Translated by Marlaine Delargy.
The splendour of the Swedish mountains becomes the backdrop for a bone-chilling crime.
On the day Stockholm police officer Hanna Ahlander’s personal and professional lives crash, she takes refuge at her sister’s lodge in the Swedish ski resort paradise of Åre. But it’s a brief comfort. The entire village is shaken by the sudden vanishing of a local teenage girl. Hanna can’t help but investigate, and while searching for the missing person, she lands a job with the local police department. There she joins forces with Detective Inspector Daniel Lindskog, who has been tasked with finding the girl. Their only lead: a scarf in the snow.
As sub-zero temperatures drop even further, a treacherous blizzard sweeps toward Åre. Hanna and Daniel’s investigation is getting more desperate by the hour. Lost or abducted, either way time is running out for the missing girl. Each new clue closes in on something far more sinister than either Hanna or Daniel imagined. In this devious novel by the bestselling author of the Sandhamn Murders series, discover what it will take to solve a case when the truth can be so easily hidden in the coming storm.
Published 1st December 2022 by Amazon Crossing.
From the cover of the book:
On the day Stockholm police officer Hanna Ahlander’s personal and professional lives crash, she takes refuge at her sister’s lodge in the Swedish ski resort paradise of Åre. But it’s a brief comfort. The entire village is shaken by the sudden vanishing of a local teenage girl. Hanna can’t help but investigate, and while searching for the missing person, she lands a job with the local police department. There she joins forces with Detective Inspector Daniel Lindskog, who has been tasked with finding the girl. Their only lead: a scarf in the snow.
As sub-zero temperatures drop even further, a treacherous blizzard sweeps toward Åre. Hanna and Daniel’s investigation is getting more desperate by the hour. Lost or abducted, either way time is running out for the missing girl. Each new clue closes in on something far more sinister than either Hanna or Daniel imagined. In this devious novel by the bestselling author of the Sandhamn Murders series, discover what it will take to solve a case when the truth can be so easily hidden in the coming storm.
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Stockholm police officer Hannah Ahlander has the worst day of her life when her personal and professional lives come crashing down at the same time. She heads for her sister's swanky lodge, in the Swedish ski resort of Åre, to reflect on how her life has become such a train wreck.
Hannah is consumed by her problems, but she gradually becomes aware that Åre itself is also in turmoil, as a local teenager has gone missing on St Lucia's night. Hannah finds herself being drawn into the search for the 18 year old girl, believing her specialist knowledge about domestic violence could help. DI Daniel Lindskog is in charge of the case. Recognising Hannah will be an asset, he arranges for her to join the investigation.
As the weather worsens, Daniel and Hannah set to work on a case that becomes increasingly more sinister...
This is the first book in the Åre Murders series by best-selling Scandinavian author, Viveca Sten. Having seen the gripping tv adaptation of this one (The Åre Murders, on Netflix), I was delighted to find the book series available as KU books, with audio versions too, narrated by Laura Jennings. This is a snowy thriller series right up my street!
With her life in tatters, Hannah arrives in Åre to wallow in her sorrows, but the case of a missing girl pulls her out of herself, and has her regaining confidence in her abilities.
The story flips between the narratives of Hannah, Daniel, and characters related to the investigation, and little pieces of the mystery come together in a delicious slow burn.
Sten delves into the personal lives of Hannah and Daniel in parallel to the case, particularly when it comes to their backgrounds, and the difficulties that come with reconciling their home and professional lives. Hannah's dedication to achieving justice in domestic violence cases is explored in detail. The emotional wrangling of other characters related to the missing girl adds nicely to the story too. And the twists are to die for!
I thoroughly enjoyed this tense, icy thriller, and cannot wait for book 2, Hidden in Shadows!
Hidden in Snow is available to buy now in paperback, ebook and audio formats.
About the author:
Since 2008, her books have sold more than 7,5 million copiesworl-wide and the tv-adaptation has reached more than 100 million tv-viewers around the globe, establishing her as one of Scandinavia’s most popular authors.
Her new exciting crime series, The Åre Murders, is set in the Swedish ski resort Åre, where the splendor of the Swedish mountains becomes the backdrop for bone-chilling crimes. Viveca lives in Stockholm with her husband and three children, but she alternates between Sandhamn in the summer and Åre in the winter time.
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