(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

1987. Nete Rosen thought she'd put her traumatic childhood behind her. Caring foster parents and then a loving husband gave her a new start in life. But one night a man from her past reappears, destroying Nete's confidence - and her life. Drawn back into a terrible nightmare, she won't be a victim again . . .
2010. Detective Carl Morck and his cold case team are looking into the case of Rita Nielsen, owner of an escort agency who vanished twenty-three years ago. As they begin poking around into Rita's past they uncover evidence of other disappearances at the same time. It's not one missing person case - but several.
Soon Carl and his team find that powerful and ruthless people are upset by their investigation. Either, they stop now, or they will find themselves stopped - for good.

This is the 4th book in the excellent 'Department Q' series.

This is one of the best Nordic crime novels I have read. It gives me pretty much everything I want from a crime novel:

Great characters (Carl is fantastic!)
A solid plot, mixed with a fine balance of sub-plots that keep the pages ticking over.
Descriptive passages are kept to a minimum, which keeps the story flowing.
Plot twists that weren't beyond the realms of possibility (as some books do...)
A well-handled back-and-forth time frame. That worked really well for me...

I will definitely be going back and reading through these books again. I do enjoy great crime writing...


Paul
ARH