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Scandinavian crime at its best and most commercial. For all fans of Henning Mankell.
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The first body they found was the dog. The poor creature's throat has been cut, and one paw severed completely. Then they found the body of the woman. She had been stabbed, again and again; she was naked, a piece of cloth had been stuffed into her mouth.
The picturesque holiday island of Gotland is in the middle of a busy tourist season when the young woman is discovered murdered. Suspicion falls on her husband - the couple had been seen fighting the evening before. Inspector Anders Knutas is hoping it will be a straight-forward case; the local authorities are hoping so too, but more out of an interest in protecting the tourist trade than any desire to see justice served. Then another victim is discovered, again she is a young woman and she has been murdered in the same chilling manner. Inspector Knutas must face up to the horrifying prospect that there is a serial killer loose on the island.
Knutas, aided by investigative journalist Johan Berg, begins to piece together the tragic history that unites the two victims, and alarmingly points to more murders to come. The killer remains unknown, moving freely, unseen, on the island. All that is clear is that the two victims are just the beginning, unless Knutas and Berg find the killer before he strikes again.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Adequate, but no more,
By Good Book Fan (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unseen (Paperback)
The first novel by any writer must be the hardest. I felt that Mari Jungstedt was feeling her way with this work. The writing often appeared flat and unconvincing, with the characterisation limited. I couldn't get any sense of what Knutas looked like, although it was nice to find a detective with a settled family life and no taste for opera. I worked out the how and why of the murders long before the end, which was rather cliched anyway. The resolution was rushed as well.
However, I did a get a real sense of place, there are definite opportunities for character and relationships to develope and I got the feeling that the writer can and will do better. Overall, a good effort by a beginner with just enough promise to justify reading further, but only if she improves on this apprentice work.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth reading,
By KJC (Kent) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Unseen (Paperback)
The nature of this story makes comparison with Henning Mankell inevitable. The setting, the characters and the way the plot develops are such that at times you feel you are reading one of his books. However, her writing is much looser - there is not the slow steady psychological analysis of the investigative process that you get with Mankell. Also, the ending feels a bit rushed - the final paragraph in particular reads like the conclusion of a College essay rather than the ending of a crime novel. I would say though that overall this book is worth reading and I would read another book by this author, in the hope that her writing style might have matured by then.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great Swedish thriller,
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This review is from: Unseen (Paperback)
Just when you thought that Scandinavian take-over of the crime novel had weaned slightly, there is Mari Jungstedt to take it onto the next level. Her sensitive, atmospheric take on life in Sweden, i.e. really giving you a flavour of everyday life and ordinary people (not just jaded policemen, but women, families and young people), the description of customs, weather and landscape in the province of Gotland, all this gives an atmospheric backdrop to the gruesome murders of women in the novel. I loved the book and I think many people will enjoy it.
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