Secondo libro per noi, ma in effetti ottavo di questa serie che mi sta pian piano conquistando. Una storia piuttosto intrigante che ci porta alla scoperta di riti pagani legati alla mitologia norrena e che ci aprirà anche uno squarcio nel passato dell’investigatrice Louise Rick.
Una storia intrigante e avvincente che spiega anche qualcosa in più rispetto al precedente libro sulla vita della protagonista e di quanto alcuni eventi abbiano influito sulla sua vita. ( )

I read the previous book in this series last year and it was great to return to this series and to finally find out what really happened to Louise boyfriend Klaus 20 years ago when he allegedly killed himself. Louise Rick is an interesting character whose personal life has been affected deeply by Klaus suicide and in this case, with a missing boy must she confront old acquaintances of her and Klaus. In so will both she and those that she love risk danger because there are some secrets are people ready to kill to protect!

It's the case that really makes this book so intriguing because the missing boy is a member of an Asatru cult, people that worship Odin, Thor and the rest of the Nordic Gods. It was quite interesting, especially since I have always had an interest in Nordic mythology and to read about people that have returned to the old ways with blot (sacrificial feast) was fascinating. Well, it would have been even better if they didn't seem to use the cult to do bad things.

I enjoyed this book, just as much as I enjoyed the previous book. I do want to read the previous six book so that I can get to know Louise more and to learn more about her and Camilla and the rest of the characters in the book. And, I want to read the next book in the series now that she has finally put the past to rest and moved on. What's next for her and family? ( )

Jag har gillat serien om Louise Rick. Välskrivet, trovärdigt och aktuella teman. ( )

Following an extended leave, Louise Rick returns to work at the Special Search Agency, an elite unit of the National Police Department. She's assigned a case involving a fifteen-year-old who vanished a week earlier. When Louise realizes that the missing teenager is the son of a butcher from Hvalsoe, she seizes the opportunity to combine the search for the teen with her personal investigation of her boyfriend's long-ago death. As she moves through the small town's cramped network of deadly connections, Louise unearths toxic truths left unspoken and dangerous secrets.

The storyline was interesting but I think the characters needed more development. I never grew to care about any of them and didn’t get drawn into the story. This was translated and perhaps it lost something in the translation. ( )

An interesting mystery that involves the Asatro religion, a revival of worship of the pre-Christian gods of the region. However, in this isolated village, the local group has taken an nasty turn, becoming a cult from which it is impossible to escape. The initiation of a fifteen year old turns ugly and he flees into the woods. Weeks later detective Louise Rick is assigned the case. It turns out that Hvalso is the village where she grew up and where her fiance committed suicide days after their engagement. Inevitably his death is connected to the boy's disappearance and other mysteries in the area. ( )