Sjön

The Lake is a somewhat contrived crime story about the estate agent Lisa, who lives in London. She returns home to sell her father's farm, but gradually begins to suspect that there was something fishy about her father's disappearance without trace a year ago. The whole village tries to play down the incident, not least her uncle Sven, her mother Margareta and her admirer Kurt. Everyone speaks of her father with respect, but it slowly dawns on Lisa that everyone hated him, including herself. Even so, she cannot bring herself to turn her back on a murder, whatever the cost. It proves costly, also for Lisa, who opens the door to some demons that she has long kept hidden away.

The portrayal of the small community with its respectable surface and suppressed hatred is well realised. On the other hand, Lisa's development and actions are not always entirely logical. Why is she so obsessed with finding out the truth, which can only be unpleasant?