The Cuckoo
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From No. 1 international bestseller Camilla Lackberg's comes a gripping new thriller featuring Detective Patrik Hedström and Erica Falck - irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. Two terrible events, without obvious connection, shake Fjällbacka to its core. A famous photographer is found brutally murdered in a showroom. Henning Bauer, the Nobel prize winner in literature, suffers from a violent act on the small island where he is writing the 10th book in his world famous series. While Patrik Hedström and his colleagues at Tanumshede police station struggle to investigate the cases, Erica Falck researches a murder on a trans man in Stockholm in the 1980's. She slowly realizes that the threads from the past are connected to the present time, and that old sins leave long shadows behind.
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11 primary books12 released books#11 in Fjällbacka
Fjällbacka is a 12-book series with 11 released primary works first released in 2003 with contributions by Camilla Läckberg.
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The Cuckoo marks the welcome return to the coastal town of Fjällbacka, and two of its residents, Patrik and Erica.
Patrik finds himself investigating the murders of Rolf, a photographer, and those of Peter and his young sons Max and William.
Erica meanwhile, is looking into the unsolved murder of a trans woman and her young daughter in Stockholm in 1980, with a view to writing a book about it. It soon becomes clear that there is a link between Patrik's cases and the cold case.
The story is slow to begin with, but as soon as the murders begin, the pace quickens.
There are lots of plot twists, but despite these I had figured out whodunnit before the big reveal.
A dark, gripping read.
