The Hidden Child

The Hidden Child

by Camilla Lackberg (Author), StevenT.Murray (Translator)

Synopsis

Worldwide bestseller Camilla Lackberg weaves together another brilliant contemporary psychological thriller with the chilling struggle of a young woman facing the darkest chapter of Europe's past...

Crime writer Erica Falck is shocked to discover an old Nazi medal among her late mother's belongings. Inspired to dig deep into her past, she visits a retired history teacher for answers. Two days later, he's dead.

Detective Patrik Hedstroem is on paternity leave. But his wife's enquiries appear to have set off a chain of murders and he's finding it hard to keep out of the investigation.

A terrible secret from the darkest days of World War II is coming to light - and their families' histories are right at the heart of it.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 04 Aug 2011

ISBN 10: 0007419473
ISBN 13: 9780007419470

Media Reviews

'Lackberg is an expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with blood-curdling horror... a must for white-knuckle junkies' Guardian

'Lackberg is particularly good at portraying the claustrophobia of a small community in which everyone knows everyone else and the police may well be friends with killers' The Times

'Camilla Lackberg is probably the hottest female writer in Sweden at the moment... Lackberg's job is to make the reader pleasurably uncomfortable - one of her ironclad skills' Independent

'Chilly, deceptive and lucid, just like the icy environment it describes' Literary Review

'Both chilling and thrilling' The Sun

'Heart-stopping and heart-warming, 'The Ice Princess' is a masterclass in Scandinavian crime writing' Val McDermid

Author Bio

Camilla Lackberg is a worldwide bestseller renowned for her brilliant contemporary psychological thrillers. Her novels have sold over 20 million copies in 55 countries with translations into 37 languages.