The Shadow in the Water

by Inger Frimansson

Book Overview

Justine Dalvik is back. Six years have passed since Justine Dalvik killed a couple of tormentors, her life has since then taken a calmer direction and the risk for being discovered should be over. However, the past threatens to catch up with her. In her nightmares, Justine sees the dead body of Berit coming up to the surface of the water of M laren. Meanwhile, friends and relatives of Berit have started to dig into the past. Also, a stubborn policeman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929355440
• ISBN13: 9781929355440
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Caravel Mystery Books
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Definite Ending

About six years after the disappearance of Berit, a 40-ish mother of two living in a small town near Stockholm [in the author's prior book, "Good Night My Darling"], life goes on. The reader knows that she was murdered by Justine, of whom she was one of several girlhood tormentors. Enough time has passed and the likelihood of her discovery as the culprit should be de minimus, especially since the body was never found. Meanwhile, Justine, to some degree, has settled down, formed a new romantic relationship, but there remains the threat that her past will catch up. Now, friends and relatives begin raising questions about Berit, and a policeman begins a new inquiry. The novel is really a study of the various personalities inhabiting it. And they are a fascinating lot. And while there seems no relationship to each other or the central mystery surrounding Justine, such connections develop subtly. "The Shadow in the Water" won the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award for Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year in 1998. It now appears here in an excellent translation by Laura A. Wideberg. Written with a broad stroke, the story is incisive. Recommended.