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Loading... The Hand That Trembles (Inspector Ann Lindell) (original 2007; edition 2011)by Kjell Eriksson (Author)
Work InformationThe Hand That Trembles by Kjell Eriksson (2007)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Standard Scandinavian detective stuff but much better than average. Lots in it and well put together. The translation was pretty clunky and needed much better proofreading but a good satisfying read. ( ) Giving this guy a try. Not sure why I went ahead and got this; why not start at the beginning of the series, but, ah well. Here we go ... . A little slow going (and too, too wide-ranging complications story-wise and geographically) for only a little bit, but then pulled together and I was completely engrossed soon into it. The story(s) altogether become quite moving. It all wraps up a little too quickly; but highly recommended. It made a change to read a (very) slow paced crime novel. This is a very sombre mix of four stories (including the lead character's own) which starts incredibly slowly and gradually speeds up to moderate pace. This is definitely not a gripping read but it held my interest, albeit a bit loosely at times. The UK publication of Scandinavian crime novels seems to be a bit random; according to the Good Reads titles this is the eighth book in the Insp. Ann Liddell series, but the first to be published here. This means there is a lot of her back story we are missing and the interplay between the police team is not really clear. I picked up three of the series together at a bargain price and will probably get around to reading the others at some point, but I find myself having to ration my intake of "Scandi-noir" for fear of getting dragged down into the slough of despond from which so many seem to be drawn. no reviews | add a review
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Years after the mysterious disappearance of a Swedish county commissioner, a veteran police officer stumbles on a seemingly unrelated case while Ann Lindell investigates the murder of a woman in a housing development populated by single men. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)839.738Literature German literature and literatures of related languages Other Germanic literatures Swedish literature Swedish fiction 2000-LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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