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In this crime drama, detective Varg Veum's adventures take him into the world of privileged teenage girls who have been drawn into drugs and prostitution. The situation worsens when the local judge is found dead in a luxury hotel, clad only in women's lingerie. Called in by anxious parents to look for a missing daughter and explain the judge's death, Varg is led deep into Bergen's criminal underworld.
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When one Friday afternoon in February Judge HC Brandt, age seventy, was found dead in one of the better hotels in town, wearing nothing but flimsy women's underwear, rumours soon began to spread. Read the first page
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When one Friday afternoon in February Judge HC Brandt, age seventy, was found dead in one of the better hotels in town, wearing nothing but flimsy women's underwear, rumours soon began to spread. Read the first page
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the first Gunnar Staalesen I have read and initially I found it a bit slow and difficult to get into. This may have been the translation? However, after about the first chapter I was totally hooked and found the characters plausible and interesting and the plot absolutely riveting. Make sure you don't take a peep at the ending because it will spoil what is an intricate and well constructed plot with several brilliant twists at the end. Definitely well worth the read and I will certainly be reading more books by this author.
2 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read other Staaleson novels and have been impressed by the smooth translation. This must have been done by someone else, it unfortunately does not flow and the stilted language detracts from the yearn.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Trafficking in Norway
11 April 2010
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The story starts out with a bang. A seventy-year-old judge is found dead of a heart attack in a hotel room, wearing women's underwear. After that, the focus switches, and things move more slowly into a lot of frustrating investigation and interviewing.
Private investigator Varg Veum has been hired to look for a sixteen-year-old girl gone missing. Torild Skagestøl is from a good family, but as Veum looks into her habits and associates, he gradually uncovers her connection with a procurement service for clients who like very young teenage girls.
At first I felt I didn't know Varg Veum well enough to get caught up in his concerns. But his background does become clear after a while. He worked for many years in Child Welfare, and he has a particular aversion to seeing adults neglect and mistreat children.
A fifty-year-old sociologist type, Veum has a nice way of relating to his age-appropriate girlfriend. On the other hand, he's no pushover. He fights dirty when he has to.
Although Gunnar Staalesen's books are immensely popular internationally, they're just trickling through to the U.S as far as I can tell. I do feel that if I'd read the earlier books, I would be more tuned into the main character.
That said, the plot does pick up momentum if you stick with it, and Staalesen delivers a strong ending. So all in all, I'd recommend the book. It offers an interesting look at contemporary Norway, too.
Private investigator Varg Veum has been hired to look for a sixteen-year-old girl gone missing. Torild Skagestøl is from a good family, but as Veum looks into her habits and associates, he gradually uncovers her connection with a procurement service for clients who like very young teenage girls.
At first I felt I didn't know Varg Veum well enough to get caught up in his concerns. But his background does become clear after a while. He worked for many years in Child Welfare, and he has a particular aversion to seeing adults neglect and mistreat children.
A fifty-year-old sociologist type, Veum has a nice way of relating to his age-appropriate girlfriend. On the other hand, he's no pushover. He fights dirty when he has to.
Although Gunnar Staalesen's books are immensely popular internationally, they're just trickling through to the U.S as far as I can tell. I do feel that if I'd read the earlier books, I would be more tuned into the main character.
That said, the plot does pick up momentum if you stick with it, and Staalesen delivers a strong ending. So all in all, I'd recommend the book. It offers an interesting look at contemporary Norway, too.
The Writing on the Wall
10 Feb 2011
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This is a remarkable crime fiction novel. Very dense descriptions of locale, culture in Norway, personalities, problems of culture at large. This work is aimed at the way society takes advantage of women, and especially young women. This is a artful condemnation of the "old boy" culture and the ridiculous things men are allowed to do at the expense of 50 percent of our citizens. I loved this book. The start was strange and it took me a while to get fully involved but after 80 pages I was not going to leave these people and this story till I had the whole picture. I agree with the premise of the book and thank the author for sending it out to all of us.
Brian Oldham
Brian Oldham
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Really dull.
11 Dec 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Sorry, but I don't agree with the reviews posted here. This is just a dull, old-fashioned genre piece. The lead character is forgettable, the pace relentlessly slow, and, worst of all, I really didn't care to find out who done it. (BTW, am a big fan of a lot of new Scandinavian crime fiction).
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