MYSTERY

Farewell to Freedom: A Novel

by Sara Blaedel
Pegasus Crime. Dec. 2012. 384p. tr. from Danish by Erik J. Macki & Tara F. Chace. ISBN 9781605984537. $25. M
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In the third book in the Det. Louise Rick series (Only One Life), the brutal murder of a young Eastern European woman leads Rick and her colleagues at the Copenhagen Police Department into the disturbing world of prostitution and human trafficking. At the same time, Camilla Lund, an investigative journalist and Rick's friend, calls her about a baby girl found abandoned in a church. Another murder traumatizes Camilla so much that she quits her job at the newspaper, but she and Rick realize that both cases may be linked when a second abandoned infant is discovered.
VERDICT Blaedel once again tackles a current social issue in her mystery. The two parallel stories are equally compelling, with the end of the case leading the reader to believe that Rick's life will be changed forever. Recommended for series fans and readers of Scandinavian crime fiction. Blaedel was voted Denmark's most popular novelist for the third time in 2011.
Reviewed by Jean King, West Hempstead P.L., NY , Dec 01, 2012
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