Reading order · 11 books · 2004 to 2022 · Set in Copenhagen
Louise Rick Books in Order
Louise Rick is a homicide detective in Copenhagen, and her best friend Camilla Lind is a crime reporter. Their work often pulls them into the same cases. Later Louise moves to a unit that searches for missing persons.
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Series facts
- Books
- 11
- Published
- 2004 to 2022
- First book
- The Midnight Witness
- Latest
- A Harmless Lie (2022)
- Setting
- Set in Copenhagen
The reading order
Every Louise Rick book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
11 books · Set in Copenhagen
- 1The Midnight Witness2004With Louise RickA young woman is found strangled in a Copenhagen park, and the same night a journalist is beaten to death.Buy on Amazon
- 2Call Me Princess2005With Louise RickA woman is raped by a man she met through an online dating site, and Louise Rick realises he has done it before.Buy on Amazon
- 3Only One Life2007With Louise RickA young girl is found drowned in a fjord, and Louise Rick’s investigation leads into the girl’s family and a tight-knit immigrant community.Buy on Amazon
- 4Farewell to Freedom2008With Louise RickBuy on Amazon
- 5The Running Girl2009With Louise RickLouise Rick gets a call from her foster son, Jonas, after a school party descends into violent chaos.Buy on Amazon
- 6The Stolen Angel2010With Louise RickLouise takes on a case involving a wealthy, disturbed man who targets vulnerable young women.Buy on Amazon
- 7The Forgotten Girls2011With Louise RickLouise Rick, now head of a missing persons unit, investigates the body of a woman found in a forest, who should have died years ago in an institution.Buy on Amazon
- 8The Killing Forest2013With Louise RickA teenage boy disappears in the woods near Louise’s hometown, and her search leads to a group of men who practise rituals inspired by the old Norse religion.Buy on Amazon
- 9The Lost Woman2014With Louise RickA woman shot through her kitchen window in England turns out to be a Danish citizen missing for nearly twenty years, and Louise’s own colleague is soon a suspect.Buy on Amazon
- 10A Mother's Love2020With Louise RickAn innkeeper is found murdered, and the police discover a hidden nursery in her apartment, and must find out who the secret child was and where they are now.Buy on Amazon
- 11A Harmless Lie2022With Louise RickBuy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read the Louise Rick books in order. Some were published in English in a different order from the Danish originals, so check the numbering on the series page.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Louise Rick | Camilla Lind | Eik Nordstrøm |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 The Midnight Witness | LLead | MMajor | |
| 2 Call Me Princess | LLead | MMajor | |
| 3 Only One Life | LLead | MMajor | |
| 4 Farewell to Freedom | LLead | MMajor | |
| 5 The Running Girl | LLead | MMajor | |
| 6 The Stolen Angel | LLead | MMajor | |
| 7 The Forgotten Girls | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 8 The Killing Forest | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 9 The Lost Woman | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 10 A Mother's Love | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
| 11 A Harmless Lie | LLead | MMajor | MMajor |
Characters in the Louise Rick books
3 characters from Sara Blaedel’s chart, with the number of Louise Rick books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Louise RickCopenhagen homicide detective, later in the missing persons unit | 11 | The Midnight Witness 2004 |
| Camilla LindCrime reporter and Louise's best friend | 11 | The Midnight Witness 2004 |
| Eik NordstrømLouise's partner in the missing persons unit | 5 | The Forgotten Girls 2011 |