Camilla Läckberg is the Norwegian writer who created The glass domethe series which is successful (almost) unexpected on Netflix. Immediate public recognition which stirs up curiosity for his books, published in France mainly by South Acts.
Camilla Läckberg, a rather prolific author, is already well known in France, but the visibility offered by the platform will most likely bring him new readers. There is also no risk of accidentally falling on the novel that is inspired by The glass dome – A thriller whose intrigue is already known is not exactly the best – because it does not exist. If the atmosphere can recall several of its novels – in particular those of the Fjällbacka crimes series – history has been created specifically for the series.
The question then arises is as follows: Where to start? Perhaps by the princess of ice, which is also her first detective novel. But you will find below, from the oldest to the most recent, a list of its bestsellers. And if you want another series, you can find on Apple TV+ Murder in the Fjords – The Mysteries of Camilla Läckbergwhich was broadcast for the first time in Sweden in 2012.
Camilla Läckberg’s bestsellers, from the oldest to the most recent
The princess of the ice
The princess of ice (black acts)
A detective novel that takes place in the small town of Fjällbacka, like all those in the coming series. The title refers to the discovery of the victim, a young woman, immersed in a bathtub filled with ice water. His childhood friend Erica investigates her murder with the help of the local police officer who is also his partner, Patrik Heström.
The preacher
After the success of the first novel, Camilla Läckberg launched his fjällbacka detective series with the second. Same place, the same duo of investigators. But here, the number of victims increases because, by finding the body of a woman, the detectives discover the remains of two other people, murdered long before.
The stonemason
The stone tailor (black acts)
Camilla Läckberg thickens the temporal plans in this story which takes place between the present and the early 1920s. In addition, the relationship between the survey and the private life of the protagonist is even more intertwined (a constant in the coming books) and the reasons for death, this time of a child, also become more complex.
The ominous bird
The ominous bird (black acts)
The two protagonists Erica and Patrik are about to get married. Too bad the preparations for the marriage are complicated by the case of a serial killer who acted over the years in different places in Sweden. The title refers to the disturbing discovery of the corpse of a woman strewn with feathers.
The German child
The German child (black acts)
In theGerman childErica and Patrick go up the past. A past which closely concerns Erica herself, pushed to look at the history of her family after a medallion belonging to his mother was found at the scene of the crime. This discovery encourages him to investigate the secrets kept by his mother.
The siren
The author must not be a reality TV lover because, as she did in a previous book, she mixes the investigations of her detective duo on arrival in town of a reality TV team. The disappearance of one of the candidates, in this case also, is linked to secrets of the past.
The Angels Faiser
The factor of angels (black acts)
Erica and Patrick find themselves investigating the same case, but following slightly different tracks. Erica looks at the context of a fire which, many years ago, devastated a local brasserie whose financial director had just been found dead. She discovers family secrets, dramas and rivalries that have transmitted from generation to generation.
The witch
The witch (black acts)
It is for the moment the penultimate novel of the Fjällbacka Murders series. Here, Camilla Läckberg goes back in time until the 1600s, at the time when there were still witch hunts. The case that Erica and Patrick must solve, the murder of a little girl seems to find her roots in this distant time.
The golden cage
The golden cage: a woman’s revenge is soft and ruthless (black acts)
It is the first novel of a new series made up so far by two titles and very different from the previous one. Camilla Läckberg abandons the police genre here to venture into the psychological thriller, telling the revenge of a woman who, after having discovered that she was betrayed by her husband, takes revenge in the most treacherous way of the humiliations that she suffered for years behind the appearance of perfect life and marriage.
Initially published on GQ Italia
