Ormaryd murders Book 2 & 3 by Kallentoft & Kallentoft
The second installment of the Ormaryd Murders takes off nearly a year after the events of the first book, and the people of Ormaryd have slowly but surely returned to their quiet lives. Sofia and Alexander are trying to piece their lives back together – still haunted, but holding on – while they care for their newborn child. However, cracks appear in the calm façade when a woman is found dead in a local park. The scene is almost whimsical, with the woman reminding of an angel; dressed entirely in white and bearing no visible wounds. The police deem it an overdose, but Alexander is not convinced.
At the same time, Sofia picks up her search for her long-lost father, which leads her to a doctor who seems to know more than he’s saying. Could he hold the key to her past, or is he hiding something else entirely?
When a second body appears – this time a man, crucified to a wheel and also dressed in white – Alexander’s doubts are confirmed. Darkness has returned to Ormaryd.
In the third installment of the Ormaryd Murders, a man is found dead at the bottom of a remote
ravine. It is clear that he has been murdered; he has been shot to death, executed in cold blood.
Alexander is immediately assigned the investigation.
At the same time, Sofia and Alexander have just moved into their dream home by a secluded
lake, which they inherited from Sofia’s biological father. Sofia finally feels at peace with her
life, and she even begins to get to know her paternal grandmother. It turns out that she is a
devout Pentecostal who is eager to draw Sofia into her faith, and Sofia finds herself torn between
curiosity and skepticism. Additionally, the quiet life in their new house soon begins to unravel.
Sofia senses that something is off; strange noises echo from the basement; a man in a motorboat
lingers just offshore, watching her; and an anonymous, flirtatious text arrives without explanation.
She tries to dismiss it all as coincidence, but is that all it really is?
Meanwhile, Alexander digs deeper into the murder case, but the answers remain elusive. When
a woman disappears without a trace it seems as if ghosts of past summers stir once more. Could a
serial killer be roaming Ormaryd again? A sense of dread tightens around Alexander and Sofia.
It’s as if the town itself is cursed – or perhaps, even worse: they are.
In both the second and third installments of the Ormaryd murders, Kallentoft & Kallentoft have managed to maintain the immensely atmospheric tone, where Nordic mythology and faith intertwine. As much as in the first book, the suspense is palpable and the eeriness lingers long after the final page, leaving the reader wondering if the woods whisper in their own backyard. Haunting, thrilling, and as clever as ever – this entire series is a new staple in Nordic crime fiction.
Skogen de döda vilar i (book 2) will be published in Swedish in May 2026, and I djupet av ravinen (book 3) in May 2027.