2024
Nine-year-old Eivind is kidnapped by a woman in the middle of Sandefjord city center, the same day that 17-year-old Tobias disappears during a bike ride in Kodal. Police chief Håkon Haakonsen initially focuses on Eivind’s disappearance. Who would kidnap a nine-year-old boy? As he begins to suspect that the kidnapper is the boy's half-sister, Mari, who disappeared many years ago, things become even more perplexing. Why has she returned and taken her little brother with her? When Tobias's bicycle is found, Håkon realizes that Tobias did not disappear voluntarily either. Something has happened to him, but there are no clues. Amid the chaos, Håkon also gets a murder case. Are the three cases connected?
This is the final book in the Kodal trilogy, the start of the Håkon Haakonsen-serie. . Each book can be read as a standalone, but we meet the same people in different roles throughout the series. In this last book, the threads lead back to Mari, who disappeared in Lille Linerle (Little Wagtail).
A real high point. Myriam H. Bjerkli's new crime novel has pace and tension, and it’s more entertaining than most of what I’ve read in the past few months.
It’s a novel that was almost impossible to put down once I started reading, It is a deep dive into the human mind and its evil. Raw, brutal, and intensely told. So intense that I was completely drained after finishing it. This is a novel that stays with you long after you’ve finished reading.
You are thrown right into the action, in true Harlan Coben style. The book has a nerve that you only find in the very best crime novels. It has a rock-solid plot, strong psychological insight, and sustain the tension from page to page, in what is a very compelling, action-driven crime story.
DJEVELENS YNGEL is an elegant psychological crime novel where the tension lies just as much in the human mind as in the plot itself. Events and destinies intertwine, and underlying secrets are slowly but surely brought to the surface. Bjerkli is an author who deserves more readers.
I’m a big fan of Myriam’s writing. The characters are well-described, as are the surroundings. It’s easy to follow the plot, and there isn’t too much happening at once. I hope a Danish publisher will take notice of Bjerkli, I believe everyone should have the pleasure of experiencing her stories.
Myriam H. Bjerkli
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