大象传媒

Camilla Lackberg's Swedish thriller about dark secrets in an isolated coastal community.

Following the sudden death of her parents in a car accident, writer Erica Falck decides to return to her hometown of Fjallbacka - only to become caught up in the apparent suicide of her childhood friend, Alex. With her wrists cut, Alex's frozen body is found lying in an ice-cold bath.

Erica is asked to write a commemorative article by the dead woman's parents. One of her first interviews is with Alex's business partner and best-friend, Francine, who explains why she thinks Alex could never have taken her own life.

Local police detective Patrik Hedstrom is assigned to the case. During the course of the investigation, Erica and Patrik's paths overlap.

It is only when they come together and pool the information they have gathered about the enigmatic Alex and her secretive double life that the truth begins to emerge about this small town and its deeply disturbing past.

Read by Alex Tregear

Translated by Steven T Murray

Abridged in five parts by Alison Joseph

Producer: Gemma Jenkins

Made for 大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in July 2011.

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