Den tavse enke - Sara Blædel

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Title: Den tavse enke (Louise Rick #11) (The Silent Widow)
Author: Sara Blædel
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 3.5/5
# pages: 352
Date read: January, 2022

After a long leave of absence, Louise Rick is back at work as leader of the newly created travel unit. The police of Funen has called for assistance after a female inn keeper was killed, and Louise gets to meet her team for the first time.

The crime scene didn't leave the local police with many clues, but when Louise starts a thorough search of the inn, they find something that in no way fits in with the case at hand. Much against her wishes, Louise has to contact Eik Nordstrøm again. The two of them haven't seen each other since their relationship broke apart, but she needs his skills.


I can't quite explain why, but the atmosphere somehow seemed off. I still enjoyed reading about Louise Rick, but her interactions with... well, pretty much everybody else actually, seemed stilted and forced - as if Sara has gotten tired of writing about them.

She's still a really good writer though, so once I got properly into the book, I had a hard time putting it down.