Annika Larsdotter: barnamörderska
by Inger Lövkrona

For the Back to History and To Be Read reading challenges.
Swedish
255 pages
Historiska Media
ISBN: 91-88930-64-5
First line: Boston — Min vän slänger tidningsartikeln på skrivbordet med en kort kommentar: “Ja, här har du en till.”
Back cover blurb:
Annika Larsdotter avrättades 1765, 18 år gammal. Hon hade då erkänt dråp på sitt nyfödda barn [...]

Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Love
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Profile of a Criminal Mind
by Brian Innes

English
256 pages
Silverdale Books
ISBN: 1-85605-791-7
First line: The criminal has been an unwelcome element of society since time immemorial, and the attempt to penetrate his or her mind, to discover whether he or she differs significantly from the person who is considered an honest citizen – and if so, to [...]

Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Love
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Historiens största mordgåtor
by Andreas Nyberg (ed.)

Swedish
214 pages
Bokförlaget Semic
ISBN: 91-552-3186-1
First line: I det dagliga livet har vi ett stort behov av ordning.
Back cover blurb:
FN:s kontroversielle generalsekreterare Dag Hammarskjöld dog i en flygkrash i Kongo 1961. En olycka menar många. Andra hävdar att en bomb placerats i planet. 1998 fick den sydafrikanska säkerhetskommissionen dokument som tyder [...]

Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Love
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