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    The Stonecutter
    The Stonecutter
    The Stonecutter
    Audiobook16 hours

    The Stonecutter

    Written by Camilla Läckberg

    Narrated by David Thorn

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    The remote resort town of Fjallbacka has seen more than its share of tragedies, but a little girl found in a fisherman#8217;s net may be the worst yet-especially when the postmortem reveals that this was a methodical murder, not an accidental drowning. Local detective Patrik Hedstrom has just become a father, and it#8217;s his grim task to discover who could have killed a child both he and his partner Erica knew well. He realizes that the solution lies with finding a motive for this terrible crime. Although Hedstrom is no stranger to the criminal mind, he couldn#8217;t possibly predict how this case will reach into Fjallbacka#8217;s darkest heart, spanning generations and ripping aside its idyllic facade, perhaps forever.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateMay 9, 2012
    ISBN9781615735518
    Author

    Camilla Läckberg

    Camilla Läckberg is a worldwide bestseller renowned for her brilliant contemporary psychological thrillers. Her novels have sold 19 million copies in 55 countries with translations into 37 languages.

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    • 3/5
      This was an assigned bookclub book.I'm not much of a crime reader and I would never have chosen to read a cosy story about the murder of a seven-year-old girl.The back of the cover promises that the author is 'an expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with blood-curdling horror'. The only other Scandinavian crime fiction I've read is -- you guessed it -- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (only the first in the series) and so this book strikes me as a cross between that and something by Maeve Binchy. But as I said, I'm not sure I like that blend when it comes to the murder of little girls. Let's just say I prefer my genres pure.I tried very hard to remember everybody's name (though the author gives no help -- a feature of the genre, perhaps?) and felt very proud of myself that I had worked it out about two thirds of the way through. I'm sure I was supposed to, as we were given enough little clues. In fact, I'd rather have been surprised.In stories such as these, in which the final chapter Explains Everything I'm always reminded of an episode of Scooby Doo, which I'm sure is not the intended effect.I won't be rushing out to read anymore crime fiction soon. Incongruously, perhaps, I prefer true crime stories, in the hope of discovering something about the human condition, and what motivates people to do truly horrible things. The fairytale structure of the historical thread in this story sort of prevents any real insight.
    • 5/5
      Fjallbacka Sweden A little girl is found in a fisherman‘s net. The drowning is found to be murder. The mother is a personal friend of Erica who lives with Patrik Hedstrom, a local police officer. Another interesting book by Lackberg. Only complaint is that book is too long. Characters and plot are unique. Suspects are many and hard to flesh out. A surprise ending has me looking forward to next book. Recommended!
    • 4/5
      I believe this is the fourth book I have read in this series and they have all been excellent. They are very character driven crimes with the deep psychology of the characters behind the motives. The author is really adept at providing the reader with just enough to slowly pull you along throughout the entire story. I was always left wanting to turn the page and read "just a couple more pages".
    • 5/5
      I loved this novel, as well as everything by Camilla!
    • 5/5
      I read "The Stonecutter" in a matter of days. That is unusual for me as I am busy with my dogs and crafts. It is the third in a series. The other two are "The Preacher" and "The Ice Princess." The author Camilla Lackberg has been compared to Stieg Larsson. Sometimes it is easiest for me to realize I am enjoying a book immensely simply because I can not wait to get back to reading it, and bring it with me everywhere I go in case I get a moment to spare. The book is a bit on the long side-506 pages. Lackberg leaves the reader with a cliffhanger. Erica's sister has been accused of taking the life of her abusive husband. I am anxious to find and begin the next book. In all there are 8 books that take place in Fjallbacka,
    • 5/5
      Camilla Läckberg is excellent when it comes to the suspense/thriller genre and The Stoneutter continues to prove just how well she can create a plot that will keep the reader reading and on the edge. Another fantastic book from Camilla Läckberg.
    • 5/5
      I just keep listening to this. It is intriguing, full of surprises, and well performed, Unforunately, I keeping getting distracked by all that is happening ( it's the week before Christmas) so I'll miss an important piece. Lots of characters, some have changed their nams, lots of bad people, but utterly fascinating! I've even researched the plot, characcters, and so forth. Highly recommended.FROM AMAZON: The remote resort town of Fjällbacka has seen more than its share of tragedies, but a little girl found in a fisherman's net may be the worst yet - especially when the postmortem reveals that this was a methodical murder, not an accidental drowning.Local detective Patrik Hedstrom has just become a father, and it’s his grim task to discover who could have killed a child both he and his partner Erica knew well. He realizes that the solution lies with finding a motive for this terrible crime. Although Hedstrom is no stranger to the criminal mind, he couldn’t possibly predict how this case will reach into Fjällbacka’s darkest heart, spanning generations and ripping aside its idyllic façade, perhaps forever.
    • 3/5
      Too convoluted
    • 3/5
      Very easy reading, if you can avoid thinking too hard about all the murders and other cruelty and stuff, but not mindless by any means. Very focused on parent-child relationships. Quite a lot of talk about evil people - but this is a bit misleading as it's more evil emerging out of evil done to people rather than people being evil in themselves. Or maybe I'm just putting my own thoughts into it. Anyway I liked all the different strands of story. Must have liked it because after I finished this book I immediately started reading the next one in the series....
    • 4/5
      Scandanavian mysteries are usually fun to read, and this one doesn't disappoint. It's a good psychological crime story, set in a fishing village in Sweden where a fisherman has "caught" the body of a young girl in his net. In some ways it reminds me of the British TV series, Midsomer Murders, where so many people have motive and opportunity. The story takes place as winter is ending but spring is not coming quickly. The cold and rain lend an ominous tone. The unfolding of the contemporary investigation is interspersed with flashbacks to people who lived in the region many years previously. You feel these vignettes must have some meaning - but what? Read to find out!
    • 4/5
      It’s tragic when a Fjällbacka fisherman hauls in the body of a drowned child. It’s even more tragic when the medical examiner determines that the drowning wasn’t accidental. The evidence points to murder. The girl’s mother, Charlotte, is a friend of new mother Erica Falck, whose partner Patrik is the police detective assigned to the murder. The present-day murder investigation is interwoven with the story of a stonecutter and his family. The two threads will eventually connect.Although I liked the first two books in the series, they had problems with pacing, or maybe with translation. Läckberg and her translator hit their stride in this third book in the series. The pacing is much improved, with less awkward dialog. I still don’t like Läckberg’s habit of withholding information from the reader for several pages after a character learns of it.The character development and story arcs that span several books in the series make this a series to read in order. Even so, this might be a good place for readers new to the series to start since the writing has improved. Once a reader is hooked on the series, they can always go back to the beginning to fill in the gaps.
    • 4/5
      Mystery set in Sweden. VERY complex story line and characters. Just goes to show you how different mother-child relationships can be. Difficult to see how what was happening in 1923 had anything to do with murder investigation in 2012. But it was integral to the motive.
    • 4/5
      An engaging and intricately plotted story which progresses in two time frames. The characters are credible, the plotting is good, an evocative sense of place and community is impressive and an increasing sense of darkness pervades the story. About half way through I did guess who the murderer probably was but this didn't spoil my enjoyment of the story. This is the third in the series starring the detective, Patrik Hedstrom but was easily read as a stand alone story. However, I will certainly now seek out the earlier - and later- books in the series.
    • 5/5
      Excellent mystery combining the past and present
    • 4/5
      excellent book, right up until the end, would love to see this as a movie
    • 2/5
      What I learned from this book is that I will be giving this author a miss from now on.

      I really enjoyed The Ice Princess but found The Preacher disappointing although I chalked that up to second book syndrome and so decided that I would read the third book in the series.

      This book never grabbed me, the characters were completely unsympathetic and the murderer was obvious.
    • 4/5
      An extremely well written book. The author introduced a number of characters -- which generally is needed in a good mystery -- but they were all so distinct that it wasn't difficult keeping tabs on them as the story shifted about. As the pieces came together in the end, it was in a well crafted fashion, not rushed or hurried that can often be the case. First title read by this author and plan to try others.
    • 3/5
      This, the third entry into the Fjallbacka series, reminded me quite a lot in feel of John Ajvide Lindqvist's 'Harbor' - but without the supernatural aspects.

      As with the previous two books, Lackberg's story centers on a grisly death which, under investigation, turns out to hinge upon the unsavory secrets of the past.

      I did feel that this one suffered a bit from too much pop psychology.

      One of the characters is described as suffering from DAMP - which I'd never heard of. Turns out it's a concept popular only in Sweden, and describes characteristics which, in America, are more popularly referred to as ADHD. "DAMP" is the concept of Swedish psychiatrist Christopher Gillberg, and I have a feeling that Lackberg did quite a bit of reading up on his ideas for this book, because she also has a character with 'Asperger's Syndrome.' The way he's described sounds more like he's fully autistic, rather than mildly - but his character seems like it was formed straight from Gillberg's description of Asperger's, rather than from Lackberg having ever met anyone like the character.

      It's an interesting insight into how even slightly different cultures may perceive issues of mental health quite differently.

      It's still a good, solid book - but not quite as good as the previous two.
    • 4/5
      I read this in English. The author is Sweden's bestselling crime writer of all time. I enjoyed this story within a story—that all comes together at the end, of course.
    • 4/5
      The Stonecutter. Camilla Lackberg. 2005. This is the third book in Erica Falck/Patrik Hedstrom series and the best so far! Erica has had her baby and is struggling with major postpartum depression although she doesn’t realize it. Patrik escapes to work and feels guilty but he doesn’t understand what is going on with Erica either. Worry fades when he is called to investigate the body of a child found by a lobster fisherman. Any dead child is a tragedy but Patrik is horrified when he realizes the child is the daughter of a friend of Erica’s. And so the investigation begins… The subplots are just as interesting as the main plot as we learn more about the lives of the other policemen and Erica’s pathetic sister
    • 4/5
      Another audiobook that it took me most of 2013 to get through (I wasn't a quick audiobook listener - I listened to this on walking commutes and while gardening, but not much of the rest of the time). This wasn't my first bit of Scandicrime, but definitely one of my first.When an 8-year-old girl is found drowned in the harbour, fingers point very quickly at the autistic son of the girl's neighbour; her grandmother and the neighbour have been fighting for years, and Markus saw Sarah on her last day. Local detective Patrik Hedstrom knows it's not that easy, but between the gruesome nature of the crime, his newborn daughter's incessant screaming and his wife's crippling post-natal depression, he's really struggling. Meanwhile in the parallel story, simple stone cutter Anders is forced to marry the spoilt daughter of the local business magnate after a romance gone wrong. No amount of love seems to be able to mellow Agnes.This had all the necessary ingredients for a gripping thriller - plenty of well-developed characters with idiosyncracies, a bleak and cold setting, several turns for the worse, an unexpected death caused by incompetent policing... it really ticks all the boxes.I had no idea this was part of a series and will, in time, look out for the others, but I don't feel a need to go rushing out to find them.I don't really think the alternate story-line was necessary, it really just interrupted things and while it gave some background to the killer's motive, it didn't give enough motive to really justify including it.Shout-out to the translator: it was very well translated. Enough local detail left to give us a very strong sense of setting, without it ever being incomprehensible. Also well narrated - slightly separated voices for the different characters made it much easier to keep track!
    • 5/5
      My favourite in the series so far. I started reading The Ice Princess a few weeks ago with mild curiosity, not really knowing what to expect but soon became hooked on Lackberg's writing style and story ideas. Now I am devouring the whole series, one book at a time.After Louise Penny this is probably my favourite contemporary female mystery writer. The stories are so intricately woven, the characters seem almost real, I have a feeling I'd recognize them if I ran into them on the street. In each book there is always more than one mystery to be unraveled, especially in the Stonecutter. Can't wait to start The Stranger.
    • 4/5
      One of the most masterful Scandicrime fiction authors presents us with a thriller that has all the makings of a movie that will keep viewers at the edge of their seat until the ending credits flash on the screen. The 3rd in the series, Detective Patrik Hedstrom and his team are tasked with finding the murderer of a young child, found in the water by a local fisherman. The investigation is blurred by secrets held by the family of the young child and by their feuding neighbors. But why is there ash in the young victim's lungs? When 2 more babies are found with ash on their clothings or in their mouths but thankfully otherwise unharmed and one of the babies is Hedstrom's daughter, the investigators step up in their interviewing techniques with a suspect they have in custody. Alternating with the investigation is the unfolding story set more than 50 years ago of a young woman who believes herself betrayed by all the men in her life. The author's skill in tying all the different individuals, their past and their hidden secrets together so smoothly and with escalating tension deserves a standing ovation.
    • 4/5
      Audio version well done. Others have commented that there are a lot of characters to keep track of and this is especially true when you aren't seeing the names in print. However, a fair trade off to hear the pronunciation of names and places. Compex, long. I like these characteristics in a mystery.
    • 5/5
      The best book in he Fjallbacka series IMHO. Great, detailed character and moving fates shown in the context of an unusual crime. Ine of the best skandinavian crime story I've ever read.
    • 4/5
      This is the first novel I have read by this author, and it won't be the last. It is a bit hard to follow at first with many characters and changes in time periods, but it is well worth it to stick it out. It is a great murder mystery with endless suspects that will have you guessing right until the end.
    • 4/5
      Really enjoying this series with Erica and Patrik. This is not my favourite book Critics are raving about this deliciously chilling new thriller from Scandanavian crime-writing sensation Camilla Läckberg.Named by major media outlets, such as USA TODAY, The New York Times, and The Washington Post, as a main successor to Stieg Larsson, Swedish author Läckberg is on the rise. Her new novel, which The Washington Post has already named as one of their “Ten Books We Love This Year” and praised as “richly textured and downright breathtaking,” continues the story of local detective Patrik Hedström and his girlfriend, Erica Falck, the beloved crime-solving duo whose first child has just been born. But while they celebrate this new life, a suspicious drowning claims a little girl they knew well. As the murder’s implications widen, Patrik’s investigation threatens to tear apart the rural fishing village of Fjällbacka, where a secret lurks that spans generations. A deeply satisfying third installment in her internationally bestselling series, The Stonecutter will establish Läckberg for the U.S. audience once and for all. As USA TODAY says, “If you haven’t yet read the equally entrancing Ice Princess and The Preacher, what are you waiting for?”
    • 4/5
      When a 7 year old girl's body is found drowned off the coast of Fjallbacka, Patrick Hedstrom is on the case working hard to find out who murdered her. This story weaves the past and the present together while also presenting various aspects of people's lives from home lives to the impact of friends and relatives. Each chapter contains multiple perspectives that in the end result in the criminal being found and brought to justice.

      Ms Lackberg does a wonderful job of being able to present everyday life alongside of the horrors of murder, torture, abuse, and neglect. She has made Fjallbacka in all its small town glory come to life on the page. Each book in this series adds to the story that was previously told in the past novels; each book is just the next chapter for Patrick and Erica's lives and the next crime that Patrick must solve. Ms Lackberg is an expert at creating a mystery-horror tale while making it completely realistic. She is a true master of her craft.
    • 5/5
      First Line: The lobster fishery was not what it once was. Detective Patrik Hedström and Erica Falck are celebrating the birth of their first child... or they would be if Erica weren't on such an emotional roller coaster. Patrik loves mother and baby dearly, but lately he's glad that work takes him out of the house-- even if it's the suspicious drowning death of a little girl he and Erica knew well. The more people Patrik interviews, the more clues he puts together, the more he becomes aware of the fact that a long-buried secret is lurking in the fishing village of Fjällbacka, Sweden.Camilla Läckberg's series featuring Patrik and Erica is a favorite of mine, even when I put the clues together quickly, as I did in this book. The reason for this is the fact that Läckberg has created a book (and a series) that goes well beyond a mystery that must be solved. The mystery does play an important part in The Stonecutter. The investigation into the death of the little girl is absorbing, and it is interspersed with even more intense chapters concerning a man and wife from several decades in the past. These two separate stories intersect and prove what one character tells another: "I've thought about this, and we can't keep living with a secret. Monsters live in the dark." Quite scary monsters, as it turns out.Even though I did deduce the killer's identity quickly, I wasn't put off one little bit. This is because the home life of Patrik and Erica is central to the book. They are intelligent, likable characters that are easy to care about, and often the problems that they are dealing with in their private lives find themselves woven into the ongoing investigations. The theme of coping with motherhood is integral to the book, and Erica as a new mother, has a role to play in the story's outcome. Even Erica's sister, a mother in an abusive relationship, is heard as a faint and troubling chorus in the background. I recommend Läckberg's series for its setting in rural Sweden, for its intricately plotted mysteries, but most of all for its cast of meticulously drawn characters. It's Läckberg's characters that will keep me returning book after book after book.
    • 5/5
      This is the first book that I have read by Camilla Lackberg. I found this book to be kind of scary, especially when it involved the death of a child. It continues the story of local detective Patrik Hedström and his girlfriend, Erica Falck. There are quite a few characters along with a subplot of a stonecutters family. At first I was confused as to the purpose of this other story that at first did not seem to have anything to do with the main story. As the pages turned, and in my case that was pretty fast, I became to understand the reason for the story. This novel is about who killed a child and why..told in a very suspenseful way, of jealousy, hate and love in a town of dysfunctional people with real human emotions. I thoroughly enjoyed this chilling story and will definitely read more by Ms.Lackberg.