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La Mirada De Los ángeles (2011)

by Camilla Läckberg(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Ediciones Maeva

series

Fjällbacka

review 1: Think this is one of her better ones. It has several strands, including some serious ones (neo-Nazism and Nazi sympathies from the war being one). A few themes have had an outing before, including the idea of a real person from history not only appearing but having a part in the story (as an ancestor through an illegitimate line), which is a bit cheeky. In this case, it's Goering, whose Swedish connections are embellished for the story, culminating in an explanation for the (genuine) two possible sets of human remains identified as Carin Goering, one of which is linked to this story. Unfortunately, we know about it and know the explanation but the actual relatives in this book do not, as the story is dismissed by everyone who hears it(and it is never discovered). The centr... moreal part of this story concerns a Marie-Celeste like disappearance in 1974: the table set for Easter lunch, but a whole family vanished during their Easter meal and no trace of them was found at the time. The only one left was a very small girl. She has now returned hoping to renovate the house, but new events suggest a link to the past. Another strand from the past is the story of a murderous baby-farmer who was caught and executed in the early years of the 20th century. In the present day there is a right-wing political party and its leader with a journalist hot on his heels, and then of course as always there are the complications of the personal lives of the police team, the Hedstrom family and Erica's sister Anna (the latter is rather annoying). It's quite complicated, and some of it stretches belief a bit (especially some of the baddies!), but I enjoyed this story and while I got quite close to working out what had happened I didn't work it all out. (It seem a bit much to saddle someone who's supposed to be a good character with not one but two mass murderers as ancestors. But still, perhaps it's possible!)
review 2: This is a book for those readers who love puzzles. It is very much in the Agatha Christie mould with multiple suspects and POVs, which means that you have to concentrate to remember who everybody is and how they're related to the story. I didn't quite believe those elements of the plot that relied upon a previous police investigation being so incompetent that it didn't pick up on the simplest of clues. Beware coincidences. less

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