After She's Gone

Description

For psychological profiler Hanne Lagerlind-Schn, life is good. She and her partner, investigator Peter Lindgren, have just returned from a dream holiday in Greenland and the symptoms of her early onset dementia seem to be under control. Then they are asked to go to the small, sleepy industrial town of Ormberg to investigate a cold case: ten years earlier a five-year-old girl's remains were found in a cairn near the town. With her dementia creeping back again, Hanne starts to keep a diary noting down everything she is likely to forget. She will go to any lengths to keep up appearances so she doesn't lose her job, or worse: Peter. Then Hanne is found wandering around the outskirts of Ormberg lost, hurt and confused - and Peter is missing. When the body of a woman is found at the cairn and one of Hanne's shoes is found nearby covered in the victim's blood, can Hanne's diary hold the key to what happened? How does this new murder connect to their old one - and where is Peter?

Camilla Grebe was born near Stockholm. She co-founded audiobook publisher Storyside. She has written four celebrated crime novels with her sister, Asa Traff, about psychologist Siri Bergman, the first two of which were nominated for Swedish Crime Novel of the Year by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy. Camilla has also written the popular Moscow Noir trilogy with Paul Leander-Engstrom. The Ice Beneath Her was Camilla's debut novel as a solo author and announced her as a fresh new voice in suspense writing. After She's Gone was published in Sweden in 2017 and won the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year award.

A dark and gritty thriller, as a true Nordic Noir should be * Lilja Sigurdardottir * After She's Gone was deservedly recognised as the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year. Camilla Grebe has succeeded in writing a gripping, atmospheric tale that tackles a number of burning contemporary issues in a compelling way. Highly recommended * Adam Hamdy * Scandi-noir at its powerful bleakest * Daily Mail on The Ice Beneath Her * Captivating story . . . deftly ensures readers' certainties stay on very thin ice * Sunday Mirror on The Ice Beneath Her * Thrilling characters and expertly written, down to the very last detail. I didn't actually have time to read, and did everything to try to put the book down. But I simply couldn't. Not until the last page had been read * Stefan Ahnhem on The Ice Beneath Her * Clever and addictive * Liz Loves Books on The Ice Beneath Her * Impressive and convincing . . . I would not be remotely surprised to see this novel walk away with a number of prizes this year. It's that good * G.J. Minett *