The Lost Boy: Book 7 [Mass Market Paperback] Camilla Lackberg

A child's skeleton is found buried behind a summer cottage in the Swedish fishing village of Fjällbacka. The case drags detective Patrica Eriksson back into a decades-old disappearance — a five-year-old boy who vanished without a trace. As the investigation deepens, it collides with a present-day family torn apart by secrets, resentment, and the kind of buried trauma that festers across generations. Läckberg weaves multiple timelines with surgical precision, building tension through small-town claustrophobia and the weight of things left unsaid. This is Scandinavian crime at its most atmospheric: cold coastal landscapes, domestic darkness, and the slow unraveling of carefully maintained lies. The seventh in the Fjällbacka series, but it stands alone well enough if you're jumping in mid-stream. For fans of Tana French's character-driven mysteries or anyone who wants their Nordic noir served with genuine psychological depth.