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Åsa Larsson (born 28 June 1966) is a Swedish crime-fiction writer. Although born in Uppsala, she was raised in Kiruna in the far north. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Larsson was a tax lawyer, a profession she shares with the heroine of her novels, Rebecka Martinsson. Her first Rebecka Martinsson novel, Solstorm, was awarded the Swedish Crime Writers' Association prize for best first novel. It was published in the UK (under the title The Savage Altar) and was shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger. Her second Rebecka Martinsson novel, Det blod som spillts, won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award. Till offer åt Molok, her fifth Rebecka Martinsson novel also won the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award. The 2007 Swedish film Solstorm was based on the book The Savage Altar.

She is a granddaughter of the Olympic skier Erik August Larsson.

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Solstorm

Det stormer på solen. Vintermørket brydes af nordlyset, der glider som en drage over Kirunas kulsorte himmel.  I Kraftkildens kirke findes menighedens åndelige leder, Viktor Strandgård, myrdet og lemlæstet midt i altergangen. Jurist og arbejdsnarkoman Rebecka Martinsson vender tilbage til Kiruna fra Stockholm – barndomsveninden Sanna har brug for hendes hjælp. Inden længe er Martinsson dybt involveret i en sag, hvor hadet vokser om kap med mørket i det lille frikirke-samfund. SOLSTORM er første bog i serien om Rebecka Martinsson. “Et brag af en debut. Faktisk kommer man under læsningen flere gange til at tænke på Kerstin Ekmans ‘Hændelser ved vand’, som nok er verdens bedste kriminalroman.” – Ekstra Bladet
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Udgivelsesdato29 okt. 2010
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ISBN lydbog9788770534598