On the Baltic Sea, no one can hear you scream.

Blood Cruise, the new thriller from Mats Strandberg, is perfect for fans of Stephen King and John Ajvide Linqvist.

‘Mats Strandberg knows how to write horror. I bite my nails. I laugh and I cry. And I will never set foot on a cruise ship again!’ – Asa Larsson, bestselling author of The Second Deadly Sin and Until thy Wrath Be Past

‘Mats Strandberg is a literary cult waiting to happen: Blood Cruise is terrifying and terrifying real, a must-read for fans of Stephen King and John Ajvide Lindqvist’ – Elizabeth Hand, author of Generation Loss and Hard Light

About the book

Tonight, twelve hundred expectant passengers have joined the booze-cruise between Sweden and Finland. The creaking old ship travels this same route, back and forth, every day of the year.

But this trip is going to be different.

In the middle of the night the ferry is suddenly cut off from the outside world. There is nowhere to escape. There is no way to contact the mainland. And no one knows who they can trust.

Welcome aboard the Baltic Charisma.

About the author

Mats Strandberg, an award-winning writer of adult, YA and children’s fiction, was born in the small industrial town of Fagersta, in the middle of the Swedish forest; the place inspired Engelsfors, the setting for the internationally bestselling YA fantasy Engelfors Trilogy, with co-author Sara B Elfgren. The Circle, Fire and The Key are published in 30 countries, and ABBA founder Benny Andersson has turned the first book, The Circle, into a hit movie.

Blood Cruise, his fourth solo novel, is a top ten bestseller across Europe; Mats is currently writing the screenplay, with frequent collaborator Sara Elfgren.

His award-winning journalism won him Columnist of the Year for his regular columns for Aftonbladet, Sweden’s biggest evening newspaper.

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