{"product_id":"2940170178179","title":"The Forbidden Place: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"bone-chillingly cool crime debut\" (Paula Hawkins, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e), a young biologist studying the remote Swedish wetlands stumbles upon a bodyamp;mdash;and finds that if the marsh's secrets can't stay buried, neither can hers...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the remote Swedish wetlands lies Mossmarken: the village on the edge  of the mire where, once upon a time, people came to leave offerings to  the gods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiologist Nathalie came in order to study the peat  bogs. But she has a secret: Mossmarken was once her home, a place where  terrible things happened. She has returned at last, determined to  confront her childhood trauma and find out the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon after  her arrival, she finds an unconscious man out on the marsh, his pockets  filled with goldamp;mdash;just like the ancient human sacrifices. A grave is  dug in the mire, which vanishes a day after. And as the police  investigate, the bodies start to surface...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs the mire calling out for sacrifices, as the superstitious locals claim? Or is it an all-too-human evil?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichly atmospheric and haunting to the last page, Susanne Jansson's stunning debut is a gripping tale of the power of nature to shape our reality, the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the world, and the terrible consequences they may have. This international sensation will captivate fans of the celebrated suspense fiction of Jane Harper or Tana French.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100639740144,"sku":"2940170178179","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170178179_p0.jpg?v=1763703919","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170178179","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}