A review by mpr2000
The Assistant by K.O. Dahl
4.0
It’s not easy to make a review when a book is good and you can’t stop thinking about it! This had been a slow paced rollercoaster, with multiple characters and very interesting subplots, it was easy to lose track of time while I was reading “The Assistant”.
This book has two different time frames in Norway, not to distract the reader but to show how everything started and how it will end… (maybe?). The story is told from Jack Rivers’ perspective, the assistant of the PI Ludvig Paaske that will accept a case that will change both of their lives forever.
Jack and Paaske had a past together, but now that they are working as a team, trust is the most important thing. But the new case, a marital infidelity, is not as simple as it seems, Jack has a past connection with the wife; and when he starts hiding important information to Paaske everything will be at risk. Jack doesn’t seem to be a bad man, he is a hard worker and a good friend; but he has a weak point, a young woman she met a long time ago. But now she has reappeared to his life, with a new name and a new German husband. Their story together is truculent and it will be revealed slowly as the story passes; sadly, love and pain are always linked together.
This is a mystery, but it has so many layers and historical details that it felt difficult to only give it one label; friendship, war, spies, love, vengeance…
This is not a book to rush, everything will be revealed, you only have to let the story flow and be absorbed by it, it’s worth every page, believe me!
Are you ready to discover “The Assistant”?
This book has two different time frames in Norway, not to distract the reader but to show how everything started and how it will end… (maybe?). The story is told from Jack Rivers’ perspective, the assistant of the PI Ludvig Paaske that will accept a case that will change both of their lives forever.
Jack and Paaske had a past together, but now that they are working as a team, trust is the most important thing. But the new case, a marital infidelity, is not as simple as it seems, Jack has a past connection with the wife; and when he starts hiding important information to Paaske everything will be at risk. Jack doesn’t seem to be a bad man, he is a hard worker and a good friend; but he has a weak point, a young woman she met a long time ago. But now she has reappeared to his life, with a new name and a new German husband. Their story together is truculent and it will be revealed slowly as the story passes; sadly, love and pain are always linked together.
This is a mystery, but it has so many layers and historical details that it felt difficult to only give it one label; friendship, war, spies, love, vengeance…
This is not a book to rush, everything will be revealed, you only have to let the story flow and be absorbed by it, it’s worth every page, believe me!
Are you ready to discover “The Assistant”?