The Mountain King, Anders de la Motte
The Mountain King, Anders de la Motte
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The Mountain King

Author: Anders de la Motte

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 14 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/30/2024


Synopsis

This atmospheric and sinister mystery will have you “hooked from the very first page” (Kyle Mills, #1 New York Times bestselling author) as it follows a brilliant female detective investigating the darkest side of humanity.

Detective Leonore Asker seems to have the leading position at Malmö’s Major Crime Division within reach. But things go awry when, in the middle of a high profile kidnapping case, management relegates her to the so-called Department of Lost Souls—the unit for odd, cold cases banished to the basement of the police station.

Despite the humiliation, Asker is drawn into one of the more peculiar cases. Someone is secretly placing small ominous figures in a huge model train displays and one of the figures seems to represent the missing woman from the kidnapping case. As Asker’s investigation leads her into the world of the abandoned and forgotten, she reaches out to her old friend and urban explorer Martin Hill. Together they discover that an unusual kind of evil lurks—at the heart of a mountain, deep down in the darkness.

“Absorbing, deftly plotted, bone-chilling” (Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author), The Mountain King will twist its way under your skin.

About Anders de la Motte

Anders de la Motte, a former police officer, made his debut in 2010 with the award-winning thriller Game and has since then been one of Sweden’s most beloved and popular crime writers. He is the author of several acclaimed and bestselling crime fiction series, among them the suspenseful Skåne Quartet. The Rust Forest is the third installment in his bestselling Leo Asker series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Debra on February 25, 2024

Woohoo! I have found a new-to-me-author who dazzled me with this gripping, riveting, addictive, suspenseful and perfectly plotted book. The Mountain King is a Scandinavian thriller which delivered and left me wanting more! My advice is to go in knowing as little as possible. Leonore Asker is a Crimin......more

Goodreads review by Overhaul on January 31, 2024

Son los peores policías, los perdedores, los expulsados, los marginados. Son la Unidad de Casos Perdidos. Y sólo ellos pueden resolver el caso más difícil de la historia de Suecia. La inspectora Leonore Asker es la mejor candidata para dirigir el Departamento de Crímenes Violentos. Pero, cuando la hij......more

Goodreads review by Rodrigo on February 18, 2024

Me ha encantado!! Reencuentro con el nordic noir!!. Me ha gustado la estructura del libro, como a mi me gusta, capítulos cortitos y trama ágil. La protagonista muy bien descrita, contando con pequeños esbozos su vida pasada (donde está el, no sé si decir trauma, pero si, una infancia peculiar), ha habi......more

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on April 06, 2024

I read so many thrillers that feel the same, or fall short in disappointing ways, all in hopes of find books like this one. Really, truly excellent characters, plot, and writing—I haven’t liked a series book one this much in a very long time. A bit of a slow burn, but it gets better and better as it......more

Goodreads review by Natalia Luna on February 05, 2024

Muy buen libro de suspense con personajes estupendamente trazados. Es bastante adictivo, te cuesta dejar de leer sobre todo a partir de la mitad del libro hasta el final. Una historia sobre un asesino en serie que secuestra a personas y en su lugar deja unas figuritas que representan a las víctimas.......more