English language
Published Nov. 21, 2011
The Hidden Child (Swedish: Tyskungen) is a novel written by Swedish writer Camilla Läckberg. Crime writer Erika Falck, wife of Detective Patrik Hedström, is shocked to discover a Nazi medal wrapped inside a child's dress stained with blood, and a wartime diary among her late mother's possessions dating from the World War II era. Haunted by childhood memories of a cold, detached mother, she decides to investigate, unwittingly endangering her husband and newborn baby.