Summary of Blackwater
Annie Raft discovers two corpses in a tent and sees a boy fleeing the scene. Many years later, she recognises her daughter’s lover as the same boy. Before she can alert the police, another murder occurs.
Reasons to read Blackwater
“Blackwater” is a thriller and a literary crime novel. It is not merely a story about who committed the murders – it delves into deeper themes such as people’s motivations for not telling the truth, environmental issues, and tensions between Swedish and Sami people. Kerstin Ekman won many literature prizes with “Blackwater”, including the August Prize (1993), the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award (1993), and the Nordic Council Literary Prize (1994). “Blackwater” was probably the most successful Swedish novel of the 1990s. The book was adapted into a Swedish television series in 2023.
Setting: Jämtland (Sweden)
Original title: Händelser vid vatten
Year of publication: 1993
Nr of pages: 448
