Returning to her hometown of Fjallbacka after the funeral of her parents, writer Erica Falck finds a community on the brink of tragedy. The death of her childhood friend, Alex, is just the beginning. Her wrists slashed, her body frozen in an ice-cold bath, it seems that she has taken her own life.
Erica conceives a book about the beautiful but remote Alex, one that will answer questions about their own shared past. While her interest grows into an obsession, local detective Patrik Hedstrom is following his own suspicions about the case. But it is only when they start working together that the truth begins to emerge about a small town with a deeply disturbing past.
My thoughts
Erica Falck is a writer who finds the body of a childhood friend in her bathtub with her wrists cut. Although, she hasn’t been in touch with this woman for 25 years, she takes it upon herself o investigate her death once she finds out she was murdered. With the help of the cop on the case, Patrick Hedstrom (the both have romantic feelings for one another), they find the death is more than just one person but a hidden secret. It sounds suspenseful, but as others have mentioned, maybe it is in the translation, but the novel did not hold my interest. Although I enjoyed the locale, the characters were not appealing and the plot unremarkable.
Disclosure: I received this book for review from the publisher. I received no compensation for my thoughts.
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