<B>THE GRISLY SUSPENSE AND HEART-STOPPING DRAMA OF</B> Camilla Läckberg's acclaimed debut, <I>The Ice Princess, </I>catapulted her to the #1 spot on bestseller lists in Europe and around the world. Now, in her second installment in the series that has sold nearly ten million copies worldwide, the Swedish crime-writing phenomenon returns to the tiny fishing village of Fjällbacka, where a series of unsolved murders have lain nearly forgotten for a generation—until the sadistic killer suddenly begins claiming fresh victims. As the town erupts in panic, detective Patrik Hedström and his pregnant girlfriend, Erica Falck, find themselves launching a desperate manhunt to track down the true murderer before another life is lost. <P>In the harrowing, spellbinding tradition of the best Scandinavian thrillers, <I>The Preacher </I>ruthlessly cuts to the bleak heart of human evil, revealing that narrowest of lines between fear and forgiveness.