The Boy at the Door
First published 2018
Reception
- 2019 Shortlist
About the book
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Set against a stunning Scandinavian backdrop, a gritty novel of psychological suspense that asks the question how far would you go to hold onto what you have? Cecilia Wilborg has it all—a loving husband, two beautiful daughters and a gorgeous home in the affluent Norwegian town of Sandefjord. And she works hard to keep it all together. Too hard. Because one mistake from her past could bring it all crashing down around her. Annika Lucasson lives a dark life with her abusive, drug-dealing boyfriend. She’s lost everything one too many times and now she’s got one last chance to save herself, thanks to Cecilia. Annika knows her secret—and just how much she’s willing to do to make it all go away… When someone forgets to pick up their little boy at the local pool, Cecilia agrees to take him home, only to find an abandoned, empty house.
CWA John Creasey First Novel Dagger 2019 shortlist
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Catalogue record
Head of Zeus · 384 pages
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Pages
- 384
Full recordClose
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Pages
- 384
- Author
- Dahl, Alex, 1982–
- Statement
- The Boy at the Door / Alex Dahl.
- Records
- Open Library
- Norway
- 2010s
- Thrillers
- Crime and mystery
- Abandoned children
- Kidnapping
- Murder
- Norway