The lost boy -a review
The blurb : "No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg’s new psychological thriller – irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.
Mats Sverin was Fjallbacka’s financial director on a regeneration project worth millions. When he is found murdered, Detective Patrik Hedstrom must find answers.
It seems Mats was a man who everybody liked yet nobody really knew – a man with something to hide…
Is it just a coincidence that his high school sweetheart, Nathalie, has returned to the area? What does she know about who Mats really was?
However, Nathalie has her own secret. Something has made her and her five-year-old son flee to their remote family home on the ‘Ghost Isle’. And that is where she’ll stay and shield her son from the evils of the world.
But, as the murder investigation draws a blank, the police have to dig deeper – and before long, everyone’s lives will be dragged into the light …"
As with all her books this was well written and she knows how to build intrigue, the only thing I found is that it took me until almost half way before I really got into the story, before that point I could easily have abandoned the book but I persevered and after that I found it difficult to put it down.
Its best to read the book in order if possible, this is number seven in the series, as Camilla integrates the personal stories of her main characters and their families in all the books and it gives it a feeling of picking up where you left off even though it's easily been a year since I last read a book of hers. A worthwhile read for fans of Scandinavian fiction. Definitely one of the better crime writers out there.
Mats Sverin was Fjallbacka’s financial director on a regeneration project worth millions. When he is found murdered, Detective Patrik Hedstrom must find answers.
It seems Mats was a man who everybody liked yet nobody really knew – a man with something to hide…
Is it just a coincidence that his high school sweetheart, Nathalie, has returned to the area? What does she know about who Mats really was?
However, Nathalie has her own secret. Something has made her and her five-year-old son flee to their remote family home on the ‘Ghost Isle’. And that is where she’ll stay and shield her son from the evils of the world.
But, as the murder investigation draws a blank, the police have to dig deeper – and before long, everyone’s lives will be dragged into the light …"
As with all her books this was well written and she knows how to build intrigue, the only thing I found is that it took me until almost half way before I really got into the story, before that point I could easily have abandoned the book but I persevered and after that I found it difficult to put it down.
Its best to read the book in order if possible, this is number seven in the series, as Camilla integrates the personal stories of her main characters and their families in all the books and it gives it a feeling of picking up where you left off even though it's easily been a year since I last read a book of hers. A worthwhile read for fans of Scandinavian fiction. Definitely one of the better crime writers out there.
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