Temná stezka – Larssonová Asa (2021)

The third installment of the detective series. After her last case, Rebecka Martinsson struggles to find her way back to a normal life. She finds peace in Kurravaara, her hometown, where she moves into her grandmother's house. It is only the offer of a job at the public prosecutor's office in nearby Kiruna that pulls her out of her lethargy. A few months later, a dead woman is found on a frozen lake. Her body shows signs of torture. Inspector Anna-Maria Mella knows she cannot do without help. She will need a good lawyer – and she knows the best one... Rebecka Martinsson has no idea how complicated the case ahead of her will be. The murdered woman held a key position in an international mining company. Rebecka soon dives into a web of intricate affairs and intrigues, centered around the company's owner, who had a complicated relationship with the victim. Rebecka and Anna-Maria gradually penetrate a network of secrets, perversion, and crime, uncovering a dark story where obsession, ambition, and twisted sexuality intertwine with loneliness, hope, and desire. The masterfully calibrated tension reaches its peak in a dramatic resolution, after which nothing will be the same again.