A local woman is killed in a tragic car crash, but while the victim’s blood contains high alcohol levels, she rarely drank a drop. Meanwhile, a reality TV show begins shooting in Fjällbacka, and as cameras shadow the stars’ every move, tempers flare. When a drunken party ends with an unpopular contestant’s murder, all eyes turn to the cast and crew. Could there be a murderer among them? The ratings spike as the country tunes in to a real life murder mystery. Detective Patrik Hedstrom finds himself increasingly unable to focus on the strange circumstances of the first case, but what if that holds the key to a series of other unsolved cases across Sweden? Under the unforgiving media spotlight, Patrik tackles his most challenging investigation yet.
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"A very good whodunit. The ending revealing the serial killer really took me by surprise. Throughout the exhaustive investigation, Erica is Patrik's rock. Author Camilla Lackberg knows how to economize language. Her characters come to life. In many ways reading " The Strangers" is like watching a movie thriller."
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John McGowan (4 out of 5 stars)