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The picturesque Fjällbacka has faced tragedies in the past, but nothing has shocked it as much as the body of a small girl in a fisherman's nets. The results of the autopsy are shocking – this is not an accident.
Inspector Patrick Hedström, who has just become a father, takes on the sad task of discovering who is behind the orchestrated murder of a child whom both he and his partner Erika knew very well. He knows that the answer lies in why. However, he does not realize that this case will lead him to a dive into the dark core of Fjällbacka and the city's past, a retrospective that will forever shatter its idyllic facade.
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A heartbreaking image of the untamed female soul, captivating and simultaneously unexpected. Independent
Leckberg is excellent in capturing the claustrophobic community where everyone knows each other while the police may even be friends with the murderers. Times
This book is an unexpected pleasure... Gripping and unsettling – you won't want to put it down. News of the World
The interplay between the actions of law enforcement and the lives of the characters living in the small town is captivating and utterly realistic. www.eurocrime.co.uk
You will have thrilling moments trying to predict how the literally skyrocketing plot will develop. Cosmopolitan
The best book by Leckberg to date. Bohuslänningen
Her two previous books, The Frozen Princess and The Preacher, were thrilling and well-written. But I must confess that in Family Secrets she perfects her style and crystallizes her authorial identity. Örnsköldsviks Allehanda
(…) On one level, the novel addresses what it means to be a parent and the upheaval of daily life that comes with raising children. But on a deeper level, this novel poses the question: Heredity or environment? Will the children repeat their parents' mistakes? A trace of social determinism is evident, but fortunately, there are exceptions.
There is also the issue of depicting evil and guilt in the book. The example of evil is linked to descending the social ladder. When someone is forced to descend the stairs of society to the harsh reality of the proletariat, such hatred is unleashed that all moral inhibitions disappear, according to Leckberg's book. And just the hint of impending social disintegration, both in the 1920s and in our times, can awaken monstrous qualities in people, provoking a regression to earlier phases of existence. Magnus Persson, Svenska Dagbladet (Sweden)
Three novels – three successes. First, The Frozen Princess, second, The Preacher, and third, Family Secrets. Three detective novels with which Camilla Läckberg established her position in the crime elite of Sweden and promised similar continuity. A book by Camilla is guaranteed to be thrilling. Eskilstuna-Kuriren (Sweden)
