Missing (Alvtegen novel)

Missing (Swedish: Saknad ) is a 2000 crime fiction novel by Swedish author Karin Alvtegen. The psychological thriller is set in Alvtegen's native Sweden. It received the 2001 Glass Key, the Nordic literature award for best crime fiction.^[1] The story was translated into English in 2003, and later adapted for television as a 2006 movie, directed by Ian Madden and starring Joanne Frogatt and Gregor Fisher.^[2]

Missing was nominated for the 2009 Edgar Award for best novel by the Mystery Writers of America.^[3]

Publication

Sweden (2000): Saknad, Stockholm : Natur och kultur/[Legenda], 2000, 270p., ISBN 91-27-07966-X
United Kingdom (2003): Missing, Edinburgh : Canongate, 2003, 249p., ISBN 1-84195-408-X
United States (2007): Missing, New York : Felony & Mayhem Press, 2008, 295p., ISBN 1-933397-86-1
Czech republic (2008): Nezvěstná, Prague : Knižní klub, 2008, 232p., ISBN 978-80-242-2288-2

References

↑ "Winners", Glasnyckeln, passagen.se, retrieved 20-05-2009
↑ Missing (tv) at IMDb.com
↑ "2009 Edgar Nominees", Mystery Writers of America, theedgars.com, retrieved 20-05-2009

External links

Karin Alvtegen website

The Glass Key award

Faceless Killers (1992)
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1993)
Sub Rosa (1994)
Masken i spejlet (1995)
Nattsug (1996)
Don't Look Back (1997)
The Bat (1998)
Limes billede (1999)
Carambole (2000)
Missing (2001)
Jar City (2002)
Silence of the Grave (2003)
Hjemsøkt (2004)
Odjuret (2005)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2006)
Ystävät kaukana (2007)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2008)
Nattfåk (2009)
Flaskepost fra P (2010)
Den Döende Detektiven (2011)

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