Court is adjourned, and Maja returns to her cell for the weekend.Īt last, we see for ourselves what happened. We also learn that the meeting that was taking place at the school that fateful morning had come about because Amanda and Samir had gone to their teacher and raised their concerns. Mimmi describes how close the two girls were, that was until Maja isolated herself from everyone with Sebastian. She recounts emotionally how she was informed about the death of her daughter. Our next witness is Mimmi, Amanda’s mother. He also tells the court that Amanda was only at the school at all because of the meeting there about Maja.
The pills clearly mess with Maja and she is really out of it.īack to court, and Labbe is telling the court how Maja was a bad influence on Sebastian, how when she was around Sebastian was extra crazy.
Frustrated, Maja takes some pills from Dennis the dealer. As Maja makes her way out of the classroom, she discovers Sebastian who is buzzing and inviting everyone to party at his place that night.Īs the party gets started Sebastian is high as a kite and busy engineering an orgy with some of the party guests. I certainly wasn't disappointed.Sensible Teacher is drawing the school year to a close and wishes his students well. 'I have never read a book by a Swedish author so when Quicksand became available I decided that it was the perfect opportunity to try.
a super thriller - a real page-turner' Mariagrazia M. `Sweden's latest blockbuster thriller lives up to the hype' Washington Post 'Maja a heroine you will not forget, victim of a toxic love story with a background so familiar to us nowadays. Great book, recommended to all' Marg J., bookseller 'A fascinating, often uncomfortable, but thoroughly engrossing read' Sarah B. It is a splendid work of fiction' Kirkus Reviews 'Gioloto's novel is haunting and immersive' Publishers Weekly 'Mystery and intrigue in its purest form. Though Giolito's perspective is Swedish, it absolutely translates to a greater global crisis' Real Crime 'Giolito gives us the unsettling monologue of a teenage girl as she works her way through her role in murder. expertly delves into the fickle psyche of the media and how they can change a story's narrative with one headline and she shames the press's tendency to report wild conjecture over facts. ***What people are saying about QUICKSAND*** Sensitive, moving and absorbing' Marcel Berlins, The Times `This is the evolution of Scandinavian crime, in more ways than one' Fredrik Backman 'Compelling and brutally candid, especially about modern adolescence, this is not a comfortable book, but the story is so superbly told that it lingers in the mind long after the jury's verdict' Daily Mail 'A suspenseful and addictive experience.
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WHAT WILL YOU BELIEVE? This is the 'compelling and brutally candid' (Daily Mail) story of a girl whose guilt was decided long before her trial - as searing as it is timely and moving. She has spent nine excruciating months in jail, awaiting trial for a mass murder that killed her boyfriend and her best friend, and now the time has come for her to enter the courtroom. Is Maja a normal eighteen-year-old, the poster girl-next-door, popular and excelling at her schoolwork, caught in the middle of a terrible tragedy? Or is she guilty of the tragedy itself? Either way, everyone knows her name. The air is hazy and grey with gunpowder smoke. **NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES** We Need to Talk About Kevin meets The Secret History.
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