MYSTERY

Invisible Murder

by Lene Kaaberbøl
. October 2012. 352p. 978-1-61695-170-2. 25.
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Kaaberbøl and Friis return with a riveting follow-up to their 2011 debut, The Boy in the Suitcase. A crusading Red Cross nurse and mother of two, Nina Borg treats a group of violently ill Roma refugees living in a Copenhagen hovel, defying her husband’s request not to put the welfare of others above that of her own children. When Nina herself falls ill, she receives a chilling diagnosis: radiation sickness. Meanwhile, cautious Budapest law student Sandor Horvath searches for his half brother, a Roma teenager looking to sell deadly goods on the Danish black market, a quest that draws the attention of Danish intelligence agencies. Sandor soon faces a more serious danger—one that threatens not only his life but the lives of Nina’s daughter and countless others as well.
VERDICT Nina and Sandor are flawed but appealing characters, and their stories smoothly connect in the buildup to a pulse-pounding finale. With its intricate plot and revealing glimpses into Roma life, this assured thriller cements its authors’ places near the top of the Scandinavian crime fiction pantheon.
Reviewed by Sue White , Oct 01, 2012
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