Title: The Girl in the Photo
Author: Heidi Amsinck
Publisher: Muswell Press
Pages: 384
My GoodReads Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
The book is set in Copenhagen in March, year unknown, continues for two weeks in March, then jumps time to April.
DI Henrik Jungersen begins work on a case involving the brutal killing of an old woman, Irene Valborg. The body is found two weeks later in an extreme state of decomposition.
Close on the heels of this murder, he comes to know of the brutal killing of another old man, and then of a near-fatal attack on a dementia patient in a care home. In all three instances, he finds the photos of a young teenage girl.
His superiors believe that there is no link between the three cases, but Jungersen strongly believes there is. The case, however, is not the only thing bothering him. He is also suffering on the home front, with his wife having asked him to leave the house on coming to know of his affair with Jensen, a journalist, who is also conducting some parallel investigations of her own.
The novel is written in the 3rd person past tense PoV of Jungersen and Jensen in alternate chapters.
I enjoyed the writing, but not the resolution of the book. It was obvious from the beginning, but neither of the main characters thought of it. I also thought the end was wrapped up too fast.
Since this is part of a series, not all the subplots find closure. The issue relating to Jungersen’s marriage is resolved, as also the subplot relating to a scandal at Gustav’s school, but the suicide of Carsten, a bankrupt man, is carried over to the next book.
What I found strange was that the series goes by Jensen’s name, but there was altogether too much information about Jungersen.
(I read this book on NetGalley. Thank you to the author, the publisher and NetGalley.)
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