MONICA REHN

 
 

MONICA REHN is an author and a lawyer with many years of experience as Head of Legal in the oil industry. In 2019 she made her literary debut with the suspense novel MORATORIUM. It was well-received by the critics and described as an unputdownable and breathtaking debut. Today, Monica has left central Stockholm for the more rural environment of the village Bålsta and devotes herself full time to writing.

In 2023, her second novel, the psychological thriller LIAR, was published by Polaris. It is set in Stockholm and follows a well-to-do, middle-aged author who is suddenly accused of a terrible crime. But who is the anonymous accuser and, most importantly, why is this person pointing their finger at him?

Monica Rehn draws inspiration from authors such as Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins, Patricia Highsmith, and A.J. Finn.

Photo Credit: Sören Vilks

Agent William Crona

 
 

WORKS

THE LOVER

 

published POLARIS, July 2024
GENRE SUSPENSE
PAGES 376


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When the star lawyer Manfred Berg is shot dead in central Stockholm, the internet immediately fills with rumours. It’s said that Manfred was about to file for divorce and his wife, Julia, the gold digger who married into the wealthy Berg family, must be to blame for his death.

Julia fumbles to get her life together and at the funeral she meets Jack, a childhood friend of Manfred. Soon Jack becomes the safety net that both Julia and her two-year-old son Adam need. Together they escape from the stares and accusations in Stockholm and settle on Manfred's isolated family estate.

But everything changes when Jack's old friends Matti and Christine show up. Against Julia's wishes, they stay and take greater and greater liberties. When Jack suddenly leaves the estate, Julia realizes that she can't trust anyone. It slowly dawns on her that there has been a plan all along. A plan with fatal consequences.

THE LOVER is a dense psychological thriller about relationships and power games. Just like in the celebrated LIAR, Monica Rehn twists the concepts of guilt and innocence and holds the reader in an iron grip until the last page.

 
 

LIAR

 
 

published POLARIS, january 2023
GENRE SUSPENSE
PAGES 345


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Innocent until proven guilty?

To others, the successful author Fabian Hammar and his second wife, Amanda, seem to have it all. When Fabian receives an anonymous letter accusing him of rape, he assumes it’s just another crazy stalker. But there are troubling details in the letter; details which raise doubts in him about what really happened at the hotel in the summer-paradise island Gotland the previous summer.

When the rape accusations reach the media, the frenzy starts. Fabian is put on trial in the court of public opinion. But the accusations are only the beginning. When Amanda disappears after a Midsummer celebration, the suspicions against Fabian mount. His claims of innocence seem to do no good. In a matter of weeks, Fabian has turned into Sweden’s most hated man.

Meanwhile, we follow a woman in Fabian’s proximity who once led a completely different life. Who is she? And how far is she willing to go to reach her goals?

LIAR is a psychological suspense novel, twisting the concepts of guilt and innocence: Who is lying, and who is telling the truth?

 
 

‘LIAR is one of the best suspense novels so far this year’ —Kerstin Bergman, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy of Crime Fiction

‘A very clever and intelligent plot construction with many unexpected twists and turns throughout the reading’ —Smålandsposten

‘Well-written crime drama with an inventive plot twist!’ —FEMINA