The Gallows Bird Explained

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Author:Camilla Läckberg
Translator:Steven T. Murray
Language:English
Subject:Popular Fiction-Contemporary Thrillers
Genre:Crime
Publisher:Harpercollins
Pub Date:2006
English Pub Date:March 2011
Pages:378 pages
Isbn:0-00-725400-8
Preceded By:The Stone Cutter
Followed By:Flavours from Fjällbacka

The Gallows Bird (Swedish: Olycksfågeln) is a 2006 novel by Camilla Läckberg, translated by Steven T. Murray in 2011. It is the fourth psychological thriller written by Läckberg.[1]

Synopsis

Patrik (police officer) and Erica (writer) have reconnected, had a child and are moving headlong into matrimony.[2] Problems sidelined when a chaotic alcohol-fueled party ends with the death of an unpopular contestant on a reality TV show.[3] A local woman is found dead, apparently the victim of a car crash: the first in a spate of seemingly inexplicable accidents in Tanumshede.[4] The car reeks of alcohol and the initial assumption is that it is a drunk driver accident.[5]

Soon it becomes clear there's a serial assassin in the vicinity.[6] As TV cameras shadow the reality show stars' every move, relations with the locals are strained to the breaking point. A piece of evidence reveals that a pair of seemingly disparate homicides are linked, and a pattern emerges of similar homicides spread over many years—in different regions of Sweden; slowly Patrick realizes that these cases are more closely linked than he had thought.[7] Patrick also has his own set of problems to contend with: a wedding to arrange, and Erica's sister Anna living with them—he's experiencing stress.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Novel 4.
  2. Web site: Matrimony.
  3. News: Party Alcohol. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-gallows-bird-by-camilla-l228ckberg-trans-steven-t-murray-2238062.html . 2022-06-18 . subscription . live . London . The Independent. Barry. Forshaw. 11 March 2011.
  4. Web site: Accident.
  5. Web site: Accident.
  6. Web site: Murderer/plural.
  7. Web site: Sweden literature.
  8. swedengallow.com [{{cite web|title=camilla-boss|url=http://www.timelessbooks.com.au/reviews/book/238/the-gallows-bird/Stone-Cutter-Patrik-Hedstrom-3/dp/0007305931/work/1361293/lackberg//reviews/88/69/camilla/read/948560}}]literature/8885476