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2000s: Dare you cross Sweden’s mythical Lake Malice?
The Missing
What you need to know before your trail
An ordinary outing takes Greta, Alex, and four-year-old Smilla across Sweden’s mythical Lake Malice to a tiny, isolated island. While father and daughter tramp into the trees, Greta stays behind in the boat, lulled into a reverie by the misty, moody lake…only later to discover that the two haven’t returned. Her frantic search proves futile. They’ve disappeared without a trace.
Greta struggles to understand their eerie vanishing. She desperately needs to call Alex, to be reassured that Smilla is safe, or contact the police. But now her cell phone is missing too. Back at her cottage, she finds it hidden away under the bedsheets. Had she done that? Or had someone else been in the cottage? But who, and why? As Greta struggles to put the pieces together, she fears that her past has come back to torment her, or she’s finally lost her grip on reality
Travel Guide
Travel to Lake Malice in Sweden
OF course, there is no Lake Malice in Sweden (although there is a lake of that name in America!) but this one is not the one you would want to visit anyway to be honest. It’s a creepy, isolating place, covered in mist and the choppy journey over there is enough to turn your stomach.
“I’m sitting in the bow, closing my eyes to the water spraying up into my face, fighting against the nausea that churns inside my body and matches the movement of the boat.”
This is a dark and compelling setting – an island where you are never sure to leave and if you do manage to get off the island, you’re probably never going to see the people you left behind…
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Missing
Destination/location: Marhem, Sweden Author/guide: Caroline Erikkson Departure Time: 2000s
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