Near the start of Marklund’s uneven second Annika Bengtzon thriller made available to U.S. readers (after 2011’s Red Wolf), crime journalist Bengtzon, far from her usual beat, witnesses a crime while covering the annual Nobel Prize dinner in Stockholm’s city hall: a female assassin known as “the Kitten” fires a silenced handgun at two guests on the dance floor, killing Caroline von Behring, the chair of the Karolinska Institute’s Nobel committee. As a witness to the shooting, Bengtzon is saddled with a disclosure ban by the enigmatic Detective Inspector Q, effectively muzzling her reporting efforts. When her newspaper puts her on paid leave, Bengtzon begins her own investigation at the Karolinska Institute, a leading biomedical university. Von Behring isn’t the only prominent scientist to die, and Bengtzon follows a trail leading to Alfred Nobel, the founder of the storied prize. Despite an intriguing premise, Marklund overstuffs her plot and buries any suspense under scientific minutiae. Agent: Niclas Salomonsson, the Salomonsson Agency. (Apr.)
For the first time in her career, investigative reporter Bengtzon is covering the glamorous Nobel Prize Dinner, traditionally held in Stockholm's City Hall. Some of the most notable scholars in the world are in attendance when gunshots suddenly break out. Bodies fall to the floor and Annika catches a glimpse of the suspect as he flees the scene. As the key witness, she is soon caught in the middle of an intricate drama with links to international terrorism, global pharmaceutical corporations, and Alfred Nobel himself. In pursuit of a trained assassin called The Kitten, she learns that in the scientific community, secrets are closely guarded. And some will kill, just to protect them.
For the first time in her career, investigative reporter Bengtzon is covering the glamorous Nobel Prize Dinner, traditionally held in Stockholm's City Hall. Some of the most notable scholars in the world are in attendance when gunshots suddenly break out. Bodies fall to the floor and Annika catches a glimpse of the suspect as he flees the scene. As the key witness, she is soon caught in the middle of an intricate drama with links to international terrorism, global pharmaceutical corporations, and Alfred Nobel himself. In pursuit of a trained assassin called The Kitten, she learns that in the scientific community, secrets are closely guarded. And some will kill, just to protect them.
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| BN ID: | 2940172589881 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Brilliance Audio |
| Publication date: | 11/15/2019 |
| Series: | Annika Bengtzon , #6 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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