A Play to Kill

Just the night before, Bianca tells Julia she woke to find her fiancé standing over her bed, and a short time earlier he had broken into her dressing room and set fire to her dress. Three years have passed since Bianca was told of his sudden death in a hotel room in Helsinki. The world-famous actress is now at the center of a chilling, twisty murder mystery in which a deceased lover may be stalking the living. Private Detective Julia Stark is hired to solve an impossible case: a ghostly threat that seems determined to kill Bianca, while the theatre world prepares to stage a second, ill-fated performance.

Bianca is in Stockholm, where she starred as the female lead in Macbeth before tragedy struck and the run was canceled. Now, the ensemble and director get a second chance to perform the play. Julia accompanies Bianca to all rehearsals to watch over her and to survey the rest of the cast. Almost none of the actors have solid alibis for the incidents, and each of them has their own motives to harm Bianca. When Julia enlists her ex-husband Sid to help investigate, the case grows more complex as strange happenings escalate, and the stalker seems to move into a final, active phase. The tension builds toward a confrontation where violence and death are at stake, and the question remains: will Julia unmask the culprit before it’s curtains for Bianca?

• No. 1 international bestselling author Lars Kepler
• Private Detective Julia Stark investigates an impossible case
• Bianca Salo, famous actress, believes her dead fiancé stalks her
• The theatre setting includes rehearsals and a cast with unsure alibis
• Ex-husband Sid assists in the investigation
• The stalker enters the final, violent phase threatening Bianca