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Rites of Spring
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Series: Seasons Quartet
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Southern Sweden: beautiful countryside, endless forests, coastal walks, dark days - and even darker nights. But beneath the beauty lies a dark heart....
Skåne, 1986: on the night of Walpurgis, the eve of May Day, where bonfires are lit to ward off evil spirits and preparations are made to celebrate the renewal of spring, a 16-year-old girl is ritualistically murdered in the woods beside a castle. Her stepbrother is convicted of the terrible deed, and shortly after, the entire family vanishes without a trace.
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Rites of Spring was a number-one best seller in its native Swedish on publication in March 2020.