![]() ![]() She also has a condition, alexithymia, which means she can’t form the usual mother daughter bond and is unable empathise with Alice or feel emotions. Mila has a child, Alice and that in itself is a story that feeds into this novel. Mila Vasquez is trying to live her life and forget she was ever a cop and the terrible things she went through on her last case. Blood in car indicates they have their man. Inside is a naked man, his body covered in tattoos, numbers. Then an anonymous call points the police towards an abandoned car at a disused warehouse. A thorough examination of the scene nets few clues. The house is drenched in blood but there is no sign of the family. The police promise to send a car but there’s a storm raging and it’s not until the morning that officers arrive. While her husband, Karl, goes to talk to the man, Frida and the two children shelter inside. There’s a man outside the Anderson family home. Just before 8pm, a woman rings the police from a remote farm house. There isn’t much psychological depth but you will be second guessing the shadows as you go to bed after putting the book down. It’s deliciously entertaining but also unsophisticated. This is a story in which the fog engulfs you, the fear sends shivers down your spine and the sense of anticipation is almost unbearable. Now The Whisperer of that first novel is back, his game as diabolical, cunning and deadly as ever. ![]() It’s a decade since his debut, The Whisperer, which terrified readers across the continent. Translated by Katherine Gregor - Hot on the heels of The Mirror Man by Lars Kepler comes a very different but equally chilling serial killer thriller from Italian maestro Donato Carrisi. ![]()
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