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Trainee journalist Annika Bengtzon has secured a summer placement at Sweden’s biggest tabloid newspaper. She’s desperate for this to be her big break, although manning the tip-off phoneline isn’t quite what she had in mind… Until a caller tells her that the naked body of a young woman has been found in a nearby cemetery. As she pieces together details of the young woman’s life, Annika stumbles across video footage that places the main suspect hundreds of miles from the crime scene, right at the time of the murder. Are the police looking for the wrong man?

Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon is woken by a phonecall in the early hours of a wintry December morning. An explosion has ripped apart the Olympic Stadium. And a victim has been blown to pieces. As Annika delves into the details of the bombing and the background of the victim, there is a second explosion. These chilling crimes could be her biggest news story yet. When her police source reveals they are hot on the heels of the bomber, Annika is guaranteed an exclusive with her name on it.

AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH? Reporter Annika Bengtzon is working on the story of a devastating crime when she hears that a journalist investigating the same incident has been killed. It appears to be a hit-and-run accident. A SERIES OF MURDERS. Several brutal killings follow - all linked by handwritten letters sent to the victims' relatives. When Annika unravels a connection with the story she's writing, she is thrown on to the trail of a deadly psychopath. THE HUNT IS ON.

A frosty December night in Stockholm. Inside the City Hall, over a thousand guests attend the prestigious Nobel Prizewinners’ dinner. With a lavish meal laid on to the backdrop of a full orchestra, this is one of the city’s most glamorous events of the year. But things are different tonight. Two shots are fired on the dance floor. Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon is there, covering the event for the Evening Post. As the police realize she caught a glimpse of the suspect, she is far more interested in getting back to the newsroom.

At a derelict port in Stockholm, two brutally murdered men are found by a security guard. In the same area a young woman, Aida, is on the run from a deranged gunman. Meanwhile, journalist Annika Bengtzon is approached by a woman wanting her story published in the Evening Post. She claims to have founded an organization to erase people's pasts - giving vulnerable individuals a completely new identity. Annika helps Aida to get in touch with the foundation.

A violent robbery has taken place in an affluent area of the Costa Del Sol, in which an entire family are killed. Annika Bengtzon is assigned to the story, and when she arrives in Spain and gains access to the crime scene, she is horrified to discover there was a third child - a teenage daughter - who is unaccounted for. Annika makes it her mission to find the missing girl. But as she delves into the mystery she becomes embroiled in a far darker side of Spanish life than she’d envisioned, as she begins to piece together a terrifying story of violence, abuse and murder.

The most famous police officer in Sweden is found murdered in his bed. His four-year-old son is missing. His wife is suspected of killing both of them. No one believes her when she says she is innocent.No one except for news reporter Annika Bengtzon. Her personal life in turmoil, she turns all her energies to her work, investigating the life of the murdered man.But if his wife is innocent, where is their son? And will the truth be uncovered in time to find him…before it’s too late?

Den store finale i Marklunds populære serie om journalisten Annika Bengtzon. En mørk og intens spændingsroman om relationer og identitet, hævn og forsoning. Vi har fulgt den fandenivoldske reporter Annika Bengtzon, siden hun blev ansat som journalistelev på Kvällsposten. Nu står papirudgaven af avisen foran lukning, og der venter helt nye udfordringer. I retten følger Annika en bestialsk mordsag med svage beviser. Samtidig er hendes søster forsvundet. Eneste livstegn er en sms: Annika, hjælp mig!

Comienzos de los años noventa. La joven Kiona disfruta de una vida sibilina en Manihiki, una pequeña isla del sur del Océano Pacífico, y uno de los sitios más aislados del mundo entero. Kiona trabaja en el negocio familiar de buceo libre, vigilando las ostras y la cosecha de perlas negras. Una mañana un lujoso yate se estrella en el arrecife que rodea la isla. En el barco destrozado, los habitantes locales encuentran a un hombre herido. Su nombre es Erik y él es de Suecia.

Annika Bengtzon gilt unter ihren Kollegen als tough und unbestechlich. Sie liebt ihre Arbeit als Reporterin. Als sie zur Villa des Politikers Ingemar Lerberg gerufen wird, betritt sie eine andere Welt: wertkonservativ, traditionell und gediegen. Auf den erfolgreichen Geschäftsmann wurde ein Anschlag verübt. Für die Journalistin ist er kein Unbekannter, denn ein durch die Presse hochgeputschter Steuerskandal hatte Lerberg zum Rücktritt gezwungen.

In einer Schneewehe liegt eine schöne Frau. Sie ist nicht die Erste, die in den vergangenen Monaten in einem Stockholmer Vorort erstochen wurde...

"Sort perle" er en svimlende fortælling gennem fire kontinenter om magt og penge, og med en powerkvinde i front, der ikke står tilbage for Annika Bengtzon, når det gælder sandheden. Det er tidligt i 1990'erne på på Manihiki. En paradisisk atol i det sydlige Stillehav. Gennem generationer har øboerne levet af at dyrke perler, og sammen med sin familie lever Kiona på den isolerede ø og fridykker ned i dybet for at høste de dyrebare østers. Men når hun kan se sit snit til det, sluger hun alle de bøger, hun kan få fat i.