Sweden’s ‘queen of Noir’ Camilla Läckberg accused of using a ghostwriter | Publishing | The Guardian

It is a gripping detective story typical of the queen of Nordic noir, leaving fans pondering the ethics of relationships and the dirty secrets of people with power and influence.

But for once, bestselling crime novelist Camilla Läckberg is not the author of this particular literary whodunnit, but its protagonist.

Läckberg, a star in her native Sweden who has been hailed as the country's answer to Agatha Christie for her output of thrillers, kids' stories and cookbooks, last week had to deny that she had tricked her admirers into buying books that were not written by her, after data analysis suggested she had used unattributed ghostwriters for some of her recent novels.