I'm really glad my bookclub read this. While I watch mini-series with these kinds of plots, they're not the kind of books I read.

This book is really tropey and my reading experience was most comparable to reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, but that may also be the fact that I don't have other north European thrillers under my belt to compare it to. The writing itself was stunning and really conveyed the atmosphere. It was clear that the author writes for tv, and the book definitely felt like some of type of miniseries I enjoy.

The book itself is extremely brutal. Content warning for multiple and horrific instances of child abuse, gore (on the level of some of the bad bad criminal minds episodes), and blatant misogyny that's present in the characters and narration. These things are not danced around at all so exercise caution in picking up this book. That said, if you "enjoy" twisted stories of tracking a psychopath (again, a la criminal minds), this is a great and engrossing read I would readily recommend. 4 stars.