Weeping Girl, Paperback

The bestselling Swedish crime writer's latest paperback opens as a community is left reeling after a teacher is convicted of murdering his female pupil, Winnie Mass, who is believed to have been pregnant with his child. When on her 18th birthday, Mikaela finally learns the terrible truth about her father she embarks on a search for the truth, but soon after she inexplicably vanishes. This is a case for Ewa Moreno, protege of Chief Inspector Van Veeteren of the Maardam Police, who stars in Nesser's new novel, The Stranglers' Honeymoon, also published this month.