Black Ice, Carin Gerhardsen
Black Ice, Carin Gerhardsen
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Black Ice

Author: Carin Gerhardsen, Ian Giles

Narrator: Christa Lewis

Unabridged: 10 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/28/2021


Synopsis

In the snow-covered silence of Swedish midwinter, a terrible accident and a deadly secret draw several strangers togetherJanuary in Gotland. The days are short, the air is cold, and all the roads are covered in snow. On a deserted, icy backroad, these wintery conditions will soon bring together a group of strangers with a force devastating enough to change their lives forever when, in the midst of a brief period, a deadly accident and two separate crimes leave victims in their wake.Four years later, a single phone call is all it takes to bring back the terror of that day and to set in motion a plot for revenge. For Sandra it started as an unremarkable wintery day of shopping followed by a kind gesture from a stranger. For Jeanette it began with the thrill of an illicit rendezvous with her lover. Both women had driven past the same icy ravine, but only one was in the car that caused a deadly crash, and only one left a man to die alone in the snow.Each carried a secret from that day, a secret that, if revealed, could connect them to a larger, more terrible transgression. And there is someone out there who knows the whole picture, and who would rather kill than allow it all to come to light.Chilling and atmospheric, Black Ice is a gripping standalone novel of suspense from the author of the internationally bestselling Hammarby series.

About Carin Gerhardsen

Carin Gerhardsen is a mathematician who made her literary debut in 1992. She is most well-known for her internationally bestselling Hammarby series, which has been translated into over twenty-five languages and sold more than three million copies worldwide. She lives in Stockholm.

About Ian Giles

Ian Giles has a PhD in Scandinavian literature from the University of Edinburgh. He translates fiction and nonfiction from Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish, and is the Chair of the Swedish-English Literary Translators’ Association. He has translated Camilla Läckberg, Magnus Montelius, and Andreas Norman, among others. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

About Christa Lewis

Christa Lewis has narrated over two hundred audiobooks. She is a classically trained actress with a four-year conservatory training in voice and acting. She has a smart and funny vibe, but can also meet the moment in straightforward or somber works of nonfiction thanks to a seventeen-year stint as a newsreader. Christa speaks accent-free German fluently and offers a variety of believable accents and dialects. Her narrations are well received—there have been seven Earphones awards across a variety of genres—YA, literary fiction, biography and memoir—a 2019 SOVAS Voice Arts Award in Biography and two Audie nominations. Pippa Jayne was the Sultry Listeners’ Award Winner 2019 in the Erotica category.


Reviews

An unfaithful couple is out driving to find a secluded meeting place. A young, lost woman gets an unexpected lift from a stranger. A man drives too fast on the snow-covered roads. Everyone involved has passed the same ravine. But only one has driven off the road, only one has left someone to die. Fro......more

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Quotes

“Gerhardsen skillfully makes the most of her premise by allowing only limited flashes of information to emerge from the quartet of narrators, whose identities and roles begin to become clear only about halfway through the novel…By turns touching and terrifying, this nail-biter deserves a wide audience.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Complex, slow-burning thriller with a final twist that leaves no one unscathed.” Booklist

“I was all in from the first page. Carin Gerhardsen’s Black Ice didn’t let me go until I’d read it all, and even then it still lingers with me.” Sara Blaedel, #1 internationally bestselling author