Reviews

• “Ohlsson's strenght is in placing normal people at the centre of remarkable events. /…/ Hostage is Hollywood blockbuster-material… You'll finish it in one gulp”

• “A suspenseful and well-written story… You can tell that Kristina Ohlsson is well-informed and knowledgeable about the Swedish police system.”

• “Smart and suspenseful. /…/ Kristina Ohlsson is a skilled crime writer with a high level of suspense, good characterization and an energetic prose.”

• “Clever and thrilling suspense. /…/ [Ohlsson] writes with an ease and a drive that makes you carry the book with you everywhere you go to try to sneak in a few pages' reading. When it comes to suspense she has outdone herself.”

• “Suspenseful. That word encapsulates this novel entirely. You simply cannot put down Hostage… I am ever more impressed by Ohlsson's ability to captivate the reader.”

• “Haunting and well-composed.”

• “High level international drama… The suspense is created through Kristina Ohlsson's ability to create tempo. She never writes too much about any one thing, but shifts – sensitively, quickly – between characters, settings, events. /…/ She knows what she's doing. Hostage is her best crime novel so far.”

• “Terribly suspenseful … This time it's about international terrorism and the plot is incredibly suspenseful – you can't stop reading until you've reached the very last line.”

• “This is Kristina Ohlsson's fourth and best crime novel so far, and that says a lot – she has been very good from the beginning. But I would be surprised if any other [Swedish] crime novel comes anywhere near Hostage this year. It is the kind of nail-biting thriller that rarely comes along, and that one reads with abated breath.”

• “Kristina Ohlsson is skilled when it comes to plots and building up suspense to a dramatic crescendo… I can't stop reading.”

• “The very best in Sweden… Suspenseful throughout, credible down to every comma.”

• “[Ohlsson] uses her work experience to create one of the most captivating crime novels in a long time. /…/ The authencity of the investigation work brings a fair dose of reality to the story, and offers the reader an experience that differs distinctly from other contemporary crime novels that more often than not often take certain creative freedoms. /…/ Kristina Ohlsson is one of the best living authors in Sweden in her genre.”

• “This is one of the most suspenseful Swedish crime novels I've read in a long time – I just wanted to hide somewhere, undisturbed, until I finished the book. /…/ Through interesting character portayals and new side stories that increase the suspense throughout the book, Ohlsson keeps me glued to the pages.”

• “A writing style that is an exquisite pleasure to experience. In Hostage, the author manages to raise the suspense to almost unfathomable heights. /…/ Hostage is staggeringly suspenseful, movingly humanitarian, and a thought-provoking reminder of the potency of terrorism.”

• “It's very simple: Swedish Kristina Ohlsson writes solid suspense. With a previous career as a counter-terrorism expert she knows what she's doing.”

• “The author draws from her professional experiences of security policy and anti-terror work, which contributes to the authentic and intense reading experience… Potent and cinematic suspense”

• “Ohlsson’s nail-biting fourth Fredrika Bergman novel.”

• “Kristina Ohlsson steps things up a notch or three with Hostage, her fourth novel featuring Fredrika Bergman. /…/ The result is one of Kristina Ohlsson’s most intriguing works to date.”