The Savage Altar
The Savage Altar by Asa Larsson, published by Penguin Adult on February 7, 2008, is a paperback edition comprising 320 pages. This novel unfolds in northern Sweden, where a man is found ritually mutilated in a church, setting the stage for a gripping mystery. Rebecka Martinsson, a tax lawyer from Stockholm, returns to her hometown of Kiruna to support her friend Sanna, whose brother has been murdered. As Rebecka navigates the complexities of guilt and community suspicion, she is drawn into a web of deceit that forces her to confront her own past.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines themes of friendship, legal intrigue, and suspense. The story explores the chilling atmosphere of a small town grappling with fear and rumor, as Rebecka seeks to uncover the truth behind the murder and the cult associated with it. The backdrop of the aurora borealis and the snowy landscape adds to the tension as Rebecka delves deeper into the investigation, revealing dark motives and hidden connections. This edition presents a compelling exploration of human relationships against a backdrop of mystery and moral ambiguity.
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Innocence will be sacrificed…
On the floor of a church in northern Sweden, the body of a man lies ritually mutilated and defiled � and in the night sky, the aurora borealis dances as the snow begins to fall.
Rebecka Martinsson is heading home to Kiruna, the small town she�d left in disgrace years before. A Stockholm tax lawyer, Rebecka has a good reason to return: her friend Sanna, whose brother has been horrifically murdered in the church of the cult he helped create. Beautiful and fragile, Sanna needs someone like Rebecka to remove the shadow of guilt that is engulfing her, to forestall an ambitious prosecutor, and to confront the rumours circulating in a closed and frightened community. But to help her friend, and to find the real killer of a man she once adored and is now not sure she ever knew, Rebecka must relive the darkness she left behind in Kiruna, delve into a sordid conspiracy of deceit, and confront a killer whose motives are dark and impossible to guess…
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