Thank you to the publisher for an advance copy of this book via netgalley!


A book written by grieving parents in order to have their daughter remembered as a smart and upcoming world journalist. And not just a murder victim. What else can be said!

Kim Wall was a Swedish freelance journalist that followed a story in 2017 to Copenhagen. Unfortunately, she was murdered and the crime garnered international attention. Her family wrote this biography to put a personality to the woman that so many have heard of. Kim's parents not only lost their daughter, but they had to endure interrogation and a trial, all while being scrutinized by the media. This tribute to their daughter is beautifully written and I am thankful to have read it.

💐A parent's tribute to a child's life cut short: loving remembrance🌹

Journalist Ingrid Wall provides a detailed account of her journalist daughter Kim's life and the groundswell of support from fellow journalists, friends and the public from around the world after her tragic death off the shores near Copenhagen in August 2017 in circumstances still not truly known. While the book provides the Wall family's experiences during the investigation of Kim's disappearance and the trial of Peter Madsen, the man convicted for her death, that is not the main thrust of the story. This is rather a loving tale of Kim's thirty years on earth: her joy, curiosity, education, travels, reporting accomplishments, and her search for the stories often ignored. Rather than focusing on her death, this book celebrates her life and legacy. If you are looking for a glimpse into the mind and method of her killer then you have chosen the wrong book.

Thanks to publishers Amazon Crossing and NetGalley for providing an advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.

This is a must-read for every true crime aficionado as it is an account of a senseless and brutal crime committed in Denmark. Kim Wall was a Swedish journalist who followed a story about a Danish entrepreneur and inventor, Peter Madsen. whom she met in his submarine UC3 Nautilus in order to conduct an interview. Wall disappeared after this meeting and on 11 August 2017 Madsen was arrested and charged with the murder of the young journalist. This book is written by Kim's parents, Joachim and Ingrid Wall, who struggled for the months that followed their daughter's tragic demise. It is a deeply personal book and it is destined to emotionally touch every reader as it is written by two tragic figures who had to face every parent's worst nightmare. It is one of the best Nordic true crime books I've read in a long time and it is worthy of the readers' attention.