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The Inspector And Silence (1997)

by Håkan Nesser(Favorite Author)
3.68 of 5 Votes: 4
ISBN
0230746705 (ISBN13: 9780230746701)
languge
English
genre
publisher
Macmillan
series
Inspector Van Veeteren
review 1: The most pointless, cliched, feebly-plotted murder mystery ever. Beautiful young girls brutally raped and strangled? Give me a break! The story unwinds at a snail's pace and after pointing the finger at the leader of the sect to which the girls belonged, of course our author plucks another culprit at random. Why do such books get published at all, I wonder? It's not even sexy or scary, just boring beyond belief.
review 2: A young girl goes missing. She is at a youth camp for confirmation, but it is a sect, not a recognized church. The author sets our prejudices up this way, as all suspicion falls upon the male leader of the sect. Then a second girl goes missing. And then the man. Inspector Van Veeteren cannot figure it out.Finally a breakthrough. But is it en
... moreough? All of this against a background of his dreams of a romantic vacation in Crete. less
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Makayla240
One of my favorite authors of Scandinavian crime fiction. Violence is downplayed. Some humor.
Nashesha
great book. Loved the twists. Can't wait to read another of his books
jesslee
This is not one of his best books. A bit slow, and boring.
natlynn
Another quality entry in this Swedish police procedural.
tima
Another good read, VV in great form.
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