Book Cover

With locks and bolts, death can be kept outside the door. But if a hungry child stops even wanting to eat, then no locks in the world can help them. Then death is already sitting by their side.

# Review

Taking place in the late 19th century Stockholm, Mika is a twelve-year-old orphan who has the uncanny ability to notice small details. She teams up with the gruff and austere Detective Hoff to solve a mystery of a ruthless killer on the loose.

Honestly I don’t usually read these types of young adult novels but Amazon gave me a free e-copy so I decided to give it a quick read. The book is definitely geared towards a younger audience but the story is still pretty engaging for everyone. My favourite aspect of the book is definitely the well-researched historical backdrop. Reading about the hardships that people had to undergo in bleak 19th century Swedish winter, especially for children, is very novel.

# Conclusion

A pretty engaging children's detective novel.

# Overall rating: 7.5

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