Dumb Girl
E-book, Czech
Dumb Girl
The fourth instalment in the series about police psychologist Sebastian Bergman.
Over the Easter holidays, a family with two young boys is brutally murdered. Sebastian Bergman and his team discover that there was most likely a witness to the tragedy. It is ten-year-old Nicole, who was visiting her cousins at the time. The police suspect she is hiding in the forest. The girl has been missing for three days and her chances of survival in the wilderness are slim. The police therefore decide to ask the public for help, even though this may alert the murderer to the witness's presence.
Bergman manages to track the girl down and a special bond forms between them. However, Nicole is deeply traumatised and does not speak, only draws pictures. Sebastian Bergman starts working with her and finds that she reminds him more and more of his own daughter, whom he lost. Can he protect the girl from the murderer?
All six instalments of the series featuring the protagonist psychologist Sebastian Bergman published so far have sold 5 million copies worldwide. ZDF television, in cooperation with Sweden's SVT, has produced a popular television adaptation.
What the critics are saying about the book:
Hjorth and Rosenfeldt have managed to secure a place among the top crime novelists, which is a respectable achievement in this day and age when the competition is almost murderous.
- Christer Lundh, Mariestads-Tidningen
The authors know how to come up with surprising twists and refreshing details that go beyond the usual detective clichés.
- Anne Pihlová, Smålandsposten
Michael Hjorth
(born 1963) is one of the most prominent contemporary Scandinavian screenwriters and producers. He is a co-founder of the production company Tre Vänner. His work spans genres from comedy to horror to crime fiction.
Hans Rosenfeldt
(born 1964) has worked as a sea lion keeper, driver, teacher and actor. He has written screenplays for twenty television series, including the internationally successful series The Bridge (Bron). In 2020, he published the novel Wolf Summer (Czech 2021), the first instalment in the new Haparanda crime series.
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