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Author : Mons Kallentoft
Title : Savage Spring
Published : 11/04/2013
Pages : 528
Genre : Crime Thriller
Publisher : Hodder Paperbacks
The Swedish town of Linkoeping is bathed in Spring sunshine. The trees are blossoming and families are having breakfast at outdoor tables in the main square. Then a deafening explosion rips through the air. Broken glass and tulip petals cover the cobblestones, and two little girls, twin sisters, are killed while their mother is left fighting for her life.
Sometime last year I bought a job lot of crime books from a small independent books store. Ever since I have been slowly working my way through them. It has been a somewhat hit and miss affair, but for the price, I haven't been all that worried about it. So it finally came time to delve into Savage spring, for some reason I have picked this book up and put it back in my to be read pile more than once. I think in part this was down to the description, it felt like the kind of book I had to be in the right mood to read.
In starting this book I had not realized it was part of a series about Detective Inspector Malin Fors. She was an interesting person to get to know throughout the course of the book. Just the right amount of broken to keep me wanting to know more about who she is. Malin is another in a proud and long line of detectives from out Scandinavian brothers and sister. In the course of this book, we get to delve into not only her way of solving cases, but also into her private life and to a larger extent how she cam to be the person she is now. She is also another one who will fight to get to the trough using her intelligence to pull all the pieces together and get to the bottom of this bombing. Along the way, we also get to visit with some interesting supporting characters. And get to see how a warped and twisted person can be molded those around them into doing something so truly heinous.
This book turned out nothing like I was expecting from the blurb I had read on the back. It's always a little strange when you think you know the directs a book will take only to find it shooting off in complete a different direction. This time for me it was a good thing, The plot is well thought out and executed keeping me searching for the final revel right up until the end. The author has managed to craft a complex web of conspiracy as to why this bomb went off, however, he also has given me a look into the heart of what family can mean. It is through this that I was able to gain a deeper understanding of these people and the choices they made. I can't say this lead to me having compassion for them, bad things happen to people all the time and somehow they still mage to find a way to a better life. It does, however, make for a compelling read and anyone who enjoys there Scandinavian noir I'm sure will be gripped by this book and the journey it took me on.
While this is complex read the author's style means I was able not only to get through this book in not too long, but was also had great enjoyment in trying to beat the good Detective Inspector in solving the case. I have defiantly been won over and I will be hunting out the other books in this series to add to my to be read pile.
Sometime last year I bought a job lot of crime books from a small independent books store. Ever since I have been slowly working my way through them. It has been a somewhat hit and miss affair, but for the price, I haven't been all that worried about it. So it finally came time to delve into Savage spring, for some reason I have picked this book up and put it back in my to be read pile more than once. I think in part this was down to the description, it felt like the kind of book I had to be in the right mood to read.
In starting this book I had not realized it was part of a series about Detective Inspector Malin Fors. She was an interesting person to get to know throughout the course of the book. Just the right amount of broken to keep me wanting to know more about who she is. Malin is another in a proud and long line of detectives from out Scandinavian brothers and sister. In the course of this book, we get to delve into not only her way of solving cases, but also into her private life and to a larger extent how she cam to be the person she is now. She is also another one who will fight to get to the trough using her intelligence to pull all the pieces together and get to the bottom of this bombing. Along the way, we also get to visit with some interesting supporting characters. And get to see how a warped and twisted person can be molded those around them into doing something so truly heinous.
This book turned out nothing like I was expecting from the blurb I had read on the back. It's always a little strange when you think you know the directs a book will take only to find it shooting off in complete a different direction. This time for me it was a good thing, The plot is well thought out and executed keeping me searching for the final revel right up until the end. The author has managed to craft a complex web of conspiracy as to why this bomb went off, however, he also has given me a look into the heart of what family can mean. It is through this that I was able to gain a deeper understanding of these people and the choices they made. I can't say this lead to me having compassion for them, bad things happen to people all the time and somehow they still mage to find a way to a better life. It does, however, make for a compelling read and anyone who enjoys there Scandinavian noir I'm sure will be gripped by this book and the journey it took me on.
While this is complex read the author's style means I was able not only to get through this book in not too long, but was also had great enjoyment in trying to beat the good Detective Inspector in solving the case. I have defiantly been won over and I will be hunting out the other books in this series to add to my to be read pile.
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