Could it actually be pure coincidence for two people to disappear from the same family at the same address in the space of twenty-four hours? And for the one to have absolutely nothing to do with the other?It's December in the quiet Swedish town of Kymlinge, and the Hermansson family have gathered for a big birthday celebration. But beneath the guise of happy festivities, tensions are running high, and it's not long before the night takes a dark and unexpected turn . . .Before the weekend is over, two members of the Hermansson family are missing, and it's up to Inspector Barbarotti - a detective who spends as much of his time debating the existence of God as he does solving cases - to determine exactly what happened on that darkest day, and unravel a web of sinister family secrets in the process . . .'A thrillingly complex case' Sunday Times'Told with wry humour and compassion, Nesser has four more Barbarotti stories to come - cherish them all' Daily Mail

A dysfunctional family go into meltdown when two members go missing one snowy night.