The Shadow Woman by Ake Edwardson

It's summertime in Gothenburg and a woman's body is discovered in a park. With no identification on her, Inspector Erik Winter and his team spend considerable time trying to find who she was. When forensics reveals that she has given birth and that a child might be missing, the search becomes even more important for Winter. On a personal level, Winter is being pressed by his girlfriend, Angela, for more of a commitment to their relationship and is fielding numerous calls from his mother in Spain. Will Winter and his colleagues unearth more about the mysterious mother and child that will lead to some sort of justice? The Shadow Woman is the second book in the Erik Winter series. For readers who enjoy the individual police procedurals series by Peter Robinson, Ruth Rendell and Arnaldur Indridason.