‘Lindqvist is Sweden’s answer to Stephen King’ Daily Mirror
They only stopped watching her for a couple of minutes. That was all it took.
It was a beautiful winter’s day. Anders, his wife and their feisty six-year-old, Maja, set out across the ice of the Swedish archipelago to visit the lighthouse. There was no one around, so they let her run on ahead. And she disappeared, seemingly into thin air, and was never found.
Two years later, Anders is a broken alcoholic, his life ruined. He returns to the archipelago, the home of his childhood and his family. But all he finds are Maja’s toys and through the haze of memory, loss and alcohol, he realizes that someone – or something – is trying to communicate with him.
His return sets in motion a series of horrifying events which exposes a mysterious and troubling relationship between the inhabitants of the remote island and the sea.
They only stopped watching her for a couple of minutes. That was all it took.
It was a beautiful winter’s day. Anders, his wife and their feisty six-year-old, Maja, set out across the ice of the Swedish archipelago to visit the lighthouse. There was no one around, so they let her run on ahead. And she disappeared, seemingly into thin air, and was never found.
Two years later, Anders is a broken alcoholic, his life ruined. He returns to the archipelago, the home of his childhood and his family. But all he finds are Maja’s toys and through the haze of memory, loss and alcohol, he realizes that someone – or something – is trying to communicate with him.
His return sets in motion a series of horrifying events which exposes a mysterious and troubling relationship between the inhabitants of the remote island and the sea.
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Reviews
'Lindqvist is Sweden's answer to Stephen King' Daily Mirror.
'This is a third consecutive masterpiece from an author who deserves to be as much a household name as Stephen King' SFX.
'A magician of genre fiction' Independent.
'Emotionally forceful and superbly plotted' Big Issue.
'a gripping portrayal of the devastating effect that the loss of a child can have on a parent' British Fantasy.
'A very scary tale indeed' Financial Times.
'Eerily good' Marie Claire.
'A magician of genre fiction' Independent.