Marianne?
Johanna frid
A family died in a fire in Florida nearly fifteen years ago. What really happened? And who was the daughter, Marianne?
Radio journalist Eric, still waiting for his big scoop and his Pulitzer Prize, decides to uncover the truth – or at least get as close to it as possible. Unfortunately, the hunt is complicated by red herrings, a former FBI agent with a runaway gambling addiction, secret identities, and a car left abandoned along the California coastline. And perhaps, even by Eric’s own family.
Marianne? is a novel about true crime and the most challenging relationships of all, the overwhelming weight of loving those closest to us. Told with Frid's signature humor and sharpness.
ORIGINAL TITLE: Marianne?
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2026
PUBLISHER: Albert Bonniers Förlag
PAGES/WORDCOUNT: 232 pages
READING MATERIAL: Swedish edition, English sample translation by Kira Josefsson, English synopsis, Author letter
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reviews
“In this complex, original and extraordinarily well-written novel, the reader is drawn into a kind of bewildered real time […] The atmosphere is dense and charged […] The story unfolds through a series of surprising twists and turns, too many of which I won’t reveal here.”
SYDSVENSKAN
“With the true crime genre as her stage, Frid delivers a compelling dispatch from the post-truth world […] in the best sense of the word: a thrilling read. In terms of dramatic structure and narrative craft, Frid can hold her own against the country’s finest thriller writers.”
EXPRESSEN
“The novel is filled with a string of precisely observed little scenes in which she captures a person through an item of clothing and an embarrassing situation, in half a sentence. Beyond the flashes of brilliance, one must also appreciate the originality. This is not a book that already exists.”
AFTONBLADET
“A true thought experiment of a novel. Indeed, at her best, Johanna Frid shows how the mystery has always been the human being.”
GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN
“Frid’s eye for relationships is sharp and perceptive. […] There is much in Marianne? that readers will recognise from Frid’s earlier books. Not least her language. It is so incisive, full of small, unexpected poetic touches that make it vivid and energetic.”
DAGENS NYHETER