The Ice Beneath Her By Camilla Greb

[amazon_link id=”1785761978″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]’The Ice Beneath Her’ is the debut novel by Camilla Grebe.

A young woman is found beheaded in an infamous business tycoon’s marble-lined hallway.The businessman, scandal-ridden CEO of the retail chain Clothes & More, is missing without a trace. But who is the dead woman? And who is the brutal killer who wielded the machete? Rewind two months earlier to meet Emma Bohman, a sales assistant for Clothes & More, whose life is turned upside down by a chance encounter with Jesper Orre. Insisting that their love affair is kept secret, he shakes Emma’s world a second time when he suddenly leaves her with no explanation. As frightening things begin to happen to Emma, she suspects Jesper is responsible. But why does he want to hurt her? And how far would he go to silence his secret lover?

‘The Ice Beneath Her’ begins at the key moment that Peter Lindgreen is called to a murder scene where an unidentified woman has been decapitated. The story then flows as Peter is investigating the case trying to find the lead suspect Jesper Orr, a CEO of a major clothes company who has just gone missing.

As Peter investigates the cases, the help of a woman by the name of Hanne is called in, a behaviouralist who he worked with before on a previous case.

The story of seen through the eyes of three main characters, Emma, Peter and Hanne. Emma is an interesting character, the chapters with her are written over a period of time meanwhile Peter and Hanne are always in the present tense. Emma’s life seems complicated, with an unhappy childhood, she finds solace in a love affair with Jasper Orr, a man who has promised her the world but suddenly he disappears on their engagement party and Emma begins to wonder what happened with her life, unhappy in her job and with no money, she only has her cat for company.

The inclusion of the perspectives of Peter and Hanne makes for interesting reading as both of them have their own private battles to deal with as they both try to find the killer and finally find out the identity of the dead woman.

The story flows at a fast pace, that makes for gripping reading. Set against the bleak backdrop of winter in Sweden, this gives the book an element of despair to the dark tale. A gripping page turner that keeps the reader engaged, ‘The Ice Beneath Her’ is a dark and twisted story that makes for unexpected reading, perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo.

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