Missing

Born into a life of privilege, Sybilla has spent many years opting instead to live on the streets of Stockholm, cadging a bed, a bath, a meal, where she can. Her favorite technique--one she permits herself only as a special treat--plays out at the Grand Hotel, where with luck she can usually charm a lonely visiting businessman into buying her dinner and a room for the night.But then she picks the wrong businessman. When his dead body is found the next morning, Sybilla becomes the prime suspect. For years, her anonymity has sheltered her; she has found a kind of home in the invisibility of homeless life. But with her anonymity shattered, Sybilla is forced into the one course of action that might allow her to go home again. Can Murder And Mercy Go Hand In Hand? In The Grand Hotel, A Homeless Woman Charms A Businessman Into Paying For Dinner And A Room. When His Dead Body Is Discovered The Following Morning She Becomes The Prime Suspect. When A Second Person Is Killed In Similar Circumstances, Sybilla, Having Left Her Comfortable Middle-class Upbringing For The Anonymity Of The Streets, Becomes The Most Wanted Person In Sweden . . . Missing Is A Gripping, Multi-faceted Thriller; More Than A Murder-hunt, It Is Also Something More Profound : An Individual's Journey To Self-awareness And Hope. Sybilla may have been born to wealthy parents, but her home life was never easy, and she ran away at 17. Ever since, Sybilla has been homeless and living off the grid. Her peaceful existence comes to a sudden end when she is accused of murder and goes on the run, too scared to go to the police and clear herself but frantic to regain her carefully built life Sibylla Forsenstrom doesn't exist. For 15 years she has been one of the homeless in Stockholm and takes every day as it comes. One night she charms a businessman into paying for her dinner and room. His dead body is discovered the following morning and Sibylla is the prime suspect A timely reissue of CWA-shortlisted Karin Alvtegen's acclaimed psychological thriller