{"id":1283,"date":"2008-10-29T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2008-10-28T11:21:48","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T17:21:48","slug":"missing-by-karin-alvtegen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/missing-by-karin-alvtegen\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing by Karin Alvtegen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.44\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/x\/0\/0\/57\/5?searchdata1=ocn191683032&amp;user_id=davmainweb\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"242\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1312 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/missing1.jpg?resize=185%2C242&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> This great crime novel is translated from Swedish which adds a  different flavor to the story.  Certain things get added during translation or become more interesting when taken from slang.   Sibylla the main character in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/216.125.140.44\/uhtbin\/cgisirsi\/x\/0\/0\/57\/5?searchdata1=ocn191683032&amp;user_id=davmainweb\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Missing<\/strong><\/a><\/em> comes from a privleged  background yet has chosen a life of the homeless in Stockholm.  Brief snippets from Sibylla&#8217;s  disturbing past help explain her modern day predicament. Her everyday struggle becomes almost unbearable after she is unjustly accused of a brutal murder.  The story continues to pick up speed as Sibylla struggles to stay alive and hidden all the while trying to find the real killer with the help of a high school misfit. Great writer &#8211; I was easily transported into Sibylla&#8217;s  world.  The murder plot is well developed and unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>Karin Alvtegen has received and been nominated for several literary awards. Interestingly she is the great-grand niece of the &#8220;Pippi Longstocking&#8221; series author, Astrid Lindgren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This great crime novel is translated from Swedish which adds a different flavor to the story. Certain things get added during translation or become more interesting when taken from slang. Sibylla the main character in Missing comes from a privleged background yet has chosen a life of the homeless in<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/missing-by-karin-alvtegen\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[267,270,268,269],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reference","tag-homeless","tag-homicide","tag-murder","tag-sweden"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-kH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1283"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1327,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283\/revisions\/1327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}