#patrick hedstrom

The first novels of my favorite detectives!

Jo Nesbo’s Harry Hole - The bat

Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike - The cuckoo’s calling

John Verdon’s Dave Gurney - Think of a number

The Ice Child (Fjällbacka #9)

By Camilla Lackberg

Book Format: Hardcover

Time to Finish: 1 day

✨✨ handfuls of Fairy dust

I would recommend you check out my review on the previous book: Fallen Angels before reading this one.

SEE NO EVIL

It’s January in the peaceful seaside resort of Fjällbacka. A semi-naked girl wanders through the woods in freezing cold weather. When she finally reaches the road, a car comes out of nowhere. It doesn’t manage to stop.

HEAR NO EVIL

The victim, a girl who went missing four months ago, has been subjected to unimaginably brutal treatment – and Detective Patrik Hedström suspects this is just the start.

SPEAK NO EVIL

The police soon discover that three other girls are missing from nearby towns, but there are no fresh leads. And when Patrik’s wife stumbles across a link to an old murder case, the detective is forced to see his investigation in a whole new light

Well I'm back. And I'm here under duress. As per usual, I'm doing the Pop Sugar 2018 challenge and one of the challenges was to read a Nordic Noir. So… kinda got punished here. I figured if I was going to read one of these horrible novels I'd pick a novel that I was at least familiar with. And Bam, here's me punishing myself with this series again.

If Popsugar could stop giving the Nordic Noir challenge anymore I'd be forever grateful.

I will say that Erika was a lot less whiney in this novel, which was a miracles upon miracles. But the rest of the characters, they were all sorts of fucked up. I don't think (other than our main cast) that I liked a single one of them.

The mystery was what kept me going. I wanted to know what happened… kind of… I was mostly dreading it to be honest. The twist at the end made no sense to me. The twist that came after it was even worse. The mystery left me empty, I had no idea what to think, but I know the answers that were given weren't enough. Punishment should have been given and I'm not even sure what happened with the Father-in-law who started it all.

This particular novel was filled with nasty things. Worms and maggots disguised as words that made my skin crawl. And if that's what the author intended then by all means, she did a great job. But for right now I'll pray that I never have to read another one of these books ever again.