This is the second book in the Detective Konrad series, from the Crime King of Iceland.
An elderly couple are worried about their granddaughter. They know she's been smuggling drugs, and now she's gone missing.
Looking for help, they turn to Konrad, a former policeman whose reputation precedes him. Always absent-minded, he constantly ruminates on the fate of his father, who was stabbed to death decades ago.
But digging into the past reveals much more than anyone set out to discover, and a little girl who drowned in the Reykjavik city pond unexpectedly captures everyone's attention.
A brilliant, chilling tale of broken dreams and children who have nowhere to turn.
