Fjällbackamorden

Fjällbackamorden ("The Fjällbacka Murders") is a Swedish TV series consisting of five 90-minute TV-movies and one intended for cinema (The Hidden Child), based on characters from the "Fjällbackamorden" books written by author Camilla Läckberg.[1][2] The filming stopped for some time when the director of the series Daniel Lind Lagerlöf disappeared on 6 October 2011. He is presumed dead.[3][4] Rickard Petrelius took over the director's position.[3] The first two episodes were broadcast on SVT in 2012; the rest in 2014.

In the first novel, The Ice Princess, Erica is unmarried and returns to Fjällbacka to clean out their home, and ends up staying. In the TV series, she is already a famous author, married to Patrik Hedstrom, has three children, and lives in Fjällbacka. A common theme in all the shows is how contemporary murders drive Erica to dig up long-buried secrets in the "idyllic" seaside town.

The episodes are:

  • The Hidden Child. When Erica's parents are killed in a car crash, she cleans out their family home and finds old secrets - and new murders - harking back to the Nazi occupation of Norway.
  • The Eye of the Beholder. When an "Antiques Roadshow" comes to town, people are murdered for what seems an ordinary painting.
  • Friends for Life. A school reunion and complicated business dealings spark murders that may cover up crimes from school days.
  • The Sea Gives, the Sea Takes. When a famous and "beloved" photographer is murdered, Erica discovers many people in town were being blackmailed for compromising photos going back years.
  • The Coast Rider. When two tourist divers drown, Erica discovers they may have stumbled on a long-lost treasure at the bottom of the bay.
  • The Queen of Light. When this Christmas' Santa Lucia girl goes missing, Erica learns of another's death decades ago and the "curse".

References

  1. ↑ "Rickard Petrelius regisserar Fjällbackamorden". Trevanner.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 22 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Christoffer Nilsson (26 December 2012). "Ris och ros för Läckbergs 'Fjällbackamorden'". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  3. 1 2 Sara Ullberg/TT Spektra. "Daniel Lind Lagerlöf försvunnen". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish).
  4. ↑ Rehlin, Gunnar (9 October 2011). "Swedish director Lagerlof presumed dead after location scouting accident". Screendaily.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013.
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