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All the books by Liza Marklund adapted to cinema and television, ranked
Annika journeys to Costa del Sol, Spain, to report on the tragic deaths of a Swedish family in a burglary. However, her investigation reveals a far-reaching connection to a drug trade stretching from the hashish farms of Morocco to the streets of Sweden.
In the bleak winter of northern Sweden, a journalist is found murdered. Annika suspects a connection to a terrorist incident from four decades prior, which the journalist may have possessed crucial knowledge about. As she delves deeper into her investigation, Annika finds herself navigating a complex web of long-standing allegiances, stemming from the leftist movements of the 1960s and reaching into the present-day liberal government.
Isolated and divorced, Annika immerses herself in her work to escape her personal struggles. Her attention is drawn to a peculiar case involving a young female police officer accused of murdering her husband, also a policeman, and concealing their son. Suspecting there’s a deeper narrative beyond a crime of passion, Annika delves further into the investigation.
While reporting on the annual Nobel Prize Banquet, Annika is shocked to witness the dramatic murder of two esteemed individuals right before her eyes. As a crucial witness, she is obligated by the authorities to maintain silence. Despite it being the story of a lifetime, she finds herself unable to write a single word.
When a stripper from Studio Sex is murdered, the case ignites political controversy as the police uncover the Minister of Trade’s visit to the club on the night of the crime. Delving into the investigation evokes painful memories for Annika, leading her to take the case personally.
Jacob Kanon, a New York detective, investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon; he recruits the help of Scandinavian journalist Dessie Lombard when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.
En route to a family gathering, Annika entrusts her two children to her boyfriend’s care as she embarks on covering the murder of a renowned TV host. The focus of suspicion falls upon the ten individuals who had recently stayed at the mansion where the host’s program was filmed, among whom Annika discovers her best friend.
Annika delves into unraveling the mysteries surrounding a tragic bomb explosion at the recently built Olympic Stadium, resulting in the death of the head of the organizing committee. As she delves deeper into the investigation, she encounters resistance from both law enforcement and her superiors. Unlike them, she senses intuitively that the bombing was not an act of terrorism but rather driven by personal motives.
As she investigates a story about Paradise, a foundation advocating for abused women, Annika unexpectedly uncovers a murder in Stockholm’s harbor. In her quest for truth and a compelling narrative, Annika becomes intrigued by Thomas, a married civil servant also pursuing the secrets behind Paradise. Together, they suspect deceit lurking beneath the organization’s charitable veneer.