If
you’re a fan of Nordic noir and read The Boy in
the Suitcase, you’ll want to follow up with this
latest novel by the talented Danish duo.
In a
deserted Soviet military hospital in Hungary, two gypsy boys
search for odds and ends they can sell for a little money.
When they stumble upon something, which has value far beyond
what they could ever imagine, the two youngsters set off a
chain of events that will have serious repercussions.
Thousands
of miles away in Copenhagen, Denmark, Red Cross nurse Nina
Borg visits a band of Hungarian gypsies suffering from a strange
illness. Placing her own life on the line, Nina wants to find
out what is making these people so sick. What she stumbles
into is a predicament that has exceedingly dire ramifications
and places many people at risk.
Their
first novel was praised as a “frightening and tautly
told story” and said to pack “an almighty punch.”
Rest assured, this sequel is just as good, if not better!
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