The adrenaline-fuelled prequel to Liza Marklund's international bestseller 'The Bomber' introduces freelance reporter Annika Bengtzon.
Eight years before the sensational events of 'The Bomber', fledgling reporter Annika Bengtzon has just started a summer job at a Swedish tabloid. Before she can even begin to get her bearings in the gritty, fast-paced world of journalism, Annika learns that the body of a young woman has been discovered - raped, murdered and abandoned in a cemetery. A powerful government minister emerges a the prime suspect, with the general election only a few weeks away.
Fuelled by ambition, hampered by inexperience, Annika finds herself immersed in a steamy underworld of sex clubs, insister power plays and a media feeding frenzy. This murder case could become Annika's breakthrough story - or the event that seals her doom.
