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The Lost Boy (Patrik Hedstrom and Erica Falck, Book 7)

By: Camilla Läckberg
Narrated by: Robin Bowerman
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No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg’s new psychological thriller – irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.

Detective Patrik Hedstrom is no stranger to tragedy. A murder case concerning Fjallbacka’s dead financial director, Mats Sverin, is a grim but useful distraction from his recent family misfortunes.

It seems Mats was a man who everybody liked yet nobody really knew – a man with something to hide…

His high school sweetheart, Nathalie, has just returned to the area with her five-year-old son – could she shed light on who Mats really was?

However, Nathalie has her own secret. If it’s discovered, she will lose her only child. As the investigation stalls, the police have many questions. But there is only one that matters.

Is there anything a mother would not do to protect her child?

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Critic reviews

Praise for Camilla Lackberg:

‘The hottest female writer in Sweden’ Independent

‘Heart-stopping and heart-warming … a masterclass in Scandinavian crime writing’ Val McDermid

‘Pacy … with flashing insight into the dark places of the psyche’ Sunday Times

‘Lackberg is an expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with blood-curdling horror’ Guardian

‘Both chilling and thrilling’ Sun
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I love her books, but with this was a bit l have to write a book feel to it. Just, no

disappointed

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Would you listen to Patrick Hedstrom and Erica Falck (7) - The Lost Boy again? Why?

This is the formula as before but that is no bad thing for fans.

What did you like best about this story?

A good central mystery mingled with more insight into the main characters and their stories.

Did Robin Bowerman do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?

In a long running series it's hard to adjust to a new narrator and I felt the change was not for the better.

Any additional comments?

I think Camilla Lackberg would benefit from taking a new look at her Erica and patrick books. Love them as characters and love the setting and the other back stories but need a little fresher eye.

Settling into the familiar

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This one has all Lackberg's strangely compelling, page-turning feel to it (this translates well into audiobook - one does want to keep listening). Her writing is not always very literary and can seem clumsy at times, but it seems sincere, as though she really has something to say, and therefore holds the attention. The reading is very good.

There is a modern murder (grim), a historical disappearance (also fairly grim), and a modern family drama (unremittingly tragic). There are some other sub-plots as well, and none of those is a barrel of laughs. Lackberg keeps the attention well focussed on all these as the story rolls along, and I did much enjoy the company of the detectives bumbling through the case as they unfold the modern mysteries.

Two big problems for me (1) the modern mystery is just too obvious, I had it very early on, and after a long listen the denouement did not add much (unlike her other books) (2) it was all way too depressing, and pretty much every one of the interwoven stories started and ended glum.

In some of Lackberg's other books there is a more even balance between light and dark, and they are better for it.

Not her best

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Camilla Lackberg is way up on my list of favourite authors and once again certainly does not disappoint. So many things happened that I certainly did not see coming. Constantly surprised me and the ending certainly shocked me. You will think you see it coming but will be wrong. Don't want to spoil it for anyone so suffice to say just read it. This is a great series but do read in order so that you can follow Patrik Hedstrom as he investigates these crimes,

Great author - loved every single book

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Thoroughly enjoyed the story and plot. My only criticism is that it's a shame the narrator didn't listen to previous books to get a feel of the characters already given a voice by other narrators, was strange as they changed so drastically.

Great

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