Konkylien

Sandemoserien #4

by Margit Sandemo

Det kom som et chok for Signe, da hendes onkel blev fundet død i sit hjem – brutalt myrdet. Politiet beder Signe om hjælp, og sammen med den utilnærmelige politimand Harald Elden, drager hun til Sri Lanka, hvor morderen har søgt tilflugt. Signe bliver kastet ud i en halsløs jagt på en hensynsløs drabsmand, som ikke tøvede med at dræbe igen.

Genres: Romance, Fiction

216 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Margit Sandemo was a Norwegian-Swedish historical fantasy author. She has been the best-selling author in the Nordic Countries since the 1980s, when her novel series of 47 books, The Legend of the Ice People, was published. She has also written many other book series such as Häxmästaren and Legenden om Ljusets rike.

Reviews

[Overlady · Rating 1 out of 5]

The 4th book of the Sandemo series.

"Shell"

Our protagonist is a 22 year old woman, called Sarah.
Recently she had her heart broken, as the man she liked chose someone else. She moved to another town.

A coworker of hers thought that she's an easy prey. The said man was 40 years old, and showed her interest to boost his own confidence. He wanted to prove himself that no woman can refuse him. Despite being married, he still chases after women. Saying how unhappy he is in his marriage, how he can leave at any moment. He has children too. His name is Eric.

There's also a police officer, who is an important part of the story. Our protagonists shows feelings for him, since the moment she first sees him. His name is Alfred.

We got yet another murder story. Sarah's uncle got killed.

The main action takes place in Sri Lanka.
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I honestly dislike this story.
Sarah is so annoying. At times pretending to be moral and thinking about Eric's children, then still thinking about boning a married man. Plus side is getting an insight into a mind of a homewrecker. From the get go it's known that she will end up with Alfred, but still the situation with Eric was so nerve wracking.
His way of attracting a woman blows my mind too. Sounds like a way to attract a low value partner, only immoral people with no empathy would be manipulated by that. Alfred was too good for her.
Sarah is my most hated character written by Margit Sandemo.
This book left me with a bad aftertaste.
Alright, enough rant.

[Carola Paro · Rating 1 out of 5]

En synnerligen tråkig kärlekshistoria. Varken Sara eller Haftor får mig som läsare att känna något som helst engagemang. Det som kan lyfta upp storyn åtminstone en aning är Haftors bakgrundshistoria, det hade varit betydligt mer intressant att få läsa mer om vad som hände där.

Betyg: 1/10

[Anette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fin fortælling og spændende at høre om Sri Lanka, men noget simpel både i handling og fortællemåde. Den er overpædagogisk og forklarer f.eks. følelser helt eksplicit og gentagende, selvom de allerede er kommet fint til udtryk i replikkerne. Lidt plat lyserød slutning. Let og hurtig at læse.