The Forbidden Place: A Novel

by Susanne Jansson Narrated by Stephanie Willis

Overview

In this "bone-chillingly cool crime debut" (Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train), a young biologist studying the remote Swedish wetlands stumbles upon a body—and finds that if the marsh's secrets can't stay buried, neither can hers...

In the remote Swedish wetlands lies Mossmarken: the village on the edge of the mire where, once upon a time, people came to leave offerings to the gods.

Biologist Nathalie came in order to study the peat bogs. But she has a secret: Mossmarken was once her home, a place where terrible things happened. She has returned at last, determined to confront her childhood trauma and find out the truth.

Soon after her arrival, she finds an unconscious man out on the marsh, his pockets filled with gold—just like the ancient human sacrifices. A grave is dug in the mire, which vanishes a day after. And as the police investigate, the bodies start to surface...

Is the mire calling out for sacrifices, as the superstitious locals claim? Or is it an all-too-human evil?

Richly atmospheric and haunting to the last page, Susanne Jansson's stunning debut is a gripping tale of the power of nature to shape our reality, the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the world, and the terrible consequences they may have. This international sensation will captivate fans of the celebrated suspense fiction of Jane Harper or Tana French.

Editorial Reviews

SEPTEMBER 2018 - AudioFile

Ghost story or murder mystery? This debut Swedish thriller keeps the listener guessing. Narrator Stephanie Willis sets the chilling tone as the story explores the disappearances, attacks, and deaths that have occurred over the years around the peat bog near the village of Mossmarken. Nathalie Ström is a young biologist returning to the bog after many years to probe her own traumatic childhood there. Maya Linde is an established artist and moonlighting forensic photographer who is returning to the area after decades in New York. Willis skillfully enhances their characterizations with a soft-voiced vulnerability for Nathalie’s perspectives and a stronger, investigative one for Maya’s. She mostly takes the Swedish names and places in stride and provides occasional hints of accents for some of the characters. S.T.C. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

SEPTEMBER 2018 - AudioFile

Ghost story or murder mystery? This debut Swedish thriller keeps the listener guessing. Narrator Stephanie Willis sets the chilling tone as the story explores the disappearances, attacks, and deaths that have occurred over the years around the peat bog near the village of Mossmarken. Nathalie Ström is a young biologist returning to the bog after many years to probe her own traumatic childhood there. Maya Linde is an established artist and moonlighting forensic photographer who is returning to the area after decades in New York. Willis skillfully enhances their characterizations with a soft-voiced vulnerability for Nathalie’s perspectives and a stronger, investigative one for Maya’s. She mostly takes the Swedish names and places in stride and provides occasional hints of accents for some of the characters. S.T.C. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170178179
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	09/04/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged

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