The Shadow Lily
A Novel
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
"Elegant, gripping, and intricate, The Shadow Lily is a mystery the way P.D. James wrote mysteries: with depth and real humanity. I loved spending time with Detective Hanna Duncker on an island off the coast of Sweden---Oland is as chilling and atmospheric as Ann Cleeves's Shetland." —Flynn Berry, author of the New York Times Bestseller Northern Spy
It’s a race against time as an island searches for a murderer and a missing child
Small-town police detective Hanna Duncker has a past. Her deceased father was convicted of murder and arson long ago, and she has taken up residence and resumed her police career in her hometown after his death. She and her partner Erik Lindgren are called to investigate the disappearance of a father and his infant son from their home while his wife was away on a weekend trip. As the investigation unfolds, Hanna makes a breakthrough in her ongoing private investigation of her father’s crimes: a discovery that could change everything she thought she'd learned so far.
In The Shadow Lily, Johanna Mo’s follow-up to The Night Singer, we find Hanna even further entangled in the web of relationships and partial truths that trapped her father for well over a decade. Are guilt and innocence as definite as they seem? And can she handle yet another unravelling of her family’s story?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set on the Swedish island of Öland, Mo's plodding sequel to 2020's The Night Singer follows police detective Hanna Duncker and her partner, Erik Lindgren, as they investigate the sudden disappearance of a troubled local, Thomas Ahlström, and his baby son, Hugo. Ahlström is eventually discovered to have been murdered, yet Hugo remains missing. Among the many suspects are Ahlström's daughter, Lykke, whom he abandoned in infancy; his ne'er-do-well friend, Mille Bergman; his suspicious real estate agency boss, Karl Friberg; and Friberg's nervous daughter, Selene. Intertwined with the story are Duncker's own troubles—in particular, her father's conviction of a murder she doesn't believe he committed. Meanwhile, Lindgren feels anxious about his Indian wife's return from her home country with their young child. Duncker and Lindgren, both admirable professionals, encounter a surfeit of false leads as they methodically go about their work. Some mystery readers will struggle to stay engaged, especially as unresolved backstories fill half the book. Fans of realistic, detail-oriented police procedurals will best appreciate this one.
