The Midnight Witness
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- 55,00 kr
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- 55,00 kr
Publisher Description
Rookie homicide detective Louise Rick makes her debut in this thrilling #1 international bestseller that launched 3 million copy bestselling writer Sara Blaedel's incredible career.
A young woman is found strangled in a park, and a male journalist has been killed in the backyard of the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen.
Detective Louise Rick is put on the case of the young girl, but very soon becomes entangled in solving the other homicide too when it turns out her best friend, journalist Camilla Lind, knew the murdered man. Louise tries to keep her friend from getting too involved, but Camilla's never been one to miss out on an interesting story. And this time, Camilla may have gone too far...
Emotionally riveting and filled with unexpected twists, The Midnight Witness is a tour-de-force from international phenomenon Sara Blaedel.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Early in Blaedel's middling seventh Louise Rick mystery to be published in the U.S. (after The Lost Women), Louise's best friend, crime reporter Camilla Lind, calls to tell her that Karoline Wissinge, a 23-year-old nurse, was found strangled in a Copenhagen park. A distraught, exhausted Louise already knows about this murder, having spent the night before with the victim's parents. Camilla also tells her of the death of fellow journalist Frank S rensen, whose body was found in a hotel parking lot. The two homicide cases provide the procedural backdrop for the emotional trials both women endure to function in worlds still dominated by men. Louise, the only woman on the police homicide team, rebels against office politics and her superior's prioritization of Frank's murder over Karoline's. Camilla clashes with her male boss, who sidelines her and dictates her approach to stories. Readers will relate to the women's travails, but Blaedel overdoes the social-cum-feminist commentary on Copenhagen's urban crime scene as the predictable plot lurches to its telegraphed ending.
