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'A genuinely gripping crime thriller with a psychological twist' -- Aesthetica
'...similar in tone to Mankell's early Wallander novels, this one drifts up off the page with all the deadly intensity of mustard gas' -- Irish Times
'...similar in tone to Mankell's early Wallander novels, this one drifts up off the page with all the deadly intensity of mustard gas' -- Irish Times
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A prize-winning psychological crime thriller - and now a major film - featuring melancholy Finnish detective Kimmo Joentaa
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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'Silence' is the author's second novel to be translated from
German into English,and featuring the Finnish Dectective Kimmo
Joentaa.
When a fourteen year old girl goes missing ,her bicycle is found
in the identical place where 33 years previously a murdered teenaged
girl's bicycle was discovered.This old crime went unsolved,and the
police wonder whether the murderer has returned.As the police investigation
proceeds the novel sensitively and perceptively describes how both
events affect the families close to the girls and the police.Meanwhile
the reader is kept in considerable suspense as the mystery unfolds.
This is an accomplished thriller ,fluently translated ,by a talented
writer,who deserves a wide readership.
German into English,and featuring the Finnish Dectective Kimmo
Joentaa.
When a fourteen year old girl goes missing ,her bicycle is found
in the identical place where 33 years previously a murdered teenaged
girl's bicycle was discovered.This old crime went unsolved,and the
police wonder whether the murderer has returned.As the police investigation
proceeds the novel sensitively and perceptively describes how both
events affect the families close to the girls and the police.Meanwhile
the reader is kept in considerable suspense as the mystery unfolds.
This is an accomplished thriller ,fluently translated ,by a talented
writer,who deserves a wide readership.
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This is a murder mystery focussed on a group of police detectives that fails to conform to most of the conventions of that genre. It is hard to describe the narrative without giving away crucial plot developments so I shall only say that it is largely concerned with the emotional implications of sudden loss mainly through violent action but there are significant themes of other modes of grieving. The author creates a very powerful atmosphere of various types of obsession and of different forms of willed blindness. It somehow seems significant that the action takes place in Finland with Finnish detectives but in fact it could be happening virtually anywhere in Northern Europe, northern because what is not said is at least as important as what is said (and thus the title of course). I felt at the end that I had read an important book not because it is a glimpse into the life world of men who dream of sex with children - this is necessary but hardly developed element - but because it is a reflection on responsibilities in relationships and how we live through others.
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I have to say that I didn't find this book as good as other reviewers. I found the conversations and characters a bit one dimensional and the story line not particularly believable. Unlike other novels there is really only one story going on.
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