Leona: The Die Is Cast

Her heroine is like no one else. A best-seller in Scandinavia, this debut thriller by former police investigator Rogneby is the first in a series featuring the compelling, haunted Leona.” —Booklist, Online Exclusive Review“Disturbing…author Rogneby, an investigator in Stockholm’s police department, brings authenticity to this hard-boiled tale.”  —Publishers Weekly“Readers who enjoy rooting for the bad guy may find their match in Leona, who is reminiscent of Jeff Lindsay’s serial killer hero Dexter but less likeable. “Jenny Rogneby is the new queen of Nordic noir. Making her fiction debut, Swedish criminologist Rogneby has written an unusual and compelling crime novel.” —L

Fairbanks Reader - Bonnie Brody said Leona - One Big Mess. Leona Lindberg is a real piece of work, and I don't mean that in a positive sense. She is a detective with the Violent Crimes Division of the Stockholm police department and displays more sociopathy than many of the criminals she deals with. She has a bad gambling habit and is in serious debt; is arrogant and condescending to her husband, colleagues and supervisor; acts narcissistically and is dismissive of others. If she has any legitimate. Cold As Ice Leona LIndberg is a died in the wool sociopath. a victim of child abuse, she fakes relationships and emotions. Although she is an effective detective, she detests her job. Her marriage is disintegrating. She is unable to bond with her children and has is alienated from her parents, brothers, and colleagues. The only thing that gives her a modicum of pleasure is gambling and she apparently never heard the warning that the house always wins. . "Roller Coaster Ride" according to Susan Johnson. I found this one of the best mysteries I've read all year. It was like being on a high speed roller coaster where it was difficult to catch your breath. Just when I thought I had things figured out, something else would happen and off I'd go again. Leona Lindberg, of Stockholm's Violent Crimes Division, is assigned the case of the seven year old girl bank robber. Yes, a naked girl covered in blood and bruises would walk in a bank with a bac

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. With a long, distinguished history in the police force, she seems the perfect choice. Leona Lindberg of Stockholm's Violent Crimes Division agrees to work on the case. Leona makes for gripping reading while challenging feminine norms and posing questions about what lies behind the choices we make.. 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. But Leona is grappling with deep issues of her own--a gambling addiction, a strained marriage--that could jeopardize the investigation

Her work inspired her to start writing and she formed the character of Leona, a criminal investigator with a dark past whose actions challenge social norms. Jenny Rogneby was born in Ethiopia, but was given away for adoption when she was one year old. She grew up in northern Sweden, studied criminology at St