Missing - Karin Alvtegen

Sibylla, for reasons that we later discover, has decided to remove herself from society, living a hand to mouth existence and sleeping rough. Occasionally, as a treat, she dresses up and persuades whoever she can find to pay for a meal and a room in a hotel. Unfortunately, this time, the man in question is found murdered, and Sibylla is the prime suspect. Fleeing the hotel, she manages to keep herself hidden, but soon, there is a second murder and Sibylla is much sought after. Can she keep away from the clutches of the police until her name is cleared? And is there anything she can do to clear her name? I have read and enjoyed one or two books by Karin ...  Read the complete review

THE PLOT Using a confidence trick to get a warm bed for the night Sybilla Forstenstroem, a young homeless woman, finds herself the chief suspect for the brutal murder of a businessman in Stockholm's Grand Hotel. Terrified she lies low hoping that the furore will calm down but when she meets Patrik, a young boy who is as much an outsider as she, she learns that more murders have taken place and that the press are branding her an evil serial killer. What's more, they have dug up her entire background - how she was brought up in a privileged middle-class family but was admitted to hospital for mental health problems before disappearing - and are starting to try ...  Read the complete review