NORDGRENZE - The Unknown Child ebook

His mother thinks he's in Denmark. The Swedish police find him alone by the road. Eight-year-old Noah is cold, frightened and a long way from home when a Swedish patrol finds him at a bus shelter. No one has reported him missing. When a woman is found dead beside a lake, German investigator Hella Warnke and her Swedish colleague Lasse Karlsson begin to trace the journey that brought Noah to Sweden. Their enquiries lead to a family divided over where the boy belongs. The people who arranged the trip insist they wanted what was best for him. Hella and Lasse must establish what each of them knew, how their accounts fit together and how the woman's death is connected to a supposed family holiday. Set between Lübeck and the forests of northern Sweden, The Unknown Child follows a careful investigation into family loyalty and the harm done when adults decide a child's future for him. Book 2 in the Nordgrenze series. A self-contained case that can be read on its own.