are skillfully depicted and accomplished.”

The Swedish Crime Festival, Sweden
“Everything is high tempo, but Engman manages to depict the story from several points of view.”

Skaraborgs Allehanda, Sweden
“I like the opening, sympathize with the sharp criticism of the dirty, illegal, organ trafficking, and Engman has a speed to his storytelling which beats a lot of Swedish crime writers today.”

Mariestads-Tidningen, Sweden
“A new page-turner.”

Expressen, Sweden
“[Pascal Engman’s] interest in social critique and the position of women in society is what makes [Tierra del Fuego] something more than just a thrilling page-turner. There are many strong, distinct, and troubled women here, with Vanessa Frank at the forefront. She is both tough and brave, but also vulnerable and human. All of this aids the author in making the reader reflect on important issues in today’s society in the very best Sjöwall & Wahlöö tradition.”

Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway