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Summertime Death (2008)

by Mons Kallentoft(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1444721577 (ISBN13: 9781444721577)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Hodder & Stoughton

series

Malin Fors

review 1: This book attracted me because the author, Mons Kallentoft, is a young Swedish writer in the crime/thriller genre, and one reviewer compared him to Stieg Larsson. The action takes place in a small town in Sweden during an unusual heat wave. In a short span of days, a young girl turns up nearly dead, then two more girls are found dead, and the evidence points to a potential serial killer. The main detective, Malin Fors, gets the case. For one thing, I did not know that it could get that hot in Sweden in the summer, but after some research, found that it can, usually in the interior. I also liked that it gives you a look at modern life in the provinces, rather than Stockholm. While I didn't find his writing on a level with Larsson, I will read the other novels in this ... moreseries. Kallentoft is edgy and blunt, and will keep you turning those pages.
review 2: Of course I didn't read this in Swedish--I read a review copy on my iPad that expired last night. Set in Linkoeping, Sweden, Summer Death features intrepid police heroine Malin Fors, who is hunting for a killer. Malin is suffering because it is hot, hot, hot and getting hotter in Sweden. Malin is also hitting the Tequila pretty hard and missing her daughter, Tove, who is vacationing in Bali (where it is cooler than Sweden). The heat seems to be affecting Malin and her colleagues' collective brain and they make some bone-headed mistakes before the killer is finally discovered. Some of the characters in this book are dead, and that is kind of disturbing, but overall Summer Death is a page-turner with a twisty plot, excellent descriptions of life in Sweden, and lots of wonderful character development. less

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