The book is a logical continuation of the cycle “Hanna Lagerlind-Shön”. But the heroine from the cycle’s title dies in the previous book. Therefore, the cycle continues under the title “Girls and Darkness.” Incidentally, in Sweden this cycle was never called anything else.
A mysterious story steeped in the atmosphere of winter Sweden, where only the snow and cold waters of the Baltic Sea know the truth!
Maria Fougkaro lives happily in a large house on the outskirts of Stockholm with her little son Vincent, an ideal new husband Samir, and her stepdaughter—teenager Yasmin. But one day, the family idyll collapses.
On a freezing December night, Yasmin disappears without a trace. The investigation is taken up by detectives Gunnar Viik and Ann-Britt Svensson. Soon, the police arrest Samir on suspicion of murdering his daughter. Maria can’t believe it, but gradually doubts consume her… Didn’t he have conflicts with his daughter? Besides, witnesses confirm that they saw signs of physical violence on Yasmin. Could someone really kill their own child?