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`The way the crimes are solved is intriguing, if unorthodox, as is Joentaa's relationship with a mysterious prostitute who follows him home from the police station.' --Guardian
`excellent ... this may be down to good translation, but Wagner's terse style is as crispy delineated as the figures he describes in the blank Finnish landscape. Snow-noir of the highest order.'
--The Financial Times
`excellent ... this may be down to good translation, but Wagner's terse style is as crispy delineated as the figures he describes in the blank Finnish landscape. Snow-noir of the highest order.'
--The Financial Times
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Careless talk costs lives: Finnish detective Joentaa is on the hunt for a deranged killer.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This,the third novel featuring the enigmatic Finnish detective Kimmo Joentaa,
is arguably the best to date.
On Christmas Eve,at the police station,a young woman,presumably a prostitute,
reports to Joentaa that she has been sexually assaulted.Later that evening,
the same woman.Larissa,turns up at the detective's home,only to be invited in.
Shortly after Christmas Joentaa finds himself part of a team investigating a
double murder,one of the victims being a forensic pathologist colleague.The
police investigation gets nowhere until Joentaa is allowed to go off on his
own and use his intuition and idiosyncratic methods.
It is not the police procedural aspects that provides the main interest in
this novel,but rather the illusive character of Joentaa.He often experiences
flashbacks of his deceased wife--he is a man of few words (apart from 'sorry'),
and he finds a lover as hidden as himself.Yet he is respected by his colleagues
for his unusual but efficacious methods.--An original and enjoyable read.
is arguably the best to date.
On Christmas Eve,at the police station,a young woman,presumably a prostitute,
reports to Joentaa that she has been sexually assaulted.Later that evening,
the same woman.Larissa,turns up at the detective's home,only to be invited in.
Shortly after Christmas Joentaa finds himself part of a team investigating a
double murder,one of the victims being a forensic pathologist colleague.The
police investigation gets nowhere until Joentaa is allowed to go off on his
own and use his intuition and idiosyncratic methods.
It is not the police procedural aspects that provides the main interest in
this novel,but rather the illusive character of Joentaa.He often experiences
flashbacks of his deceased wife--he is a man of few words (apart from 'sorry'),
and he finds a lover as hidden as himself.Yet he is respected by his colleagues
for his unusual but efficacious methods.--An original and enjoyable read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My second foray into the darker realms of the Finnish detective and those around him though this is the third to feature Detective Kimmo Joentaa. It is certainly better than book 2 which, in turn, I thought was very good if a little too dark for my personal taste. However, in this book, we've moved on to three years after the detective's wife's death and, although he still broods daily, he does now have a lighter influence in his life - though for the life of me, I've no idea where she came from or what she does!
Larissa, the woman in question, does seem to give Kimmo a spiritual lift - occasionally - but we are still given a sombre story dealing with the aftermath of the collapse of the local Ice Rink's roof which kills the husband and son of a now mentally upset mother.
Kimmo's friend, the forensic pathologist of an earlier story becomes a murder victim, to be followed by another and the attempted murder of a third, the only slender clue being their connection to a showing of a TV programme.
The author is brilliant in the way that he puts together the investigation whilst still able to transmit to the reader the dark recesses of the mind which influence the actions of his characters. It's very hard not to like any of these characters, actually and the story rattles along as Kimmo seems to spend more time travelling than Dr. Who.
I like, too, the gradual development of the characters of the police team around Joentaa; little by little, they are becoming their own character rather than just a name. If only I could get my English head around the Finnish names, life would certainly be easier!
The slow burning action builds up to an excellent finale, the outcome predictable but well constructed and, once the investigation is all over, we are left to ponder whether Larissa will become more than just a passing whim for both her and Kimmo. Regrettably, the reader will have a long wait to find the answer, I think.
Larissa, the woman in question, does seem to give Kimmo a spiritual lift - occasionally - but we are still given a sombre story dealing with the aftermath of the collapse of the local Ice Rink's roof which kills the husband and son of a now mentally upset mother.
Kimmo's friend, the forensic pathologist of an earlier story becomes a murder victim, to be followed by another and the attempted murder of a third, the only slender clue being their connection to a showing of a TV programme.
The author is brilliant in the way that he puts together the investigation whilst still able to transmit to the reader the dark recesses of the mind which influence the actions of his characters. It's very hard not to like any of these characters, actually and the story rattles along as Kimmo seems to spend more time travelling than Dr. Who.
I like, too, the gradual development of the characters of the police team around Joentaa; little by little, they are becoming their own character rather than just a name. If only I could get my English head around the Finnish names, life would certainly be easier!
The slow burning action builds up to an excellent finale, the outcome predictable but well constructed and, once the investigation is all over, we are left to ponder whether Larissa will become more than just a passing whim for both her and Kimmo. Regrettably, the reader will have a long wait to find the answer, I think.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I had really high hopes for this third book in Wagner's series but somehow the brooding nature of book one and two was not there. Without giving the plot away, I found the events in the first chapter not fully dealt with in enough detail to explain the subsequent actions of Kimmo. The general story was fine - although why a provincial detective would be dealing with a case involving a high profile national tv celebrity was slightly questionable. Overall enjoyable but wanted the darkness of previous books... Will look forward to the next with anticipation...
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