Susanne Jansson (1)

El lugar prohibido
Susanne Jansson
Publicado: 2017 | 235 páginas
Novela Policial

En los pantanos que recorren el norte de Europa, están enterrados los restos de aquellos sacrificios que la gente de la Edad de Hierro hacía a los dioses. Incluso de sacrificios humanos. Los cuerpos han quedado preservados como misteriosas cápsulas del tiempo. Una joven científica llamada Nathalie llega a uno de estos pantanos en la zona rural de Suecia para realizar experimentos de campo para su tesis doctoral en biología. Allí, una noche, en medio de una tormenta otoñal, Nathalie encuentra a un hombre inconsciente, con los bolsillos llenos de monedas. Cerca, una tumba improvisada. La exitosa fotógrafa Maya Linde trabaja ahora para la policía y es enviada a cubrir la escena donde ha sido encontrado ese hombre. Cuando Maya descubre otro cuerpo en la ciénaga, comienza una cacería de lo que parece ser un astuto asesino que ha enterrado a las víctimas bajo el lodo durante más de una década.… (más)

On Sweden’s Orust island, Martin’s son, Adam, disappears while Martin is briefly distracted by a phone call. Local police and the townspeople search exhaustively, but only recover Adam’s boot floating in the sea. In the following months, Martin loses himself in self-blame until he finds the unlikely fuel for an obsession in a box of old papers. Shockingly, he finds that January 11, the date that Adam disappeared, is the same date as two other tragedies at their sea cottage. Decades ago, an entire family drowned while ice skating, and later, another previous owner’s young son drowned in the spot where Adam’s shoe was found. Convinced that a malevolent spirit lured Adam into the sea, Martin relentlessly investigates the tragedies connected to the cottage, while his friend, Maya, a forensic-photography consultant, chases more tangible threats in Martin’s recent feud with neighbors. Jansson’s second novel (following The Forbidden Place, 2018) is a powerful, evocative redemption story whose blend of psychological suspense and unsettling supernatural atmosphere is heightened by human obsessions and ghostly threats. -- Christine Tran (Reviewed 12/1/2021) (Booklist, vol 118, number 7, p30)

I liked the book. It was an easy read. It shows how low people can go when tragedy hits.… (más)

The marshland is a desolate place with misty meadows, sloping pines, and sinking soils. Once upon a time, sacrifices to the gods were buried here, and rumors say that people still disappear without a trace...

Offermossen "The Forbidden Place" is a thrilling novel about Nathalie who are doing field experiments for her doctoral thesis on wetlands. The thesis is not the only reason Nathalie has rented a cottage to the experiments. She has returned to the place she once grew up. Where she was happy. Before her life shattered. Now she is back and perhaps she will get the answers to what happened when she was a child.

I found the book to be captivating and intriguing. I love the setting of the story. There is something chilly and creepy with the marshland and this book really makes you feel that there is something out there, perhaps not something evil. Just something ... inhumane...

Offermossen is a thrilling book, not that thick so you will quickly read it through. It's a book that will leave an impact and I'm looking forward to reading more from Susanne Jansson.… (más)