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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family tree gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never establish, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder – and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family tree. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, truculent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet’s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from forty years ago, they start to unravel a dark and appalling family tree history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best of the Month, September 2008: Once you start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, there’s no turning back. This debut thriller–the first in a trilogy from the late Stieg Larsson–is a serious page-turner rivaling the best of Charlie Huston and Michael Connelly. Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected (and unsettling) offer to resurrect his name is extended by an ancient-school titan of Swedish industry. The catch–and there’s permanently a catch–is that Blomkvist must first spend a year researching a mysterious disappearance that has remained unsolved for nearly four decades. With few additional options, he accepts and enlists the help of investigator Lisbeth Salander, a misunderstood genius with a cache of power issues. Small is as it seems in Larsson’s novel, but there is at least one constant: you really don’t want to mess with the girl with the dragon tattoo. –Dave Callanan

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Primitive

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A neo-primitive cult, possessing secret government documents filled with terrifying information about global warming, kidnaps a legendary fashion model and holds her hostage, forcing her to act as their spokesperson. As time runs out, her alienated daughter allies with a treacherous liberal group to rescue her, while battling dark agendas from the government and Huge Oil.

From the International Thriller Writers’ Interview With Leader Mark Nykanen

By Cym Lowell |

Thrillers includes a wide range sub-genres. Primitive, by Mark Nykane, explores the world of environmental terrorism. Mark flourished in his career as an on-camera investigative correspondent for NBC, regularly toiling in undercover assignments, and winning four Emmys and an Edgar for his achievements. He learned the world of environmental threats firsthand.

In Primitive, Sonya Adams, a maturing model, is kidnapped by a neo-primitive cult sequestered in the remote beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Cult members call their compound Terra Firma, and want to draw attention to their doomsday environmental message, which is based on a terrifying government document that they’ve obtained. They want to use Sonya as their spokeswoman in podcasts, assuming that her beauty and presence will enhance their chilling message.

Surrounded by majestic mountains and pictorial forests, Sonya is outraged by what is done to her, and fights for her life against her kidnappers. But she also faces dangers unknown to her from huge energy companies and the government, which plot to try to silence her along with her kidnappers. The heroine’s only hope might be her alienated daughter, Darcy, who is determined to rescue her mother, requiring a hunt akin to tracking down Islamic militants. But Darcy, in turn, is stalked by a ruthless gift hunter, Johnny Bracer, who plans on following the young woman to her mother so he can aver a huge reward.

We questioned Mark a few questions about himself and his writing:

If you were stranded on a desert island, what one book would you like to have with you and why?

I would want the latest, most definitive history of the world, hopefully heavy in natural science and cosmology. Why? Because I could learn while I am stranded.

If you were stranded on a desert island, what one character from your book would you like to keep you company and why?

I would choose Darcy because she has a spirit much like my own: curious, a fighter, relentless. I know your readers will reflect it must be sexual attraction. Truly, that’s not the case..

That said, Darcy is an attractive young woman. [Editor: h-m-m]

Who is your favorite thriller character in the genre?

I know it’s permanently diplomatic to point to the characters made by additional authors when you’re questioned this question, but the blunt truth is that my favorite characters are the ones who have come to life for me and changed me as much as they’ve changed one another on the page. So with that in mind, I’d have to say that my favorite characters are Sonya and Darcy in Primitive, because they have such a conflict-ridden relationship, yet they’re both very much affected by the deep feelings that they hold for each additional – and by the tumultuous events that quickly overtake them. But I also like Ashley Stassler and Diamond Girl in The Bone Parade. Again, it’s probably the relationship between the two of them that captivates me most. They are both extraordinarily willful characters who come up against each additional continually. Diamond Girl utterly shocked me – and readers, too, I should add – time and again.

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