En riktigt dålig bok ifrån en författare som i vanliga fall skriver mycket bra böcker. ( )

This novel is narrated from the point of view of Jan, a young man who is a child care worker. He is seeking employment at a nursery school which is part of a mental institution in which are housed some of Sweden's most violent insane criminals. While the nursery school is not located on the grounds of the institution, it is connected to the institution by an underground tunnel leading to a basement with an elevator up into the premises of the institution. The nursery school/day care is attended by children of the inmates, and they are brought to visit their parents through this tunnel.

From the beginning, we can see that Jan is a competent and caring caregiver. However, from the beginning we can also see that there are some questionable events in his past. We know he is interested in the job at the nursery because of his obsession with a singer who is reportedly an inmate at the institution. We also know that there was an incident in his past when a child under his care went missing. As he begins work, we also learn that some of his coworkers have hidden reasons of their own for working at the nursery school.

This was an interesting read, and well-written, but I wouldn't call it top-notch Scandi-crime. It was competently plotted, although perhaps a little long, and internally cohesive (it all made sense in the end). It just wasn't compelling. ( )

Förskolepedagogen Jan Hauger börjar arbeta på en förskola som ligger brevid Sankta Patricias murar. Sankta Patricia är ett mentalsjukhus där farliga brottslingar vårdas. Barnen som går på förskolan intill är barn till patienterna på mentalsjukhuset. Jan Hauger får följa med barnen genom underjordiska gångar för att hälsa på sina föräldrar på sjukhuset. Vad ingen vet är att Jan har börjat arbeta på just denna förskola för att han en av patienterna på sjukhuset vid namn Alice Rami som han varit förtjust i sen tonåren. Jag tycker att boken var väldigt spännande från början till slut och hade svårt att sluta läsa den. ( )

Bra spänning men alldeles för osannolik. ( )

En riktigt dålig bok ifrån en författare som i vanliga fall skriver mycket bra böcker. ( )