Recension tyskungen biography for kids

2007 novel by Camilla Läckberg

For the 2021 film, see The Hidden Child (film).

The Hidden Child (Swedish: Tyskungen) is a novel written by Swedish writer Camilla Läckberg.

Crime writer Erika Falck, wife of Detective Patrik Hedström, is shocked to discover a Nazimedal wrapped inside a child's dress stained with blood, and a wartime diary among her late mother's possessions dating from the World War II era.

Haunted by childhood memories of a cold, detached mother, she decides to investigate,^[1] unwittingly endangering her husband and newborn baby.^[2]

Plot

This is regarded as one of the more plot-driven novels in the series, with more emphasis on the story.^[3] Erika wants to write a 'great book' so Patrik goes on paternity leave to look after their baby while Erika writes her book.

However, she becomes distracted by the discovery of her late mother's wartime diaries and a Nazi medal and consults with a local World Wa