Autumn Hunt

A detective story continuing the best traditions of Scandinavian suspense prose. Astrid Lindman is a respectable twenty-nine-year-old woman: a good wife, an exemplary mother. She has no problems with alcohol, drugs, or the law. She works as a nurse. One cold autumn morning, she took her daughter to kindergarten, as she always did—and didn’t come home.

What happened to Astrid? The case is taken up by detectives Inger Gerean and Johan Martensson. The investigation quickly takes an odd turn.

No wonder they say: still waters run deep… The detective genre isn’t the only one in "The Autumn Hunt" and, perhaps, not even the main one. Behind the disappearance of a young woman lies an existential, dramatic story about loneliness, love, and Sweden—with its downpouring rains, cracking frosts, pine forests, and multicolored houses. Vivid, almost magical descriptions of the Scandinavian land by Ekaterina Zlatorunskaya awaken in the heart a unique ache of nostalgia for a place you’ve never been.

"Rain, autumn, love—mutual and unrequited; cigarettes, investigation protocols, and Sweden, Sweden, again Sweden—taking on colors and smells, laying real routes through my fantasies. And even if the names of towns don’t always match their actual toponyms, as life and memories don’t match either, it’s all real. And when they ask me why specifically Sweden, I answer: because Sweden—the heroes of this story are Swedes—and why they live there rather than here— even Martin Beck doesn’t know,"—says the author.

Ekaterina Zlatorunskaya is a writer, a graduate of the "Creative Writing School" and «Хороший текст». Her debut story "In the Rooms of Marie Antoinette" won a joint contest between the magazine «Сноб» and the «Хороший текст» school. Laureate of the "Danko" literary prize awarded for the best stories. Published in «Сноб», «Interview», «Сеанс», «Идiотъ», and others. Immerse yourself in the enchanting atmosphere of "The Autumn Hunt" thanks to the masterful performance of Maria Orlova.