#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Sara Blaedel, writer of the #1 international bestseller The Forgotten Girls–which was roundly praised as ‘gripping’ with ‘uncompromising realism’ (Washington Post) and ‘tautly suspenseful’ (BookPage)–results with the thrilling next publication in her series featuring police investigator Louise Rick.

Following an extended keep, Louise Rick profits to work at the Special Search Agency, at the very top unit of the National Police force Department. She’s designated a case including a about The Getting rid of Forest fifteen-year-old who vanished a week earlier. When Louise realizes which the missing teenager is the son of a butcher from Hvalsoe, she seizes the chance to combine the search for the teenager with her personal investigation of her boyfriend’s long-ago death .

Louise’s investigation takes her on a journey back through period. She reconnects with numbers from her previous, including Kim, the principal investigator at the Holbaek Law enforcement Department, her previous in-laws, fanatic historic religious beliefs believers, and her longtime good friend, journalist Camilla Lind. As she techniques through the small town’s cramped network of dangerous contacts, Louise unearths toxic truths left unspoken and dangerous secrets.

‘Crime-writer superstar Sara Blaedel’s great skill is within weaving a heartbreaking public background into an edge-of-your-chair thriller while at the same time making a detective who’s while emotionally high and real as a good friend.’

–Oprah.com

‘One of the greatest I’ve run into.’

–Michael Connelly

‘Sara Blaedel is certainly a force to be reckoned with. She’s an extraordinary crime article writer who time and again delivers a solid, engaging tale that any reader in the globe can enjoy.’

–Karin Slaughter

‘Will force you to the edge of your chair [then] knock you quickly….A smashing success.’

–BookReporter

‘Blaedel delivers another thrilling novel…Twists and converts will have readers on the edge of their chairs waiting to find out what happens next.’

–RT Reserve Reviews