The Cuckoo
Detective Patrik Hedström and Erica Falck are back, in an irresistible Scandi crime thriller for fans of Jo Nesbo and Lars Kepler.
A community torn apart
As a heavy mist rolls into the Swedish coastal town of Fjällbacka, shocking violence shakes the small community to its core. Rolf Stenklo, a famous photographer, is found murdered in his gallery. Two days later, a brutal tragedy on a private island leaves the prestigious Bauer family devastated.
A town full of secrets
With his boss acting strangely, Detective Patrik Hedström is left to lead the investigation. Tensions rise threatening cracks in the team of officers at Tanumshede police station and pressure mounts as the press demand answers.
A reckoning in blood
In pursuit of inspiration for her next true-crime book, Patrik’s wife Erica Falck leaves behind their three children and travels to Stockholm to research the unsolved decades-old murder of a figure from Rolf’s past. As Erica searches for the truth, she realizes that her mystery is connected to Patrik’s case. These threads from the past are woven into the present and old sins leave behind long shadows.
Praise for Camilla Lackberg: -
”'A sexy, sensational novel with intoxicating vengeance and an unexpected tenderness - The Golden Cage is tensely and skillfully drawn” - Karin Slaughter
”'Lackberg’s new embrace of a terrifying revenge scenario furnishes visceral psychological crime.” - Financial Times
”'The Golden Cage is a twisting, brutal tale of betrayal and revenge. Lackberg paints a vivid portrait of a dark and complicated anti-heroine who is both the abused and abuser, victim and victimizer. A chilling, timely read sure to thrill her international legion of fans!” - Lisa Unger,
New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Inside -
”'A wonderful, take-no-prisoners mashup of Gone Girl, Billions, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” - Chris Bohjalian, New York Times best-selling author of The Flight Attendant and The Red Lotus
”'Camilla Läckberg is a master of psychological suspense: she grabbed me by the throat with this sharply written, wildly entertaining tale of wealth, power and revenge and kept me up straight through the night” - Cristina Alger, New York Times best-selling author of Girls Like Us
”'Domesticity and brutality are Lackberg staples… Tightly plotted… Unflinching” - Sunday Times
”'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
”'A top-class Scandinavian crime writer” - The Times
”'The rock star of Nordic Noir” - Independent
”'Lackberg is an expert at mixing scenes of domestic cosiness with blood-curdling horror” - Guardian
”'Both chilling and thrilling” - Sun
”'A satisfying and counterintuitive clash between the cosy and gruesome strands of the genre” - Guardian