<p><b>FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>ANXIOUS PEOPLE </i>AND <i>A MAN CALLED OVE, </i>F</b><b>REDRIK BACKMAN<br></b><br><b>**NOW A MAJOR HBO TV SERIES**</b><b><br><br>''I utterly believed in the residents of <i>Beartown </i>and felt ripped apart by the events in the book'' </b>JOJO MOYES<br><br><b>''I couldn''t put it down. Heart-rending and engrossing'' </b>5***** Reader Review<br>_________<br><br><b>In a large Swedish forest, Beartown hides a dark secret . . .</b><br><br>Cut-off from everywhere else, it experiences the kind of isolation that tears people apart.<br><br>And each year, more and more of the town is swallowed by the forest.<br><br>Then the town is offered a bright new future.<br><br>But it is all put in jeopardy by a single, brutal act.<br><br>It divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and forgotten, and those who''ll risk the future to see justice done.<br><br><i>Who will speak up?<br><br>Could you stand by and stay silent?<br><b