Books by Åsa Larsson
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review 1: This is my first Åsa Larsson novel and my first encounter with Rebecka Martinsson. It won't be my last. I found the mystery cleverly constructed, the characters believable (if sometimes despicable), the historical basis interesting, and the pacing just right. The fact that I r...
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review 1: I liked this book, pace was good, side characters were also engaging although I felt she let their side stories drop a little as the book progressed. Although I'm not one for spooky ghost books of any flavor, the weaving in of the dead girl's POV was also intriguing and added to ...
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review 1: I loved this book. Nordic mysteries often leave me...well, cold. I'm not generally a huge fan. But this one drew me in from the first page. Rebecka Martinsson is a main character I really like. She is strong, real, smart, proud. And she's not the only one. The alternate narrative...
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review 1: Up in Kiruna, the northernmost town in Sweden,District Prosecutor Rebecka Martinsson is recovering from the trauma she experienced in the last book in this series, keeping her late grandmother’s cottage clean and looking after her dogs Vera and Brat. Police dog handler Krister E...
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review 1: As ever, good, particularly on the background - Kiruna in the far north of Sweden, and the surrounding villages and forest and rural life. In this one, there is also a historical part, set in Kiruna at the time of the First World War, and there is even a real historical person wh...
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review 1: Have read a few books by this Swedish author. Features Rebekka Martinsson as a Prosecutor in a northern rural part of Sweden, with Police Inspector Mella. Though the personal relationships and personal "issues" of the characters are explored and are part of the story, they don'...
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review 1: Anyone who knows my reading record over recent years knows that my passion for Scandanavian noir as it now seems to be called, knows no bounds, and comes with no apology either. I am less familiar with Sweden's Asa Larsson, but on the strength of Until Thy Wrath Be Past, I'll be ...
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review 1: Wilma Persson and Simon Kyro are diving into ice-covered waters to try to learn more about a plane wreck that is beneath the surface when someone covers their ice hole with a door and they die. Prosecutor Rebecka Martinsson and police detective Anna-Maria Mella work the case. T...
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review 1: I think Stieg Larsson was a landmark in the history of Scandinavian fictional writing, there has been no author who so intricately weaves the swedish culture with the characters into a pefect spellbound mystery....and like every reader I am looking for next Stieg Larsson and all ...
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review 1: I really enjoy reading literature from Scandinavia and this was no disappointment either. It was my first book from Asa Larsson but won't be my last. I wasn't sure about the ghost in the storyline, telling parts of the story but it worked really well.I also liked the historical i...