HomeGroupsTalkMoreZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Results from Google Books

Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.

Loading...

Dark Secrets (2010)

by Michael Hjorth, Hans Rosenfeldt

Other authors: See the other authors section.

Series: Sebastian Bergman (1)

MembersReviewsPopularityAverage ratingMentions
5722341,920 (3.85)8
In this "flawless," fast-paced crime thriller, Scandinavia's hottest new writing duo, Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt, present the first book in the Sebastian Bergman series (Politiken). It all begins with a call to the police. A sixteen-year-old boy, Roger Eriksson, has gone missing in the town of Västerås. A search is organized and a group of young scouts makes an awful discovery in a marsh: Roger is dead. Meanwhile, Sebastian Bergman, psychologist, criminal profiler and one of Sweden's top experts on serial killers, is in Västerås to settle his mother's estate following her death. Sebastian has withdrawn from police work after the death of his wife and daughter in the 2004 tsunami. When the Crime Investigation Department asks Sebastian for his help in Roger's case, his arrogant manner at first alienates the rest of the team. Pushing forward, though, they begin to make disturbing discoveries about the private school Roger attended . . . … (more)
Loading...

Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 8 mentions

English (11)  Dutch (5)  German (3)  Swedish (2)  Catalan (1)  Finnish (1)  All languages (23)
Showing 1-5 of 11 (next | show all)
Ein nettes Ermittlerteam trifft auf einen (schon bekannten) unleidlichen Polizeipsychologen - der auch eigentlich gar keine Lust auf den Fall hat... Sebastian Bergman entpuppt sich als Kotzbrocken, der beim Leser trotzdem Sympathien weckt. Auch den Rest vom Team lernt man ein bisschen kennen, hier ist noch Luft nach oben - aber es folgen ja auch noch mehr Teile der Serie.
Der Krimi ist gut geschrieben und bringt einige Wendungen, die ich nicht vorher gesehen habe.

Das Hörbuch ist gelesen von Douglas Welbat, den ich hier zum ersten Mal gehört habe. Die Stimme passt aber zur Story und zu Sebastian Bergman. ( )
  Katzenkindliest | Apr 23, 2024 |
Série Sebastian Bergman #1.

Tudo começa com uma chamada para a polícia. Um rapaz de 16 anos de idade desapareceu. É organizada uma busca e um grupo de jovens escuteiros faz uma terrível descoberta. As questões começam a desenrolar-se a partir daí.

A polícia local em Västeräs (cidade onde a cena se desenvolve) tem os seus próprios problemas. Isso dificulta a tarefa da equipa especialista (liderada por Torkel), chamada para auxiliar a polícia local.

Sebastian Bergman é relutantemente designado pelo seu antigo chefe Torkel para ajudar a localizar o assassino do rapaz.
Sebastian agarra-se à equipa de investigação por razões totalmente egoístas. O conteúdo de uma carta antiga descoberta entre os pertences da casa dos seus pais é a razão. Descobre-a, pois tem como objetivo vender a casa o mais rapidamente possível, depois da morte da mãe, com quem não falava há muito.

Sebastian é especialista em traçar perfis, formado como psicólogo criminal.
Está emocionalmente despojado; não quer saber o que os outros pensam dele; um solitário que não deixa ninguém entrar no seu espaço interior; procura conquistas sexuais como um vício e abriga um profundo luto não resolvido (que influencia em muito a sua atual personalidade).
Sabe tudo sobre as suas fraquezas, mas não está disposto a mudar e é incapaz de o fazer. Mas, como afirma perante todos, é excelente no que faz.

Os diferentes pontos de vista facilitam conhecer um pouco todos os personagens. Encontramos capítulos sobre o criminoso. Ele intitula-se, "O homem que não é um assassino".

"ʜᴇ ʀᴇᴘᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴀꜱ ʜᴇ ᴅʀᴀɢɢᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴏʏ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟᴏᴘᴇ: ɪ ᴀᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀ ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀᴇʀ."

O que faz com que este livro se destaque dos outros do género são as personagens. Todos têm os seus pequenos segredos e peculiaridades, também razão pela qual a leitura deste livro foi tão intrigante.

Este é um romance cativante, um belo mistério que é dominado por personagens convincentes e credíveis. O tema que permeia toda a história é a dor, a felicidade e a importância dos laços entre pais e filhos.
Os autores constroem com mestria suspense. Conseguem criar múltiplas teorias lógicas.
E para além do enredo principal, existe um momento explosivo na última página. ( )
  craly | Jan 24, 2024 |
As with all of the best Nordic Noir heroes, Sebastian Bergman is a complex character carrying a truckload of emotional baggage into his work life. In Sebastian’s case, he is a criminal psychologist who lost his wife and daughter, and seems only able to subsume his pain by indulging in compulsive sexual behaviour. Even prior to his personal loss, he seems to have been a pretty unlikeable colleague anyway.

This, of course, makes him the perfect candidate for a series of Scandinavian crime novels.

Dark Secrets is the first in the series. Bergman involves himself in the case of the gruesome murder of a teenage boy for ulterior motives of his own. He convinces his old boss to add him to the investigative team, which stirs up resentment amongst his colleagues. Bergman cannot help himself from fanning the flames by baiting and putting down his team-mates, being indiscreet during interviews and generally choosing his own eccentric course, despite orders to the contrary.

Hjorth and Rosenfeldt have created a gem of a character, a very flawed man who still attracts our sympathies, and deliver a twisting and hard to predict story line. The authors feint in several directions and keep you guessing right up to the end, in both the main plot of the investigation and the secondary story line of Bergman’s personal search. There is certainly enough interest to make me want to come back for a second helping.

I would probably have enjoyed this book a lot more if I hadn’t chanced upon the Sebastian Bergman TV series on Amazon. In a one-line summary of this episode, they managed to give away one of the biggest plot developments in the entire book. Thanks Amazon.
( )
  gjky | Apr 9, 2023 |
Sebastian Bergman, Kriminalpsychologe: Hochintelligent. Unausstehlich. In einem Waldstück bei Västerås wird die Leiche eines Jungen entdeckt – brutal ermordet, mit herausgerissenem Herzen. Roger war Schüler eines Elitegymnasiums, ein sensibler Junge. Die Polizei vor Ort ist überfordert, und so reist Kommissar Höglund mit seinem Team aus Stockholm in die Provinz. Dort trifft er überraschend einen alten Bekannten: Sebastian Bergman, ein brillanter Kriminalpsychologe und berüchtigter Kotzbrocken. Er bietet Höglund seine Hilfe an. Das Team ist wenig begeistert, doch schon bald wird der hochintelligente Bergman unverzichtbar. Denn in Västerås gibt es mehr als eine zerstörte Seele ...
  Fredo68 | Jun 29, 2020 |
It was a nice read that kept my attention, but nothing spectacular.
I'm not so impressed that I want to read the other parts of this series as well. ( )
  BoekenTrol71 | Nov 18, 2018 |
Showing 1-5 of 11 (next | show all)
no reviews | add a review

» Add other authors (13 possible)

Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Hjorth, Michaelprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rosenfeldt, Hansmain authorall editionsconfirmed
Allenstein, UrselÜbersetzersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Boen, EllenTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Boixadós, JordiTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Delargy, MarlaineTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Dobosi, BeátaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hansen, Bent OttoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nerito, RobertaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rosenau, AlicjaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Syvertsen, HåvardTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

Belongs to Series

Belongs to Publisher Series

rororo (25670)
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical title
Original title
Alternative titles
Original publication date
People/Characters
Important places
Important events
Related movies
Epigraph
Dedication
First words
Information from the German Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language.
Der Mann war kein Mörder.
Quotations
Last words
Information from the German Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
Disambiguation notice
Publisher's editors
Blurbers
Original language
Information from the German Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language.
Canonical DDC/MDS
Canonical LCC

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

In this "flawless," fast-paced crime thriller, Scandinavia's hottest new writing duo, Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt, present the first book in the Sebastian Bergman series (Politiken). It all begins with a call to the police. A sixteen-year-old boy, Roger Eriksson, has gone missing in the town of Västerås. A search is organized and a group of young scouts makes an awful discovery in a marsh: Roger is dead. Meanwhile, Sebastian Bergman, psychologist, criminal profiler and one of Sweden's top experts on serial killers, is in Västerås to settle his mother's estate following her death. Sebastian has withdrawn from police work after the death of his wife and daughter in the 2004 tsunami. When the Crime Investigation Department asks Sebastian for his help in Roger's case, his arrogant manner at first alienates the rest of the team. Pushing forward, though, they begin to make disturbing discoveries about the private school Roger attended . . . 

No library descriptions found.

Book description
Sextán ára piltur er  horfinn. Líklega stunginn af til Stokkhólms, heldur lögreglan. Skömmu síðar finnst hann myrtur norður af bænum. Hjartað hefur verið fjarlægt úr líkinu.
Sebastian Bergman er réttarsálfræðingur og aðalsérfræðingur lögreglunnar í að draga upp mynd af óþekktum ódæðismönnum. Hann er eldklár, en líka ögrandi, hrokafullur og hreinasta martröð fyrir samstarfsmennina.
Bergman var eiginlega hættur störfum eftir harmleik í fjölskyldunni en fyrir tilviljun dregst hann inn í rannsóknina á morðinu á þessum sextán ára pilti. Bergman hefur sínar ástæður fyrir því. Hann ætlar sér að komast yfir trúnaðarupplýsingar sem hann veit að er að finna í skýrslum lögreglunnar.
Maðurinn sem var ekki morðingi er fyrsta bókin í væntanlegri röð glæpasagna með Sebastian Bergman í aðalhlutverki. Spennandi, trúverðugur og hrikalega skemmtilegur sænskur krimmi.
Haiku summary

Current Discussions

None

Popular covers

Quick Links

Rating

Average: (3.85)
0.5
1 2
1.5
2 2
2.5 1
3 25
3.5 18
4 69
4.5 14
5 17

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 205,645,301 books! | Top bar: Always visible