The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator
Written by Joakim Palmkvist
Narrated by Ulf Bjorklund
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About this audiobook
A chilling true crime story of poisonous family secrets, love gone wrong, and a cold case that refused to stay buried…
In late summer of 2012, millionaire landowner Göran Lundblad went missing from his farm in Sweden. When a search yielded nothing, and all physical evidence had seemingly disappeared, authorities had little to go on—except a disturbing phone call five weeks later from Göran’s daughter Maria. She was sure that her sister, Sara, was somehow involved. At the heart of the alleged crime: Sara’s greed, her father’s land holdings, and his bitter feud with Sara’s idler boyfriend.
With no body, there was no crime—and the case went as cold and dark as the forests of southern Sweden. But not for Therese Tang. For two years, this case was her obsession.
A hard-working ex-model, mother of three, and Missing People investigator, Therese was willing to put her own safety at risk in order to uncover the truth. What she found was a nest of depraved secrets, lies, and betrayal. All she had to do now, in her relentless and dangerous pursuit of justice, was prove that it led to murder.
Joakim Palmkvist
Joakim Palmkvist worked for over two decades as a journalist and is one of Sweden’s most experienced and well-known crime reporters. He has interviewed some of the country’s most notorious criminals and lives under a protected identity after publishing accounts about the mafia and extremist groups on both the right and the left. Palmkvist lives in Malmö.
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Reviews for The Dark Heart
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fascinating look at the criminal justice system in Sweden. A bit dry in some parts but overall a terrible and fascinating case.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very well written and actually quite compassionate. The narrator has a lovely listenable voice, and as a Canadian I enjoyed all the Swedish names, and the insight into the Swedish judicial system.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An excellent read or listen; I particularly enjoyed listening to it as the narrator is Swedish and gave a submersive quality to it, as if it was being told by someone who lived in the area. A sad case of greed.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was interesting to hear about the Swedish justice system and the incredible woman who managed to trick a criminal into giving himself up.