Leona: The Die Is Cast
A Leona Lindberg Thriller
by Jenny Rogneby
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Pub Date Aug 01 2017 | Archive Date Aug 05 2017
Description
Naked and bloody, a seven-year-old girl walks into a bank in central Stockholm in broad daylight and gets away with millions. Leona Lindberg of Stockholm's Violent Crimes Division agrees to work on the case. With a long, distinguished history in the police force, she seems the perfect choice. But Leona is grappling with deep issues of her own--a gambling addiction, a strained marriage--that could jeopardize the investigation. As she struggles to keep the volatile pieces of her life under control, the line between right and wrong becomes increasingly unclear--and even irrelevant.
This is a hard-boiled crime novel, filled with unexpected twists and turns, featuring an unusual heroine. Leona makes for gripping reading while challenging feminine norms and posing questions about what lies behind the choices we make.
Advance Praise
“In what has to be one of the most original and suspenseful openings in a psychological crime thriller, Swedish bestselling author, Jenny Rogneby’s debut novel, (part one in a three-part series) Leona: The Die Is Cast, turns all thrillers on their heads, and rips to shreds all previously written rules on the genre…From the evocative beginning, to the shocking denouement, LEONA: THE DIE IS CAST, is an extraordinary debut novel filled with unique characters and heart-pumping situations we never see coming. Jenny Rogneby is an exciting and fresh new voice, bringing all her years of experience as a criminal investigator into the pages, giving them the voice of authenticity other crime thrillers lack. Totally riveting. Roll on the sequel.” —New York Journal of Books
“Jenny Rogneby is the new queen of Nordic noir. Her heroine is like no one else. And the way she writes! She grabs you and you just can’t stop reading.” —David Lagercrantz, New York Times best-selling author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web (Millenium Series)
“Any readers looking for something different—Leona: The Die Is Cast could be just the ticket. There’s so much here in the writing, and the styling that is very brave of this author.” —AustCrimeFiction (Australia)
“Just when readers think they can pick the ending, some complex twists and turns emerge, setting the scene for the second in a three-book series.” —Otago Daily Times (New Zealand)
“A sensational novel…surprising.” —Gala (France)
“Thrilling, and a comment on the world of today and the threat of terror.” —Dagbladet (Norway)
“Jenny Rogneby pushes the boundaries in her decidedly unique crime debut… A bold enterprise by a debut author.” —BOK (Norway)
“The novel takes twists and turns that will leave any reader breathless…Rogneby has given us a book you cannot put down, through the frantic final pages that end on a cliffhanger sure to leave you dreading and anticipating what comes next.” —Woman Around Town
“There are stumbling steps into gray-black darkness. There are new robberies to commit. There are complications that are not just there to bewilder, but that really tickle and make the body itch. Yes, we are pulled into the kind of tension that makes it hard to stop reading, not just because it is thrilling (which it is), but because it in passing says something, mainly about Leona: the plain becomes slippery and I hold on tighter and tighter to the pages.” —Helsingborgs Dagblad
“The novel is a breath of fresh air and it has several unexpected twists, which makes it impossible to put down.” —The CrimeHouse
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781590518823 |
| PRICE | $16.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Denise C, Librarian
Stop -- this is a suspense thriller unike anything you have read before! Beware the havoc that comes from within.
A girl, only seven years old, walks into a bank -- bruised and covered in blood. She sets down a tape recorder. She takes the money and disappears. Leona is a detective assigned to the case. But she doesn't appear to be chasing down the leads, doing the interviews, or following the investigative techniques that are normally applied. Leona has some problems -- she's hounded by a journalist, beset by personal problems at home, and is on thin ice with her superiors.
This is a police procedural, but also an incredibly different take on crime fiction. I loved it! I won't say more due to spoilers, but this one (the first in a series) took me by surprise! I love Scandanavian noir, and this is set in Sweden. Although the protagonist is not very likeable, she is complex and her choices are quite disturbing. She's sort of an anti-hero(ine) and I can't wait to read more. This ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, and I hate that, but definitely I am hooked. I am definitely going to want to read the next book!!
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