A review by readinggrrl
The Dead of Summer by Mari Jungstedt
3.0
While I really enjoyed this book I wasn't quite sure who the main character was. The book really focuses on so many characters. I believe the police man Knutas was supposed to be the main player, but there were so many other more intriguing characters that he sort of got lost. I was more drawn into the story of Johan Berg the TV reporter who seemed to be one step ahead of the police and the Assistant Commissioner Jacobsson whose power is given a back seat when her boss Knutas returns from vacation early.
This is your typical slower paced Scandinavian mystery. There is no clean wrap up at the end, the characters are all flawed, and while you know that something happened in the past to spark these murders you aren't quite sure what. I almost feel like many of these books are more character studies with the mystery as secondary. Either way its a very enjoyable read.
This is your typical slower paced Scandinavian mystery. There is no clean wrap up at the end, the characters are all flawed, and while you know that something happened in the past to spark these murders you aren't quite sure what. I almost feel like many of these books are more character studies with the mystery as secondary. Either way its a very enjoyable read.