” Gustaf muttered, turning to look at the school on the opposite side of the square.
It was a sound he would have recognized anywhere. Albin had four younger siblings, and he had shared a room with all of them. He let the silence of the empty village take over.īut then something cut through that silence-faint, distant, yet unmistakable. “What in God’s name has happened here?” Gustaf asked, his tone of voice betrayed a hint of what could only be described as wonder.Īlbin had no words. She’s been stoned to death and flies are feasting on her swollen corpse. All they find is a dead woman, tied to a pole.
Silvertjärn (tjärn being Swedish for lake) is a remote backwater, a “pleasant, unassuming place,” However, as Gustaf and his partner arrive on a beautiful afternoon, the community is completely silent. Something was very wrong in t he Lost Village, which is immediately apparent to Albin and Gustaf, two policemen who were sent there in August 1959.
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