Asa Larsson was born and grew up in Kiruna, Sweden. She is a qualified lawyer and made her debut in 2003 with The Savage Altar, which was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Association prize for best debut novel. Its sequel, The Blood Spilt, was chosen as Best Swedish Crime Novel of 2004, as was The Second Deadly Sin in 2011. Her novels were adapted for television and shown on More 4. The sixth and final book in the Rebecka Martinsson series, The Sins of Our Fathers, was published in September, 2021. It was later named Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, and is the winner of the Adlibris Suspense Award.
Åsa Larsson's genius is in telling the story from multiple
viewpoints, so cleverly that you can't see the dots connecting
until they hit you right in the face at the end
*The Times*
'Among the current batch of Nordic writers, the new Larsson is one
to be followed with the most minute attention' Barry Forshaw,
Independent.
*Independent*
'what lingers in the mind is Larsson's careful and sympathetic
investigation of Rebecka's inner demons' Mail on Sunday.
*Mail on Sunday*
'A superior example of Scandinavian noir' Julia Handford, Sunday
Telegraph.
*Sunday Telegraph*
'Larsson's laid back style makes her unflinching probing of the icy
depths of the human heart all the more chilling' Jake Kerridge,
Telegraph.
*Telegraph*
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