The serial murders of elders in Åre hide a blood-chilling motive in a riveting novel of suspense by the #1 internationally bestselling author of Hidden in Lies.

In Åre, a ninety-year-old home care patient is found dead in his bed. It’s assumed he passed away peacefully in his sleep. His daughter isn’t convinced. Neither is investigator Hanna Ahlander, who realizes something is amiss. Certain details aren’t adding up to death by natural causes.

When Hanna shares her concerns with her longtime colleague Daniel Lindskog, she’s immediately dismissed and met with uncharacteristic resistance. Daniel, Hanna’s closest collaborator, inexplicably goes cold, threatening what was once a solid partnership. Then, another elderly person dies under suspicious circumstances, and Hanna’s fears grow that a killer with an unfathomable motive is on the loose in the mountain village.

As professional and personal relationships are put to the test, Hanna’s investigation becomes increasingly demanding. She can’t do this alone, and time is running out. She and Daniel must find their way back to each other and bridge a sudden and troubling distance between them before more lives are lost.

© 2024, 2026 by Viveca Sten, all rights reserved. Translation © 2026 by Marlaine Delargy.

<p>Viveca Sten is the author of <i>Hidden in Snow</i>, <i>Hidden in Shadows</i>, <i>Hidden in Memories</i>, <i>Hidden in Lies</i>, and <i>Hidden in Mercy</i> in the Åre Murders series—which has been adapted into a runaway #1 hit series on Netflix—and <i>Buried in Secret</i>, <i>In Bad Company</i>, <i>In the Name of Truth</i>, <i>In the Shadow of Power</i>, <i>In Harm’s Way</i>, <i>In the Heat of the Moment</i>, <i>Tonight You’re Dead</i>, <i>Guiltless</i>, <i>Closed Circles</i>, and <i>Still Waters</i> in the #1 internationally bestselling Sandhamn Murders series. Her books have sold more than ten million copies, and the Sandhamn Murders series has been adapted into a Swedish-language TV series seen by an estimated one hundred million viewers around the world, in close to a hundred countries. Today, Viveca divides her time between Stockholm, Sandhamn, and Åre. For more information, visit www.vivecasten.com.</p><p>Marlaine Delargy lives in Shropshire in the United Kingdom. She studied Swedish and German at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and she taught German for almost twenty years. She has translated many novelists, including Kristina Ohlsson, Helene Tursten, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Therese Bohman, Theodor Kallifatides, Johan Theorin, with whom she won the Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger in 2010, and Henning Mankell, with whom she won the Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger in 2018. Marlaine has also translated nine books in Viveca Sten’s Sandhamn Murders series, and <i>Hidden in Snow</i>, <i>Hidden in Shadows</i>, <i>Hidden in Memories</i>, and <i>Hidden in Lies</i> in Sten’s Åre Murders series.</p>