“I beg you to look at the promising boys and beautiful girls in your homes and in your communities, and then you will not put these temptations in their way.”

“Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is Asa Larsson's home turf and I find as much joy in reading her closely observed descriptions of the environment, as in following her intriguing plots.”