The Corpse Flower

By: Anne Mette Hancock

Narrated by: Karen Cass

Danish journalist Heloise Kaldan is in the middle of a nightmare when she receives the first in a series of cryptic letters from a woman named Anna Kiel. Wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a young lawyer three years earlier, Anna hasn't been seen since. The police think she's fled the country, until the reporter who originally wrote about the case is found murdered. Has Anna Kiel struck again, or is there more than one killer at large? And why does every clue point directly to Heloise Kaldan? As Heloise starts digging deeper, she realises that to tell Anna's story she will have to revisit the darkest parts of her own past.

©2021 Anne Mette Hancock (P)2021 Isis Publishing Ltd

The story as such is not bad, but the characters lack depth

I am a big fan of Danish crime series like the works of Jussi Adler Olsen, Katrina Engberg and Sissel Jo Gazan. I was looking for a new author. But although the story as such is not bad, I feel the characters lack depth. Their personalities are stereotype, predictable and don’t come to life. That is what keeps me from giving more than 3 stars. I wasn’t overwhelmed by the narrator either.