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Unseen [Kindle Edition]

Mari Jungstedt , Tiina Nunnally
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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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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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 435 KB
  • Print Length: 370 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0552155098
  • Publisher: Transworld Digital (30 Jun 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004WOETYS
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #13,422 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Adequate, but no more 11 Mar 2010
Format: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.
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Worth reading 11 Feb 2007
By KJC
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
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.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By helen
Format: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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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Started Well
I really enjoyed the first part of this book,the sense of menace,the unfolding stories of the main characters and not least the descriptions of Gotland that whetted my appetite... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Oldbiker
A decent first novel, but room for improvement
This was a reasonably enjoyable read, with an interesting setting on the beautiful island of Gotland and a fairly intriguing plot. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Caledonia558
Camilla L. is still better
A Swedish colleague give me Mari Junstedt's name after I told her that I loved Camilla Läckberg. Read more
Published 7 months ago by F. WANG
Enough substance to keep me hooked.....
I have to say that I have been caught up in the zeitgeist of 'Nordic noir'. Having read all of the Wahloo/Majsjowall, Nesbo I was hungry for more. Read more
Published 14 months ago by H. E. Turner
good potential
This is an interesting book if not reaching the hights of nesser et al.However the book shows potential the story is basically very sound with a few twists and turns. Read more
Published 17 months ago by frank hvam
Dump the translator
I agree with other reviews which say that this is a pleasant read and promises better from this new writer. Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. Pascoe
A Rather Average Offering From Scandinavia
There has been much coverage of the phenomenon of Nordic crime fiction in the press lately (see, most recently, Laura Miller in the Wall Street Journal), most of it very deserved. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by Feanor
A lack-lustre read
British readers have become used to a certain amount of sophistication in their crime novels and what is immediately obvious about this novel is that it doesn't have enough. Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2009 by Eileen Shaw
Another Swedish author to enjoy.
"Unseen" by Mari Jungstedt was recommended to me as a similar writer to Henning Mankell who is a favourite of mine. Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2009 by Heather Wright
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Average read, didnt really grab me as much as I thought it might. I am reading her second book now (Unspoken) and it is much the same as her first. Disappointing.
Published on 4 May 2009 by Angela Knight
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