FIVE BRUTAL MURDERS IN TWO COUNTRIES. 'Hollywood blockbuster material...you'll finish it in one gulp' Metro A WOMAN CONFESSES TO THE KILLINGS, THEN LEAPS OFF A BRIDGE TO HER DEATH. 'Kristina Ohlsson is a rising star of Scandinavian crime fiction' Sunday Times HER BROTHER INSISTS SHE WAS INNOCENT, AND WANTS THE CASE REOPENED. 'Expect Ohlsson to join Nesbo on most readers' can't-miss lists' Booklist BUT HOW DO YOU VINDICATE A DECEASED, SELF-PROCLAIMED KILLER? 'Superbly crafted' Daily Mail

From the winner of the 2012 Stabilo Prize for Best Crime Writer of Southern Sweden, comes the second installment of the Frederika Bergman crime series. Frederika and her colleagues are assigned to three seemingly unrelated cases. What is the thread of evil that connects them all?

Kristina Ohlsson's critically acclaimed, award-winning mystery debut introduces readers to captivating investigative analyst Fredrika Bergman.
One mistake changes everything . . . In the middle of a rainy Swedish summer, a little girl is abducted from a crowded train. The nightmare is just beginning.

Billie is forced to leave the only home she's ever known when her mother decides they should move to a new house in a small town. Musty furniture and odd belongings fill the old, dilapidated building, the ghostly remains of its previous tenants - including two small glass figures, one boy and one girl. The neighbours and local community are hiding something, Billie can tell - a secret about the house, a secret of its past. Then Billie notices that the glass figures have moved when the house was empty. Soon after, a tiny handprint appears on a dusty table - the handprint of a small child. Billie is certain that they are being haunted. But her mother thinks Billie is making it up With the help of her new friend Aladdin, Billie desperately tries to uncover the house's dark, tragic history . . . leading her closer to the chilling truth.

They thought ghosts didn't exist . . . But when Aladdin's parents discover food is being stolen from their restaurant, he and his friends decide to investigate. Soon, Aladdin notices a strange boy - dressed in short trousers, despite the freezing cold. But as hard as he tries to catch him, the boy always disappears - leaving no tracks in the fresh snow. Before long, Aladdin and his friends are pulled into a web of secrets and history, treasure and crime. Can they uncover the mystery of the curious Silver Boy?