Deborah M. (teachingelementary) reviewed on 5/27/2011 + 8 more book reviews

This Swedish crime drama is about a murder that takes place in the city of Uppsala. The story follows the lives of the police detectives, the family of the victim and a potential suspects. The story is very slow moving especially in the beginning. I didn't really get into the book until about a third of the way through. The first third has a lot of character development and, in my opinion, too many unnecessary details. The worst part is that the ending was very abrupt. I had finally gotten absorbed in the story and the end came out of nowhere! I really liked the last 2/3 of the book and felt the the author came up short in the end. I think he spent too much energy describing details at the beginning of the story and ran out of energy for the end. So-so book!

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