Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    The Lost Boy
    Unavailable
    The Lost Boy
    Unavailable
    The Lost Boy
    Audiobook14 hours

    The Lost Boy

    Written by Camilla Läckberg

    Narrated by Robin Bowerman

    3.5/5

    ()

    Unavailable in your country

    Unavailable in your country

    Read the ebook instead

    About this audiobook

    No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg’s new psychological thriller – irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo.

    Detective Patrik Hedstrom is no stranger to tragedy. A murder case concerning Fjallbacka’s dead financial director, Mats Sverin, is a grim but useful distraction from his recent family misfortunes.

    It seems Mats was a man who everybody liked yet nobody really knew – a man with something to hide…

    His high school sweetheart, Nathalie, has just returned to the area with her five-year-old son – could she shed light on who Mats really was?

    However, Nathalie has her own secret. If it’s discovered, she will lose her only child. As the investigation stalls, the police have many questions. But there is only one that matters.

    Is there anything a mother would not do to protect her child?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 14, 2013
    ISBN9780007508891
    Author

    Camilla Läckberg

    Camilla Läckberg is a worldwide bestseller renowned for her brilliant contemporary psychological thrillers. Her novels have sold 19 million copies in 55 countries with translations into 37 languages.

    More audiobooks from Camilla Läckberg

    Related to The Lost Boy

    Related audiobooks

    Police Procedural For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Waving Not Drowning

      Aug 8, 2022

      Waving Not Drowning
      6 min read

    • Article

      Too late FOR LOVE?

      Jun 8, 2022

      Too late FOR LOVE?
      8 min read

    • Article

      Home Alone

      Aug 16, 2022

      Home Alone
      9 min read

    • Article

      A Touch Of Summer

      Sep 7, 2020

      Leila had found a place she could go. A sandy cove, a short cycle ride from her flat, where she could spread out her beach towel, put on her headphones and watch the sea lap up onto the shore. She wasn’t sure what kept this spot so quiet, when the ot

      5 min read

    • Article

      Summer Beach Reads

      Jan 10, 2021

      Summer Beach Reads
      7 min read

    • Article

      Let’s Play Dead

      Mar 3, 2020

      There was a man, let’s call him Henry VIII. There was his wife, let’s call her Anne B. Let’s give them a castle and make it nice. Let’s give her many boy babies but make them dead. Let’s give him a fussy way of being. Let’s make her smart and sneaky,

      17 min read

    • Article

      A New Beginning

      Mar 25, 2022

      A New Beginning
      5 min read

    • Article

      THE Dark Light

      Oct 28, 2020

      THE Dark Light
      9 min read

    • Article

      A Quick Thrill

      May 20, 2021

      A Quick Thrill
      4 min read

    • Article

      Wise old Mrs Merrow

      Jul 27, 2020

      Littlesea was everything the description said: a white stone cottage with beams and higgledy-piggledy walls and steps away from a tiny quay in a private bay. It would have been the perfect spot for honeymooners had it not had just the one single bed

      8 min read

    • Article

      Ursula K. Le Guin

      Jun 15, 2018

      He was thinking of Lookfar, abandoned long ago, beached on the sands of Selidor. Little of her would be left by now, a plank or two down in the sand maybe, a bit of driftwood on the western sea. As he drifted near sleep he began to remember sailing t

      15 min read

    • Article

      Braving the STORM

      Aug 17, 2021

      Braving the STORM
      6 min read

    • Article

      Every CLOUD

      Aug 31, 2022

      Every CLOUD
      6 min read

    • Article

      A Little Trip

      Aug 2, 2021

      As the first morning light peeked through the gap in the curtains, Alice left her new husband in bed. She wrapped her silk kimono around her; a present from Jeremy, it reminded her yet again just how generous he’d been since their wedding. Even this

      5 min read

    • Article

      Serenity

      Jan 12, 2022

      Serenity
      9 min read

    • Article

      Mrs Macarthur’s Secret Diary

      Jun 17, 2020

      Mrs Macarthur’s Secret Diary
      7 min read

    • Article

      Mrs Macarthur’s Secret Diary

      Jun 17, 2020

      Mrs Macarthur’s Secret Diary
      7 min read

    • Article

      The PINKY PACT

      Apr 4, 2023

      The PINKY PACT
      10 min read

    • Article

      Making Plans

      Jun 7, 2022

      Making Plans
      6 min read

    • Article

      Tales of Escape

      Sep 1, 2021

      Tales of Escape
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Glass Ceiling

      Aug 21, 2023

      ‘You’re late.” Evangeline glanced up from her workbench, neck already aching from the intricate creation before her: a hat decorated with no fewer than six hummingbirds, pinned to netting so fine it would look as though the creatures were, indeed, fl

      6 min read

    • Article

      Ice Blue

      Dec 5, 2023

      Even inside the plane the cold had registered, along with a deadening of all sound. But the glacial silence that awaits him outside is something else entirely. No attempt to imagine it could have prepared him. It occurs to him that he’s done well to

      15 min read

    • Article

      Temptation

      Dec 28, 2021

      Temptation
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Littlest Wren

      May 31, 2018

      The Littlest Wren
      14 min read

    • Article

      The Sound Of Bongo

      Oct 2, 2019

      The Sound Of Bongo
      4 min read

    • Article

      A Gentle STIRRING

      Mar 13, 2024

      A Gentle STIRRING
      6 min read

    • Article

      Running Away

      Feb 22, 2021

      Leaving London behind her, Millie drove faster, picturing thousands of crazed fans in pursuit, desperate for what – a lock of her hair? Or Julian; except after the last gig, somehow she knew he wouldn’t follow. She knew from bitter experience that di

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Selkie Moon

      Dec 3, 2020

      The Selkie Moon
      5 min read

    • Article

      THE BLACK SPIDER Part Two

      Oct 30, 2019

      THE BLACK SPIDER Part Two
      25 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Lost Boy

    3.5/5

    279 ratings11 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      Love this series and the story lines. Great to garden and cook to
    • 5/5
      The Lost Boy by Camilla Lackberg; (4 1/2*)Lackberg uses her winning formula to intertwine parallel stories in this outing with supernatural folklore. Underneath there are the author's familiar themes of parent & child relationships, the complexities of domestic violence, post partum depression and mental illness along with social norms and a changing Sweden.In a devastating car crash Ericka was forced to undergo a caesarian, giving birth to premature twin boys. Her sister, Anna, suffered a spontaneous abortion, losing she & husband, Dan's infant son. To compound the tragedy Ericka's husband, Detective Patrik Hedström, immediately collapsed from what appeared to be a heart attack. But months have passed, and finally all is well within their household. Patrik's heart attack turned out to be a stress related incident. The twins are thriving, the two-year-old sister dotes on them and both Ericka and Patrik are fully recovered. Against this backdrop, six other stories begin to unravel. A former classmate of Ericka's has hidden in her cottage on a nearby island with her five-year-old son. In flashbacks to the 1870s, a young woman living on the same island has been virtually enslaved by her cruel husband. A battered wife and her two children are holed up in Copenhagen, having fled Sweden. I found this to be the best of this series thus far. And had it not been for the 'snooze' of a background story-line about a brother and sister team of con artists, I would have given this book 5 stars.
    • 4/5
      A new story from the most dangerous small town of Sweden.The usual quality, well written good story, although two 'end surprise' can be easily found out quite early.
    • 5/5
      Great read particularly with focus on the plight of people who face domestic violence and deep grief.
    • 4/5
      Another great book in the series and love the main characters. This one is better than the last one. There are complicated side lines to distract you from the main story line and it all tied together at the end. However, I am also left wondering the loose end of the side story (Madeline).
    • 4/5
      This is the seventh entry in Lackberg's Erica Falck/Patrik Hedstrom novels, and it holds its own in that excellent series. This novel mixes present day crimes with a mystery from the past, with a frisson of a ghost story tossed in. The plotting is tight and compelling, with several story lines unfolding in parallel, and becoming more and more intertwined as the novel progresses. Characters are sharply drawn and fully rounded. Running into the regular cast, on the home front and at the police station, is like meeting old friends, while the new characters are convincing. I wish there were more books in this series available in English: it's a real treasure.
    • 3/5
      Camilla Lackberg is hugely popular in her native Sweden, and I've been meaning to pick up her Patrick and Erica series, but I'm not sure if I should have started with this book. I didn't feel like I missed anything jumping into the series, and if characters develop over a series timeline, it should give you the urge to go back and read previous books. This one didn't. That said, it's a well written police procedural with a mysterious back story, but I thought the side plot featuring two embezzlers was unnecessary and not fully flushed out, and that one of the key plot points at the end of the book to help solve the main mystery was just thrown in.
    • 3/5
      This is an English translation of a book published in 2009.It is part of a series written about characters in the Swedish town of Fjallbacka.The theme of this one is abuse, specifically spousal abuse . That theme is played out in different segments both in the past and the present. It takes awhile for the reader to be able to link all of this together and move the story along. At some points it feels too fragmented . The common characters from the past books in the series, are central to the plot line. Descriptions of the scenery and life in this small Swedish town are excellent.Read as an ARC from NetGalley.
    • 4/5
      This is the first book I've read by Camilla Läckberg and I really enjoyed it. It wasn't as hard boiled as some crime novels, but nor was it cosy crime. It was cleverly plotted, with a slower pace than I'm used to, but that made it more enjoyable. I really liked how the personal lives of the police officers were woven into the crime investigation, and had impact on how they carried out their work.
    • 4/5
      Another mystery masterpiece by Camilla Lackberg! When a man is discovered shot in the head in his flat, the Tanumshede police, led by Patrick Hedstrom, are on the case. With a murderer on the loose all the police can do is examine the crime scene and delve into the victim, Mats Sverin's life. What they find, no one would imagine.

      Meanwhile Erica, Patrick's wife, is managing their twins and daughter while investigating the ghost stories of a nearby island. Are the stories true? If someone dies on Graskar island, do their souls really stay on the island?

      Lackberg utilizes multiple character perspectives in her gradual development of this story, as well as a flashback plot from the 1870s. She is an expert when it comes to surprising endings and this novel does not let you down.
    • 5/5
      This is another great read by this author. Anna is having bad luck again and Patrick is still hard at work in the police force. It is quite sad in places but an enthral long read.