Lourdes Daza-Gillman Author: Adlibris

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Sunday, November 8, 2020

MISERY - Book III

SEX TRAFFICKING, A FEARED MAFIA ORGANIZATION AND A WOMAN’S BATTLE AGAINST THE SEX SLAVE TRADE

“… After a long, drunken night ending at a man’s apartment, she disappears into a world she could never have imagined, not even in her worst nightmares. It hits her that nobody knows where she is…”

MISERY is a gripping human trafficking crime drama/thriller, where detective inspector Sanna Johansson is drawn into the most complicated situation of her life. She is forced to make drastic decisions and form a new heterogeneous group, whose only goal is to crush the most feared mafia organization in Sweden.

A radical plan unfolds and the price is far higher than anyone anticipated…

Friday, December 28, 2018

Happy New Year!

Let this New Year be the one, where all your dreams come true..., full of success and great opportunities.

I wish you all a grand new year!

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Merry Christmas!

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

IMPACT - Power Trilogy Book II

Together with the other two books in the Power Trilogy, the release of the new edition of IMPACT (Book II) will be in January 2019.

IMPACT is a dark crime drama/thriller about a serial killer. The book depicts a person's struggle against their own principles, and what they are capable of when recurring, cruel nightmares become a constant reminder of an earlier ominous event in their past.

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Read an excerpt of DESPAIR

In the quiet suburb of Djursholm in Stockholm a young woman is brutally beaten to death. Criminal Inspector Sanna Johansson and her team are assigned to investigate the case, which leads them directly into the exclusive salons of the Swedish upper class.

DESPAIR is a gritty crime drama/thriller about human relationships and the violence happening right across society. It is the first stand-alone book in Power Trilogy.

Here can you read an excerpt of DESPAIR:

Monday, December 10, 2018

DESPAIR - Power Trilogy Book I

I’m happy to announce the new edition of DESPAIR (Book 1 in the Power Trilogy) will be released in January 2019.

DESPAIR is a tough, socially critical crime drama based on decades of thought on violence against women, and the role of children as the invisible victims. The book also depicts an early #metoo movement, before it became a well-known concept.

MISERY - Power Trilogy, Book III

Dear reader,

I’m happy to announce that MISERY, (Book 3 in the Power Trilogy) is now translated to English, and it will be available January 2019. Stay tuned!

Misery is a gripping drama/thriller on human trafficking crime, where detective inspector Sanna Johansson is drawn into the most complicated situation of her life. She is forced to make drastic decisions and form a new heterogeneous group, whose only goal is to crush the most feared mafia organization in Sweden.

A radical plan unfolds and the price is far higher than anyone anticipated…

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

A dark trilogy about women's vulnerability in a modern society.

The first book, DESPAIR, is based on decades of research and thoughts about women's underlying causes of women's vulnerability, and the role of the children as the invisible victims. My interest in thorough research, which has always been a natural part of my way of working, made me discover new subjects that led to the writing of the two subsequent books, IMPACT and MISERY, the 3:rd book in being translated and will be available soon.

The books are raw and to some extent dark, but they also show how the power of sole individuals and smaller groups can make a big difference. It has been interesting to see how some of the events I wrote about in Despair 2013 now taken real form in today's metoo-protests in Sweden and in the rest of the world.

Power Trilogy has received a positive response from both readers and reviewers.

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Who is killing middle-aged men around Sweden?

The horrific sex murder of a middle-aged man is the start of a tough, almost bizarre police investigation. Before long, Sanna Johansson and her team, realize this is a far from straightforward investigation. The entire crime scene has been decontaminated and they soon discover a connection with several unsolved killings across the country, where the methods used were identical and no clues were left behind...

IMPACT is available on Amazon and other online bookstores.

A gritty crime drama/thriller

Saturday, July 28, 2018

POWER TRILOGY – A dark trilogy about women's vulnerability in a modern society.The first book, DESPAIR, is based on decades of thoughts about women's underlying causes of women's vulnerability, and the role of the children as the invisible victims. My interest in thorough research, which has always been a natural part of my way of working, made me discover new subjects that led to the writing of the two subsequent books, IMPACT and MISERY, (Misery is being translated and will be available soon.)

The books are raw and to some extent dark, but they also show how the power of sole individuals and smaller groups can make a big difference.

TheTrilogy is available on Amazon and other online bookstores. Get your copy now!

Here on Amazon: Power Trilogy

Friday, July 6, 2018

Despair - Power Trilogy book 1

Despair - Power Trilogy book 1, is a crime drama/thriller set in Stockholm’s upper class, and the first stand-alone book in the trilogy.

In the quiet suburb of Djursholm in Stockholm a young woman is brutally beaten to death. Criminal Inspector Sanna Johansson and her colleague Kalle Karlsson are assigned to investigate the case, which leads them directly into the exclusive salons of the Swedish upper class. Here we meet Börge Svenson from the venerable Svenson family who lives a double life of unimaginable proportions.

Despair is available on Amazon and other online bookstores. Get your copy now!
Here on Amazon: Despair - a crime/drama thriller

Sunday, April 1, 2018

My purpose as a writer...

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Said about Power Trilogy:

Swedish readers comments about Power Trilogy (Makttrilogin)

DESPAIR: "Despair is a gripping story from the first page.The reader is taken on a journey not only for the murder of a woman in Djursholm, but also on a journey that describes a reality for many vulnerable women today. It is a story of violence in everyday life, about female revenge, about the hidden victims of youth rebellion with the help of social media and traditional protests ... ... but I could not put it down and read the entire stretch on a weekend. Recommend!"
/ Boktipset Lorenna G.

IMPACT: "Of all the mystery independent publishers in Sweden, Lourdes Daza Gillman must be one of the most promising. She writes with great authority: her strong commitment pulses also through the other police novel about colleagues Sanna and Donald in Stockholm Criminal ... ..."

/ Culture journalist Bengt Eriksson.

VANVETT (The book is under translation): "Daza-Gillman writes with such intensity that I had to put down my book and catch my breath. For what she narrates is terrible.

Realism? Fiction? How much of either? ... "
/ Deckarlogg - Bengt Eriksson

THE AUTHOR

When I get the question who I’m, I usually say that I was born feminist. My education has been characterized by it. The central message that was common to all my mentors was the importance of being independent, being respected for who I’m, and never accept being treated as a second-class citizen.

As a woman, I also learned to be on my guard against how I was treated in society.

This has influenced my entire life and I have lived according to these norms and lessons to ensure been treated correctly and equally.

Equality is for me something obvious and I wish it worked everywhere.

WHY I'M A WRITER...

As long as I can remember I have been interested in gender issues and human rights. This has affected my daily life, my lifestyle and my actions. It has always been in my nature to help people who got into unfair situations - from the workers at the power company where I was working as a 17-year-old, as for many employees in my years as a middle manager in the Swedish business.

Growing up in a country where women were treated, and still are treated as second-class citizens has always been latent in my mind, and in the early 1970s, when I lived in London, intensified my interest in understanding women's underlying causes of women's vulnerability. I began to inform myself about how women’s situation looked like, and it was then that I first put these thoughts down on paper, in a treatise about women's lives and injustices around the world.

Time passed and fate - I want to see it that - was that I ended up in Sweden, in a country where women and men - according to given laws - are equal. After some time I realized that even in Sweden there was a lot to do to really achieve the much talked about equality.

In some matters, Sweden was no different than any other country. I felt a need to get my thoughts on paper, and to pay attention to the domestic violence around us, every day. Paying attention to victims, but strong, women's struggle, and the children who are often forgotten, when the violence and the damage is a fact. I had no choice but to take on a challenge like this; trying to write a trilogy on this difficult subject.

MY ART

My artwork can be defined as contemporary art and it involves everything from figurative to abstract Paintings, Sculptures and Glass Art. By means of my artwork, I wish to achieve an increased inner peace and creativity throughout time.

My work is often close to nature and created in my strongest moments of inspiration. My intention is to always begin from life, then to interpret the subject matter from a deeply personal and expressionistic point of view. Therefore, here you will find a unique form of expression that hopefully will give you a moment of peace and relaxation and maybe… make you feel the unity with Mother Earth.

Welcome to my ArtGallery:

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