8/10
Arne Dahl: Hidden Numbers
1 November 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Two Swedish girls are found in Belgium; one is dead, the other dies shortly afterwards but not before she can make a statement that suggests the possible involvement of the Black Hearts motorbike gang. This comes as a bit of a surprise to the members of Group A as the gang's criminal activities have never involved children. Soon a third girl, Lykke, who looks similar to the other two goes missing from the same area and it is a race against time to find her before she can be trafficked out of the country. While the search for Lykke goes on suspects start to turn up dead; shot multiple times and beaten. Former Group A member Paul is involved in a case that is apparently unrelated; a policeman is accused of beating a local prostitute by one of her friends; the case doesn't appear to be going anywhere until the man he is investigating is killed in the same manner as the people in the case of the missing girl.

This is another interesting case for Group A with plenty of twists and a few shocks along the way. The fact that Paul's case turns out to be linked to the main case is unlikely to come as a surprise but just because it is a bit cliché doesn't mean it isn't entertaining. Similarly learning that this case has personal resonances for Ida is a little bit cliché but again it adds to the drama as it affects how she does her job. The cast do a solid job and the story is well paced with bodies turning up at regular intervals as well as real tensions each time we are shown what is happening to Lykke. The final scenes provide quite a shock but I won't spoil that here.
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