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Worldwide bestseller Camilla Lackberg weaves together another brilliant contemporary psychological thriller with the chilling struggle of a young woman facing the darkest chapter of Europe's past…

Crime writer Erica Falck is shocked to discover an old Nazi medal among her late mother's belongings. Inspired to dig deep into her past, she visits a retired history teacher for answers. Two days later, he’s dead.

Detective Patrik Hedström is on paternity leave. But his wife’s enquiries 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.

 Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military Crime Thriller Marriage Military War

Critic reviews

'Läckberg is an expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with blood-curdling horror… a must for white-knuckle junkies' Guardian

'Läckberg is particularly good at portraying the claustrophobia of a small community in which everyone knows everyone else and the police may well be friends with killers' The Times

'Camilla Läckberg is probably the hottest female writer in Sweden at the moment… Lackberg's job is to make the reader pleasurably uncomfortable – one of her ironclad skills' Independent

'Chilly, deceptive and lucid, just like the icy environment it describes' Literary Review

'Both chilling and thrilling' The Sun

'Heart-stopping and heart-warming, 'The Ice Princess' is a masterclass in Scandinavian crime writing' Val McDermid
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The actual story line/plot is very good - mystery until the last few chapter but the writting of the book I feel was very poor/childish. The little girl at a year old in the book is doing things no 1 year old would actual do/be able to do and the conversations and how one of the main characters goes off the wall at nothing was very unrealistic I thought which spoilt the book.

Poor read

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I think the book started quite well and I was hooked listening, but it didn't take long before the style of the writing become incredibly dreary. It's so old fashioned and simple in it's style, like the essays you wrote in college. If I didn't know better I would have thought this was an amateur writer. The dialogue was so predictable! The narrator also used a lot of the same voices for several characters - all male characters sound like they belong in the 60s. The story however, does get better and it's worth listening to the end. But I won't be choosing more books from this author.

Old fashion cliché

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Disliked the book, only story I could not continue to listen to all the way to the end.. The reader did not have a voice that enhanced the story either making it quite hard to concentrate. I normally become immersed by the books that I purchase on audible.

poor listen

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book which was extremely well crafted and brilliantly narrated. Unlike some other translations and adaptations from Swedish novels, this has been very well done and the narration brings the characters to life in a way that allows the listener to easily empathise with them. I would recommend this book without reservation.

The Hidden Child

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I have read other Camilla Lackberg books and enjoyed each one. Enjoyed the narrative and the characters are really interesting. I also feel it has a good twist to it and I was sad to come to the end. I really enjoyed hearing about the day to day activities and would recommend.

Excellent read Couldnt let it go

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