Description
Art expert Emma Lindahl is anxious when she’s asked to appraise the antiques and artefacts in the infamous manor house of one of Sweden’s wealthiest families, on the island of Storholmen, where a young woman was murdered nine years earlier, her killer never found.
Emma must work alone, and with the Gussman family apparently avoiding her, she sees virtually no one in the house. Do they have something to hide? As she goes about her painstaking work and one shocking discovery yields clues that lead to another, Emma becomes determined to uncover the secrets of the house and its occupants. When the lifeless body of another young woman is found in the icy waters surrounding the island, Detective Karl Rosen arrives to investigate, and memories of his failure to solve the first case come rushing back.
Could this young woman’s tragic death somehow hold the key to the first? Battling her own demons, Emma joins forces with Karl to embark upon a chilling investigation, plunging them into horrifying secrets from the past – Viking rites and tainted love – and Scandinavia’s deepest, darkest winter…
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Told from three different perspectives, this is set on the island of Storholmen in Sweden where the discovery of a body has chilling similarities to one from nine years before.
This is a dark page-turner similar to Gustawsson’s previous thriller The Bleeding, in that the reader is plunged into a small community that is dealing with a horrific crime.
Emma and Karl work as two engaging leads, while Viktoria, our third perspective, adds an element of intrigue that will keep you hooked.
With a rollercoaster plot and a haunting history, this is a great, sinister read.