The Collector (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781639101177)

For fans of Katrine Engberg and Lars Kepler, the second chilling novel in Anne Mette Hancock's #1 bestselling Danish crime series is a psychological whirlwind that explores the nature of truth and what it means when we can no longer trust what we know to be real.

When 10-year-old Lukas disappears from his Copenhagen school, police investigators discover that the boy had a peculiar obsession with pareidolia--a phenomenon that makes him see faces in random things. A photo on his phone posted just hours before his disappearance shows an old barn door that resembles a face. Journalist Heloise Kaldan thinks she recognizes the barn--but from where?

When Luke's blood-flecked jacket is found in the moat at Copenhagen's Citadel, DNA evidence points to Thomas Strand, an ex-soldier suffering from severe PTSD. But then Strand turns up dead in his apartment, shot in the head execution style.

What did the last person to see Lukas really witness that morning in the school yard? Was it really Lukas, or an optical illusion? Can you ever truly trust your eyes?

Author: Anne Mette Hancock
ISBN-10: 1639101179
ISBN-13: 9781639101177
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Language: English
Published: 11/08/2022
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 09/19/2022
Shelf Awareness 01/13/2023