Name: The Hidden Child
Rating: 4.071428571428571 (14 reviews)
ISBN: 9781410471536

Camilla Lackberg

After finding a Nazi medal among her late mother's belongings, crime writer Erica Falck meets with an old friend of her mother's, who is murdered two days later, and Erica and her husband Detective Patrik Hedstrèom must turn to family wartime diaries forclues.

The Hidden Child

Camilla Läckberg

"Crime writer Erica Falck is shocked to discover an old Nazi medal among her late mother's belongings. Inspired to to dig deep into her family's past, she visits a retired history teacher for answers. Two days later he's dead. Detective Patrik Hedstrom is on paternity leave. But his wife's inquiries 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"--Page 2 of cover.

Yesenia Vargas

Lots of twists and turns; enjoyed reading this one

The beginning was slow and sometimes the vast cast of characters got mixed up in my mind, but the mystery was pretty good. I kept trying to figure it out but it got me. Loved the historical angle as well, including the flashbacks.

Crime writer Erica Falck is shocked to discover a Nazi medal among her late mother’s possessions. Haunted by a childhood of neglect, she resolves to dig deep into her family’s past and finally uncover the reasons why. Her enquiries lead her to the home of a retired history teacher. He was among her mother’s circle of friends during the Second World War but her questions are met with bizarre and evasive answers. Two days later he meets a violent death. Detective Patrik Hedström, Erica’s husband, is on paternity leave but soon becomes embroiled in the murder investigation. Who would kill so ruthlessly to bury secrets so old? reluctantly erica must read her mother’s wartime diaries. But within the pages is a painful revelation about erica’s past. Could what little knowledge she has be enough to endanger her husband and newborn baby? The dark past is coming to light, and no one will escape the truth of how they came to be...

Chantale

I had never heard of this author but the description sounded good so I couldn't wait to read it.

For some reason I have been reading a lot of crime, mystery, thrillers lately. It isn't a bad thing because I do love those genre of books and I really couldn't wait to read The Hidden Child. 

The book is the 5th book. I haven't read any of the other books and I think it would have been best to read all the previous books before reading this one because I was a little confused at the beginning of the book but other than that I absolutely love this book because it is so very well written. 

I highly recommend this book to all who are into crime/mystery/thrillers.

The Hidden Child

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