I have mixed feelings about this book which I trouble getting into in spite of multiple glowing reviews. I don't know if it was the style of writing, the translation from Danish, or the story itself that was at fault. Once I decided to keep going with it still bothered me that all the female characters were doing so many dumb things. Well, okay, some of the males in the story were pretty idiotic also. Nina Borg, a nurse who aids refugees just can't turn down a request for help. When the request comes from an old friend, she ends up retrieving the suitcase containing the boy from a railroad station locker. Thinking the boy is a refugee who will only be returned to the awful people who put him there, she goes on the run. In the mean time Sigita an ex-pat Lithuianian is searching for her missing son who was stolen by an unknown assailant. Add in missing money, a brutal thug, a desperate couple wanting to save their sick child and you pretty much have the predictable picture. Nina Borg is featured in a series of mysteries by the same authors but I won't be bothering to read them.
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