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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Philip Oltermann European culture editor

Sweden’s ‘queen of Noir’ Camilla Läckberg accused of using a ghostwriter

Whowroteit … Camilla Läckberg says she has openly praised her editor Pascal Engman for ‘helping me write in a way that was new to me’.
Whowroteit … Camilla Läckberg says she has openly praised her editor Pascal Engman for ‘helping me write in a way that was new to me’. Photograph: Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images

It is a gripping detective story typical of the queen of Nordic noir, leaving fans pondering the ethics of relationships and the dirty secrets of people with power and influence.

But for once, bestselling crime novelist Camilla Läckberg is not the author of this particular literary whodunnit, but its protagonist.

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