The Midnight Witness

"Intreprid Danish police detective Louise Rick is back on the job" to solve a double in this international bestselling Scandinavian crime thriller (New York Times Book Review).

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.


"Crime-writer superstar Sara Blaedel's great skill is in weaving a heartbreaking social history into an edge-of-your-chair thriller while at the same time creating a detective who's as emotionally rich and real as a close friend." —Oprah.com

"Blaedel delivers another solid story with a surprise twist ending. Recommended for fans of . . . Kjell Eriksson, Camilla Lackberg, and Mari Jungstedt." ―Library Journal

"The Louise Rick novels are must-reads for fans of Scandinavia's female police detectives." ―Booklist

"Sara Blaedel knows how to reel in her readers and keep them utterly transfixed." ―Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of I Know a Secret

"One of the best I've come across." —Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Ballard and Bosch series