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PUBLISHER: Canongate Books

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780857861641

PAGES: 304

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Betrayal

Karen Alvtegen

Steven T. Murray

When Eva discovers her husband has been having an affair, her grief and rage drive her into vengeful action. Then she meets Jonas, who for the past two years has been keeping vigil beside his comatose girlfriend. Burdened with his own sinister history, he sees a chance to start afresh with Eva…Betrayal is a thrilling chase, full of desperation and murder that reaches deep into the hidden secrets of family life in a remote Swedish town.

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'Alvtegen's chilling novels are head and shoulders above the rest of the Scandi crew' – Daily Mai

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