Weeping girl, paperback/hakan nesser

The bestselling Swedish crime writers latest paperback opens as a community is left reeling after a teacher is convicted of murdering his female pupil, Winnie Mass, who is believed to have been pregnant with his child.

When on her 18th birthday, Mikaela finally learns the terrible truth about her father she embarks on a search for the truth, but soon after she inexplicably vanishes.

This is a case for Ewa Moreno, protege of Chief Inspector Van Veeteren of the Maardam Police, who stars in Nessers new novel, The Stranglers Honeymoon, also published this month.