Meanwhile more children are disappearing.Ohlsson is only the second author of Scandicrime whose work I have enjoyed (after Stieg Larsson - reviews of his Millenium trilogy 1, 2, 3) - I struggled with Asa Larsson and have yet to get through more than 10 pages of a Jo Nesbo novel. Peder Rydh can't believe how Fredrika is favoured over proper policemen. Fredrika Bergman, civilian recruit, can't believe how stuck in their ways this crack team is. Only when none of the clues adds up does Alex Recht's special team start to look outside the custody box. Her mother, stuck at the previous station, alerts the authorities immediately, who assume it must be a custody row. 'A mother who didn't care at all must be worse than one who cared too much.'Little Lilian Sebastiansson vanishes from a crowded train in broad daylight, leaving only a pair of shoes.

Now on the trail of a ruthless murderer with a terrifying agenda, will Alex and Fredrika manage to put aside their differences and work together to find the killer, before it's too late?Ī true Scandinavian page-turner, Unwanted is packed with suspense, authentic police procedure and psychological depth Read more So when the missing child is found dead in the far north of Sweden, with the word UNWANTED scribbled on her forehead, the rule book is finally thrown out of the window. But none of the evidence adds up and young Investigative Analyst Fredrika Bergman is convinced the case is far more complex than her boss is prepared to admit. To Inspector Alex Recht of the Stockholm police, this looks like a classic custody row. But as the train pulled into Stockholm Central Station, the girl was nowhere to be seen. Her mother, left behind at the previous station, alerted the crew immediately. In the middle of a rainy Swedish summer, a little girl is abducted from a crowded train.ĭespite hundreds of potential witnesses, no one noticed when the girl was taken.

Unwanted by kristina ohlsson