Leichenschilf is the first volume in the Kristoffer Bark series. It took me a moment to 'warm up' to this crime thriller. I was particularly disturbed by the fate of Inspector Bark, which was more than obsessive and took up a lot of space, which made me feel at first how the protagonists and the course of the plot were interlinked.
Five years ago, his daughter Vera disappeared without a trace at Lake Hjälmar on her hen night. Her body was never found. Since then, Bark has been constantly searching for her or her trail, driving everyone around him mad. Vera's girlfriend also disappeared at the same time, but was found dead. Now a corpse appears on the lake shore. Who is she? What does she have to do with Vera's disappearance?
Even after all these years, Vera's fiancé is not making a good trap. Could he have something to do with Vera's disappearance or the body that was found?
Questions upon questions that kept me guessing what had happened in the last five years. ( )