A married couple is found dead in their jacuzzi. Their adopted five-year-old daughter has vanished. Inspector Malin Fors, the troubled but brilliant star of the Linkoping police force, is put in charge of the case.
But this is a haunting mystery where the borders have been blurred: those between the living and the dead, between good and evil.
Malin is only too aware of her own tendencies towards obsession and addiction. As the investigation takes a darker turn, forcing Malin to confront her own demons, will she hold out long enough to find the killer - and the missing girl - before it's too late?
Read MoreKallentoft's novels always run at a high emotional temperature - Sunday Times[an] atmospheric series - IndependentPraise for Mons Kallentoft's Malin Fors series - . . .Kallentoft's books have been called beautiful, exquisite and original. I can see why. - Literary ReviewOne of the best-realised female heroines I've read. - GuardianMeditative. Dark. Really, really cold . . . This is a worthy successor to Larsson's Millenium trilogy. - Booklist Starred Review