The Boy In The Suitcase - Softcover

Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife and mother of two, is trying to live a quiet life. The last thing her husband wants is for her to go running off on another dangerous mission to help illegal refugees. But when Nina's estranged friend Karin leaves Nina a key to a public locker in a Copenhagen train station and begs her to take care of its contents. Nina gets drawn into a brutally violent underworld. Inside the suitcase is a three-year-old boy: naked, drugged, but alive. Nina tries to find out who the boy is, but when Karin is murdered, their lives are threatened too. ''Soho is known for high-quality crime fiction set around the globe, so it's no surprise that this gripping Danish thriller kept me turning pages while its poignant characters lodged in my heart. Denmark has never looked so sinister!'' Denise Hamilton, Edgar-winning author of the Eve Diamond series, The Last Embrace and Damage Control

''Stunning. Hooked me from the beginning. The Danish bourgeoisie and the criminal underworld collide in a moving, fast-paced thriller with psychological depth.'' Cara Black, bestselling author of Murder in the Marais

''Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnette Friis have created a dark shimmering gem of a crime thriller in The Boy in the Suitcase. Using the reliable skills we ve come to expect from their Nordic brethren clean tight prose, recognizably human characters, a fierce social conscience and airtight plotting they ve fashioned as engaging a story as you re going to read anytime soon. The pages blur you read them so quickly, and yet the wallop to your mind and heart is real and deep. There must be something in the water up there for which we should all be profoundly grateful.'' David Corbett, Edgar-nominated author of Do They Know I m Running?

''A must for Scandinavian crime fiction aficionados'' Library Journal, Starred Review

''Among the best crime novels of the year.... marks Kaaberbol and Friis as serious talents to be reckoned with, ready to be discovered by an American audience.'' Publishers Marketplace

''Stieg Larsson fans will find a lot to like in The Boy in the Suitcase ... [Nina Borg] will strike many, particularly female readers, as a more appealing version of Lisbeth Salander'' Publishers Weekly

''This past-paced, suspenseful thriller intertwines several stories, gradually revealing the motivations of multiple characters and building tremendous suspense. The novel should be recommended to anyone who enjoys Asa Larsson s Rebecka Martinsson series and, especially, Christian Jungersen s The Exception (2007), another Danish thriller focused on a group of female characters.'' Booklist

''This is a thrilling and most urgent novel reflecting a terrifying reality.'' Maj Sjowall, bestselling co-author of the Martin Beck series

''Warning! If you open this book, your life will be on stand-by.'' Elle (Denmark)

''The first in a series of mysteries from Denmark is a highly emotional story of secrets and bad decisions. It is also about women: desperate, scared women; women who refuse to look at choices they ve made; and most of all, a very determined, brave woman who has to get involved in the lives of others. It starts with a series of short chapters from the viewpoints of seemingly unconnected characters. The writing is sparse, never telling the readers more than they must know at the moment and the action and emotion are continuous. The surprise ending is perfect. You won t be able to put this down.'' Romantic Times

Lene Kaaberbøl has sold more than two million books worldwide as a fantasy writer. Her collaborator, Agnete Friis, is a children s writer. The bestselling Nina Borg series has been translated into nine languages and was a finalist for the coveted Scandinavian Glass Key Crime Fiction Award.