Really good read. I've tried a few other Scandinavian mysteries and this is the first that kept my interest. The plot was not intricate but unwound slowly throughout the book. (One of my pet peeves is when the sleuth suddenly has an epiphany and solves the mystery in on paragraph. I liked that this was solved in little pieces though the book.) The location was vivid (at least for me, having lived in Norway) and added a lot of dimension to the story. The characters were realistic and interesting. Overall a great read, very hard to put down once I got into it. I'd love to read more, but I'm not sure my Norwegian is good enough to read a novel. Would be worth it to give it a shot, though.

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This occurred to me the other night while trying to fall asleep: is it me or was the whole Hanne Richter left half finished? I realize it wasn't a big part of the plot, but it bothers me that it was just left behind. I hate dropped threads.