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Oorlogskind (2007)

by Camilla Läckberg(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

9041413855 (ISBN13: 9789041413857)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Anthos

series

Fjällbacka

review 1: This Swedish author has written eight novels, of which this is the fifth to be published in the United States. The first, “The Ice Princess,” was widely accepted as on a par with the best of the recent Scandinavian noir novels. As with that debut book, this novel also is set in the small fishing village of Fjallbacka and is a police procedural.Camilla Lackberg continues the series with Detective Patrik Hedstrom taking a four-month paternity leave to care of their young daughter, Maja, and other domestic duties, and enable his wife, Erica, to write her new book. After a tough beginning, especially getting acclimated to his new duties and missing his professional work, things develop in unexpected ways. To begin with, Erica discovers some old artifacts, including an... more Iron Cross, belonging to her mother which leads her to divert her attention to learn more about her parent. Erica shows the medal to a retired history professor, a specialist in Nazi history, who is murdered shortly thereafter. Another murder of an elderly woman adds to the mystery, especially since the two victims were childhood friends. Are the crimes related? The plot continues with a dual thrust, with Erica pursuing knowledge of her mother and the police investigating the crimes. And the information developed becomes intertwined.The novel, as its predecessors in the series, is of consistently high quality, well-plotted, carefully translated and well written. Perhaps most important, the characters are natural, every-day types of people, living typical lives and working hard. The plots move forward with logic, and the loose ends come together at the end smoothly, although in a completely unexpected manner.Highly recommended.
review 2: This is so far my favorite Camila Läckberg novel, and I am really not a fan of WW2-nazi-mysteries books. Camila Läckberg's books are enjoyable, but can lack rhythm, and I have sometimes found the characters shallow.This book is the exception: what has stood out to me is the depth that Camila Läckberg has given to her characters, showing their complexities and avoiding giving any of them a feel-good judgment. They are humans, they have felt/feel hatred, they do some things wrong and some things right, and sometimes the price they pay for their wrongs or rights is not a fair one - just like in real life. less

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