Leona – The Die is Cast

By Jenny Rogneby

This best-selling Scandinavian thriller follows its troubled heroine as she investigates a high-profile robbery for Stockholm’s Violent Crimes Division. LEONA is an international success, sold in 13 countries.

Naked and bloody, a seven-year-old girl walks into a bank in central Stockholm in broad daylight and comes out with millions. Leona Lindberg of Stockholm’s Violent Crimes Division seems the perfect person to take the case – she has a long, distinguished history in the police force. But Leona is grappling with deep issues of her own – a gambling addiction, a strained marriage – that could jeopardize the investigation. As she struggles to keep the volatile pieces of her life under control, the line between right and wrong becomes increasingly unclear and even irrelevant.

The Die is Cast is a hard-boiled crime novel, filled with unexpected twists and turns, featuring an unusual heroine. Leona makes for gripping reading while challenging feminine norms and posing questions about what lies behind the choices we make.

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About the author

Jenny Rogneby is an author and criminologist, born in Ethiopia in 1974 and adopted to Sweden at the age of one. She grew up in the far north of Sweden, where her early talent for music led to formal training in piano and dance, eventually launching her first career as a pop artist.As her music career developed, Jenny became increasingly interested in human behavior and the psychological and societal forces behind our actions. This curiosity led to a degree in Criminology. She went on to work for seven years as a Criminal Investigator with the Stockholm City Police, handling a wide range of cases including theft, assault, sexual violence, and murder.Her experience in law enforcement sparked her transition into fiction writing, leading to her 2014 debut with Leona – The Die is Cast, the first in a best-selling crime series sold to 14 countries and optioned for film in the United States.In 2022, Jenny launched a new critically acclaimed crime trilogy featuring Angela Lans, a mediator determined to reform the justice system from within. In 2025, Jenny launches a new series featuring police interrogators Annie Altin and Alexander Tilly.