Leona, Jenny Rogneby
Leona, Jenny Rogneby
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Leona
The Die is Cast

Author: Jenny Rogneby

Series: LEONA

Narrator: Tara Ochs

Unabridged: 12 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/16/2021


Synopsis

This best-selling Scandinavian thriller follows its troubled heroine as she investigates a high-profile robbery for Stockholm's Violent Crimes Division.

Naked and bloody, a seven-year-old girl walks into a bank in central Stockholm in broad daylight and gets away with millions. Leona Lindberg of Stockholm's Violent Crimes Division agrees to work on the case. With a long, distinguished history in the police force, she seems the perfect choice. But Leona is grappling with deep issues of her own--a gambling addiction, a strained marriage--that could jeopardize the investigation. As she struggles to keep the volatile pieces of her life under control, the line between right and wrong becomes increasingly unclear--and even irrelevant.
This is a hard-boiled crime novel, filled with unexpected twists and turns, featuring an unusual heroine. Leona makes for gripping reading while challenging feminine norms and posing questions about what lies behind the choices we make.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ☘Misericordia☘ on November 10, 2020

Leona is a hoot: Q: Until I was fifteen, I hadn’t realized that smiling gave me an advantage. By studying other people I had learned how to socialize. (c) Q: He’d had several seconds to make his excuses. He could at least have mumbled something apologetic when he opened the door. It was only polite — th......more

Goodreads review by Trish on September 28, 2017

This debut fiction has so many divergences from a standard police procedural that we are held in thrall to the last page, not believing our eyes. During the process of investigating a series of bank robberies, Investigator Leona Lindberg reveals certain unsavory truths about her police department an......more

Goodreads review by Mai on July 07, 2016

Nyt tuli Ruotsista Leona, poliisi, joka teki työtä ja eli sata lasissa lain molemmilla puolilla. Tämä oli melkein Harry Holeen verrattavissa oleva dekkari. Jännitystä piisasi ensimmäiseltä sivulta viimeiselle. Jos luet vain yhden dekkarin tänä kesänä, lue Leona. Alku on huippulataus, koko matkan jän......more

Goodreads review by Ken on June 13, 2017

Jenny Rogneby played with everyones feelings for the underdog. The little girl that committed all the robberies was the first on my list. She had everything bad going for her, the cuts and bruises, you kept wanting her to do everything right. Leona, what can I say about her. She was her own best ene......more

Goodreads review by Helena on June 23, 2018

Kirjan alussa hämmennyin, kun Leona muistutti turhan paljon Silta-sarjan Asperger-piirteistä Sagaa, mutta persoonallisen Leonan takaa löytyikin kirjan edetessä paljon ihan muuta. Yllätyksiä sateli toinen toisensa perään ja loppu tulikin sitten niin puskista, ettei voi kuvitellakaan lukevansa seuraav......more