Review: Dissolved by Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo

Dissolved by Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo

Blurb from Goodreads:

Everything is peaceful in Tommerup, Denmark, until a young mother disappears in the middle of an idyllic summer day. There’s no trace of the missing woman when Chief Superintendent Liam Stark and Superintendent Dea Torp are called to investigate. The small town is on edge, rumors begin to fly, and blame is cast on Charlotte’s husband, who was the last to see her. When another person goes missing and Liam and Dea find a strange note linking the second missing person to the first crime, they suspect the disappearances may be the work of a serial killer. 

As the investigation continues, dark secrets about the victims from the past are revealed. Is someone targeting them because of this? As more people vanish, it’s a race against time for Liam and Dea, who find themselves face-to-face with horrifying footage that reveals what is happening to the victims—and what will happen to future targets if they can’t stop the killer.

In this pulse-pounding thriller, Sara Blædel and Mads Peder Nordbo ratchet up the tension in a cat-and-mouse game where the killer is always one step ahead.

My Review:

 

I usually love books of this genre but this one felt like a bad translation... the story was interesting but there were all sorts of characters and red herrings that detracted from the actual police procedure.  I would give this team of authors another chance since they are supposed to be great and maybe this just wasn't it.  Hope you have better luck!

Dissolved comes out next week on December 5, 2023, and you can purchase HERE.  

THE CAR DOOR window was rolled down halfway so he could listen for her. Small spots of morning sunlight were like drops of fire in the grass. It was burning, in the grass and in him. He had sat here before, sat right here in the car with his tea under these trees behind the athletic center's buildings, out of way of cameras and everyone's eyes. The garbage truck came on Mondays. The daycare workers came with their strollers and groups of toddling youngsters between 9:05 and 9:17. He had never seen them himself, but the little camera he had set up on the low addition behind him had captured everything for a whole year, and he knew what happened morning after morning down to the slightest detail. The camera had been taken down now, and he was ready.