Rebecka Martinsson is the protagonist of Asa Larsson’s Swedish crime fiction series, set in and around the mining town of Kiruna above the Arctic Circle. A tax lawyer working in Stockholm, Martinsson is pulled back to her northern hometown when a friend is murdered in a local church, and she finds herself drawn into investigations that go far deeper than she expected.
Martinsson is not a conventional detective. Her legal mind and her knowledge of Kiruna’s people give her a way into cases that outsiders cannot crack, but her emotional ties to the community also make every investigation personal. Across six novels, Larsson deepens Martinsson’s character as she moves between the orderly world of Stockholm law and the harsh, beautiful landscape of Lapland. The Rebecka Martinsson series follows her journey from reluctant amateur investigator to someone who cannot walk away from the truth, no matter the cost.
Reading Order
See the complete Rebecka Martinsson reading order for all books in the series.