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Inspector Anita Sundström #1
Meet Me in Malmö
A British journalist is invited to Malmö to interview an old university friend who is now one of Sweden's leading film directors. When he discovers the director's glamorous film star wife dead in her apartment, the Skåne County Police are called in to solve the high-profile case.Among the investigating team is Inspector Anita Sundström, who soon finds the list of suspects growing. As Anita battles to discover the answers amid the antagonism of some of her colleagues, she even begins to think that the person she is becoming attracted to could be the murderer."
299 pages, ebook
First published December 1, 2010
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Torquil MacLeod
25 books151 followersTorquil MacLeod was born in Edinburgh and brought up in the north east of England. After a brief spell as a teacher in Worcestershire, he worked in advertising agencies in Birmingham, Glasgow and Newcastle; since 2000 he has been a freelance writer.
See also: Torquil R. MacLeod
See also: Torquil R. MacLeod
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April 3, 2013
I took a chance on this one and I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. I will read the second one. I liked it that much. Why then the two stars? Because of the completely ridiculous ending. The scene of the final struggle is (literally) over the top and too improbable to accept. That's the first thing. The other is that, while I like a twist at the end, this twist I just did not believe. There was no preparation for it in any way and I ended up just shrugging my shoulders and deciding I just didn't care enough to go back through the book and see if there was any clue at all. I do like Anita Sundstrom, though, and hope to see her develop further, and kick her snus habit (very unappealing).
July 29, 2014
I am amazed at the number of people that got to the end, then decided the author had ruined the book. You were given ample warning early on. I didn't even last long enough to meet the main character.
At the end of chapter 5, this not very interesting journalist walks into a murder scene and "Then, without knowing why he did it, he slipped a hand under her rigid body and cradled her. He found he was stroking her hair." Gosh, guess what happens next? Someone walks in on him fondling a freshly dead body.
You write that, I don't read one word further. REALLY?? It was already marginal, that was it, I am not wasting one second more. To think all the rest of you actually made it to the end.
At the end of chapter 5, this not very interesting journalist walks into a murder scene and "Then, without knowing why he did it, he slipped a hand under her rigid body and cradled her. He found he was stroking her hair." Gosh, guess what happens next? Someone walks in on him fondling a freshly dead body.
You write that, I don't read one word further. REALLY?? It was already marginal, that was it, I am not wasting one second more. To think all the rest of you actually made it to the end.
April 9, 2017
Okay I'm going to use a Scottish word to describe this book, it's shite. I'm not being petty either. It's really miserable but it could have been good, it had all the right elements but it falls down early on in the piece and never seems to recover. The synopsis sounds good. A Scottish journalist, Ewan, now living in England meets up with an old university pal, Mick, who's now a film producer in Sweden and married to a gorgeous Swedish actress. He invites him to Malmo to interview him and the wife but when Ewan gets there he finds the wife dead and he is a prime suspect after Mick discovers him leaning over his dead wife. After he is ruled out of the investigation other suspects emerge, including a connection to Sapo and the murder of Olaf Palme. Ewan has fallen head over heels in love with Inspector Anita Sundstrom and surprise, surprise, she is starting to fall for an overweight, middle aged Scottish journalist. Why am I not surprised?
What bugged me initially was the same thing that annoyed other reviewers, the over emphasis on Anita's beauty, she's an atypical Swedish beauty, but then we get into day to day conversation in English between Anita and her colleagues, which is perfectly okay but having them using terms like wanker and tosser, just don't work unless your novel is set in the U.K or you've got a British national working as a policeman in Malmo. The overall conversation seems to be inspired more by those tedious BBC cop shows and simply transplanted into the novel.
Anita is supposed to be an experienced detective, with the rank of Inspector but the way she's portrayed in the book you'd think she was just a rookie cop, a bundle of nerves and what she puts up with from male colleagues doesn't even make sense. This is Sweden for Christ's sake not some backwater hick small town in America. If he wanted some Swedish inspiration then watching The Bridge might have provided some better inspiration than this flighty, sometimes cool, fabulously beautiful woman who really can't stop falling in love with one of her suspects.
The sense of place is probably the only thing I liked, MacLeod obviously had some local knowledge but the character development is appalling and seems tacked on with only a half baked idea of character arcs. The ending is absolutely idiotic, in fact skip to the end of the book and save yourself the trouble of wading through an entire book. There was no foreshadowing, just this man who everyone thought was innocent until big surprise he turns out to be the murderer and the book ends with me thinking okay what was all that about? It reminds of that last scene in Basic Instinct where the camera drops down to the ice pick while the former suspect is screwing the cop who was investigating her for murder. The ending in this book treats the reader like an idiot.
This book could have been better with more work on character development and arcs. If, like me, you do write crime then this is probably a good example of a first draft that needed to be rewritten, in fact I've got several drafts of my current novel, none of which will ever see the light of day because I rewrite and rewrite and rewrite again until the story comes to life. Use this book as a teaching tool to learn how not to write crime and an example of tedious tropes.
I gave this one star but it really deserves half a star because even that is being generous.
What bugged me initially was the same thing that annoyed other reviewers, the over emphasis on Anita's beauty, she's an atypical Swedish beauty, but then we get into day to day conversation in English between Anita and her colleagues, which is perfectly okay but having them using terms like wanker and tosser, just don't work unless your novel is set in the U.K or you've got a British national working as a policeman in Malmo. The overall conversation seems to be inspired more by those tedious BBC cop shows and simply transplanted into the novel.
Anita is supposed to be an experienced detective, with the rank of Inspector but the way she's portrayed in the book you'd think she was just a rookie cop, a bundle of nerves and what she puts up with from male colleagues doesn't even make sense. This is Sweden for Christ's sake not some backwater hick small town in America. If he wanted some Swedish inspiration then watching The Bridge might have provided some better inspiration than this flighty, sometimes cool, fabulously beautiful woman who really can't stop falling in love with one of her suspects.
The sense of place is probably the only thing I liked, MacLeod obviously had some local knowledge but the character development is appalling and seems tacked on with only a half baked idea of character arcs. The ending is absolutely idiotic, in fact skip to the end of the book and save yourself the trouble of wading through an entire book. There was no foreshadowing, just this man who everyone thought was innocent until big surprise he turns out to be the murderer and the book ends with me thinking okay what was all that about? It reminds of that last scene in Basic Instinct where the camera drops down to the ice pick while the former suspect is screwing the cop who was investigating her for murder. The ending in this book treats the reader like an idiot.
This book could have been better with more work on character development and arcs. If, like me, you do write crime then this is probably a good example of a first draft that needed to be rewritten, in fact I've got several drafts of my current novel, none of which will ever see the light of day because I rewrite and rewrite and rewrite again until the story comes to life. Use this book as a teaching tool to learn how not to write crime and an example of tedious tropes.
I gave this one star but it really deserves half a star because even that is being generous.
June 15, 2021
British, hack journalist, Ewan Strachan, runs into an old school friend, Mick Roslyn, who has become a popular Swedish film producer.
Ewan travels to Sweden to interview Mick, but Mick’s wife, a famous film star is suddenly murdered!
Introducing, Inspector Anita Sundstrom, who’s got her work cut out for her. There’s a plethora of suspects:
The British journalist, Ewan Strachan. Husband Mick, who has a secret girlfriend. The girlfriend’s husband. An amorous, love sick stalker. Even the mysterious, Swedish secret intelligence.
While Sundstrom is running in circles trying to solve the murder, countless clues and investigations lead to nowhere.
Like Sundstrom, l was led around the field, multiple times, and in and out of closets. What I’m saying is, the story led me everywhere! This is one book that has millions of twists and turns.
If you like your mysteries thoughtful and misleading, with a (never seen that coming, ending), then this is the book for you.
Ewan travels to Sweden to interview Mick, but Mick’s wife, a famous film star is suddenly murdered!
Introducing, Inspector Anita Sundstrom, who’s got her work cut out for her. There’s a plethora of suspects:
The British journalist, Ewan Strachan. Husband Mick, who has a secret girlfriend. The girlfriend’s husband. An amorous, love sick stalker. Even the mysterious, Swedish secret intelligence.
While Sundstrom is running in circles trying to solve the murder, countless clues and investigations lead to nowhere.
Like Sundstrom, l was led around the field, multiple times, and in and out of closets. What I’m saying is, the story led me everywhere! This is one book that has millions of twists and turns.
If you like your mysteries thoughtful and misleading, with a (never seen that coming, ending), then this is the book for you.
January 23, 2022
I would have given this three stars...until the last three lines. I enjoyed the police procedural and cooperation with a journalist. However the final chapters changed my rating to a "Didn't like it"
0ddly, seven years on, I received a comment on my one star review, and so revisited here to say I read all of the subsequent novels in the series, and enjoyed them all. I reread the offending final sentence and still disliked it.
0ddly, seven years on, I received a comment on my one star review, and so revisited here to say I read all of the subsequent novels in the series, and enjoyed them all. I reread the offending final sentence and still disliked it.
October 3, 2020
A male Scot author writes a series situated in a city he has never been to featuring a female lead detective working with extremely sexist colleagues. Not surprising then the book that is produced has its strange parts. The ending could have been great but it came out of the blue, the parts featuring the city of Malmo seems to have come out of Wikipedia and the sexism is so patronising. Not worth pursuing the rest in the series.
April 2, 2015
Enjoyable crime romp featuring new detective on the block Anna Sundstrom, entertaining throughout with some great characters. Yes a certain amount of suspension of disbelief is required, most especially with regards to the ending, but overall very good indeed.
The strength in this story comes from the two main characters – Ewan is slightly hapless, when he seizes the opportunity to use old ties to secure a decent interview he ends up embroiled in murder. Anna, the detective on the case is an extremely credible character with surprisingly few issues – she is what she is and she does what she does. Refreshing that the author didnt feel the need to resort to cliche. The interaction between these two formed a great backdrop for the events of the novel – their growing relationship giving a nice little sub plot to sink your teeth into.
The mystery element is well drawn – some great little twists and turns in there, cleverly done and keeps you turning the pages. Yes ok the end I think will divide opinion but for the most part it was solid and highly readable, a great new addition to the crime genre.
Overall then pretty terrific. I will look forward to meeting Anna again.
The strength in this story comes from the two main characters – Ewan is slightly hapless, when he seizes the opportunity to use old ties to secure a decent interview he ends up embroiled in murder. Anna, the detective on the case is an extremely credible character with surprisingly few issues – she is what she is and she does what she does. Refreshing that the author didnt feel the need to resort to cliche. The interaction between these two formed a great backdrop for the events of the novel – their growing relationship giving a nice little sub plot to sink your teeth into.
The mystery element is well drawn – some great little twists and turns in there, cleverly done and keeps you turning the pages. Yes ok the end I think will divide opinion but for the most part it was solid and highly readable, a great new addition to the crime genre.
Overall then pretty terrific. I will look forward to meeting Anna again.
May 15, 2013
Few times have I been so conflicted. The book is very entertaining. The main character, Anita Sundstrom, shows great potential as a heroic protagonist. And yet, few times have I had a story I was enjoying be so spectacularly ruined by half a page of dialogue. The twist ending is surprising in its poor execution. It is pointless, flat, illogical, and strikes of sheer laziness from the author. A most idiotic way of ending an otherwise enjoyable read.
dnf
January 22, 2023In keeping with my 2023 commitment to DNF any book I’m not enjoying, I’m pulling the plug on this one pretty early on. I wasn’t impressed with the writing or the characters by the end of Chapter 4, so I’m closing it down and picking up something better.
March 5, 2015
The first of Torquil MacLeod’s series featuring Swedish detective Anita Sundström , with two further instalments already published: Murder In Malmo and Missing In Malmo. The book opens with the apparent suicide of a young female student at Durham University, from where the story moves forward twenty five years and we first encounter Ewan Strachan, a less than talented journalist working for a tinpot local magazine in the North East of England. Getting wind of Strachan’s former involvement at university with a high-profile film director, Mick Roslyn, now based in Sweden, Strachan is despatched, not altogether unwillingly, to Malmo to interview Roslyn, and Roslyn’s glamorous wife, the actress Malin Lovgren. However, Strachan quickly comes to the attention of Swedish detective Anita Sundström and her team when he stumbles upon a murder scene- Roslyn’s wife has been strangled and Strachan is put firmly in the place of chief suspect. As the investigation progresses, however, Sundström becomes increasingly attracted to the unprepossessing figure of Strachan, and proving his innocence has serious ramifications for our intrepid detective. And just what are Roslyn and Strachan concealing about their university years?
I think the first thing to say about this book is that I enjoyed the characterisation very much, both of hapless journalist Ewan Strachan, and of MacLeod’s keynote detective Anita Sundström. Strachan was portrayed as a wonderfully underperforming, unfulfilled waster, who let’s face it would never get within an inch of a Pulitzer for his journalistic output. I thoroughly enjoyed his seeming lack of confidence when Sundström begins to take a more than professional interest in him, and his whole little-boy-lost demeanour as he struggles to get to grips with both his potential involvement in a murder, and the trials of dealing with this in a strange country. Equally, Sundström played a significant part in my enjoyment of the book, not being too weighed down with the usual cliches that attach themselves to female detectives, and for the most part carrying a credibility about her character throughout. I was slightly perturbed with the building romantic involvement between herself and Strachan, but think that MacLeod largely succeeded in the believability of their growing attraction. He handled the balance of Sundström’s professional investigation and character well with a sub-storyline that could have caused all manner of pitfalls. Generally, the plot was well played out, and as the events of past and present became more intertwined, my attention was kept focussed by the slow reveal of the skeletons in Strachan’s and Roslyn’s past. However, I would slightly take issue with the ending, as I did experience a growing feeling of ‘oh- he’s not going to do that at the end is he?’- as the murderer is revealed. Maybe my prolific crime reading has bitten me on the bum again as I did feel a little dissatisfaction with the denouement.
It’s always interesting to see how a non-native author depicts a country and its residents based on an outsider’s experience, as MacLeod is a Scot by birth, but obviously has a comprehensive and affectionate knowledge of his Swedish setting. Tempered by the interesting depiction of some very familiar locations to me in the North East of England, it would be fair to say that he achieves this well. My only criticism would be that sometimes, I did feel a little more immersed in his detailed travelogue than was strictly necessary, and that the level of detail he applies to the Swedish locations did feel a little too in depth at times, at the expense of driving the plot forward more quickly, and as we entered another network of streets and buildings, I did lose interest slightly. However, I did accrue some little nuggets of local information that could make me look more interesting at social gatherings, so all was not lost.
In fairness, much of this book worked when looked at as a whole, and as a pre-cursor to my reading of further books in the series, garnered enough of my interest to see how the series progresses. I’m always keen to discover new Scandinavian set crime so MacLeod is another good find to add to my list. Anita Sundström, we will meet again…
I think the first thing to say about this book is that I enjoyed the characterisation very much, both of hapless journalist Ewan Strachan, and of MacLeod’s keynote detective Anita Sundström. Strachan was portrayed as a wonderfully underperforming, unfulfilled waster, who let’s face it would never get within an inch of a Pulitzer for his journalistic output. I thoroughly enjoyed his seeming lack of confidence when Sundström begins to take a more than professional interest in him, and his whole little-boy-lost demeanour as he struggles to get to grips with both his potential involvement in a murder, and the trials of dealing with this in a strange country. Equally, Sundström played a significant part in my enjoyment of the book, not being too weighed down with the usual cliches that attach themselves to female detectives, and for the most part carrying a credibility about her character throughout. I was slightly perturbed with the building romantic involvement between herself and Strachan, but think that MacLeod largely succeeded in the believability of their growing attraction. He handled the balance of Sundström’s professional investigation and character well with a sub-storyline that could have caused all manner of pitfalls. Generally, the plot was well played out, and as the events of past and present became more intertwined, my attention was kept focussed by the slow reveal of the skeletons in Strachan’s and Roslyn’s past. However, I would slightly take issue with the ending, as I did experience a growing feeling of ‘oh- he’s not going to do that at the end is he?’- as the murderer is revealed. Maybe my prolific crime reading has bitten me on the bum again as I did feel a little dissatisfaction with the denouement.
It’s always interesting to see how a non-native author depicts a country and its residents based on an outsider’s experience, as MacLeod is a Scot by birth, but obviously has a comprehensive and affectionate knowledge of his Swedish setting. Tempered by the interesting depiction of some very familiar locations to me in the North East of England, it would be fair to say that he achieves this well. My only criticism would be that sometimes, I did feel a little more immersed in his detailed travelogue than was strictly necessary, and that the level of detail he applies to the Swedish locations did feel a little too in depth at times, at the expense of driving the plot forward more quickly, and as we entered another network of streets and buildings, I did lose interest slightly. However, I did accrue some little nuggets of local information that could make me look more interesting at social gatherings, so all was not lost.
In fairness, much of this book worked when looked at as a whole, and as a pre-cursor to my reading of further books in the series, garnered enough of my interest to see how the series progresses. I’m always keen to discover new Scandinavian set crime so MacLeod is another good find to add to my list. Anita Sundström, we will meet again…
June 2, 2017
I've never been to Malmo but the descriptions in this book make me want to see it. This book however.is not just a travelogue but a good gripping crime novel with believable characters and many twists. I lived the investigation with Anita and followed all her thinking to draw the same conclusions. I'm not sure the ending is logical so I've deducted a star but apart from that this is well worth a read.
December 27, 2019
Two stars for most of the book; reduced for one star for the ending, which fails on every level.
The writing is nothing special at best, and in particular seems to be trying too hard to emphasise the Swedish setting (although the author is not Swedish and judging by the acknowledgements most of his knowledge of Malmö and Sweden is second-hand). There’s also an undertone of sexism particularly in how he describes the female characters (and it’s a little ironic that he tries to be critical of the sexist attitudes of the male police officers while he’s perpetuating it himself as an author).
If the rest of the book had been better, I might have recommended it despite that (and just ignore the final chapter) but it’s really nothing special even to begin with. Don’t bother.
The writing is nothing special at best, and in particular seems to be trying too hard to emphasise the Swedish setting (although the author is not Swedish and judging by the acknowledgements most of his knowledge of Malmö and Sweden is second-hand). There’s also an undertone of sexism particularly in how he describes the female characters (and it’s a little ironic that he tries to be critical of the sexist attitudes of the male police officers while he’s perpetuating it himself as an author).
If the rest of the book had been better, I might have recommended it despite that (and just ignore the final chapter) but it’s really nothing special even to begin with. Don’t bother.
August 9, 2013
This book started out as a strong five. I was elated with the early pages and captivated by the way the plot was evolving. Then, by the time I was 2/3 of the way to the end, it started to slide and settled down to a four, and by the end, it was so disappointing I am giving it a *** +. The quality of the writing makes it a better than average read, but the characters become less believable and far less likeable as the story progresses. There are a few too many twists and turns and the end is way too 'camp' to be credible. I spent 23 years prosecuting major crimes and worked with investigators of varied skill, some less professional than others, but in this novel the entire police force of Malmo is a crew of Keystone cops without the humor. Torquil MacLeod as a writer is rich with talent and promise--but he needs to write his protagonist into another line of work. Because this is his first in a series, I may go back for the next book just to find out how the myopic female investigator manages to survive in law enforcement. I honestly expected to be cheering this endeavor by the time I finished it,but now I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry.
December 10, 2015
Read this on recommendation and will not go forward reading any other books in this series. Historical fiction is my preference but for a few favorite authors. I appreciate that we all have different tastes and thought I should go ahead with this one due to the number of people who enjoyed the book. It starts off scattered with so much trivia of daily, messy life of this female detective and it remains scattered. There is no one I would care to spend time with - the time it takes to read a book. And then the ending?! At least some people reviewing here expressed displeasure at that. That I agree with.
August 14, 2015
— Borrowed interest: I know Swedish crime is à la mode ever since Dragon Tattoo, but really an author should stick to the countries they lived in and the cultures they know.
— The product is the hero: We spend way too much time with the lame Ewan, and way too little with Anita.
— Permission to believe: Unlikely is the word that jumps out of most pages, and the ending defies common sense.
— The product is the hero: We spend way too much time with the lame Ewan, and way too little with Anita.
— Permission to believe: Unlikely is the word that jumps out of most pages, and the ending defies common sense.
May 19, 2023
Murder mystery set in Sweden. An English journalist is caught up in a murder while visiting Sweden for a story. Quite a few twists in this story, but I didn't see the last one coming!!
March 20, 2019
Awful.Laughable, even.
July 2, 2019
It was ok. The ending didn't irk me, like others. I won't continue with the series because I was aware of the writing. It was like watching a good movie with bad acting. It was too pasted on in parts, and the attempt at character depth was lacking.
Want to read
June 18, 2018I can't believe the shotgun happened today in my beloved Malmö 😥
October 3, 2018
The plot drags to the point where I suspect quite a lot of the first few chapters could be cut completely as the details relevant to the central murder could be revealed later in more clever ways.
I get the impression that MacLeod hasn't actually been to Malmö given the over done descriptions of the place that add very little to the plot. Also his central detective is terribly written and riddled with clichés. Not only is she the stereotypical gorgeous Swedish blonde (who of course wears next to no make up) she is bitchy about all the other women with any power in the book and constantly depicted as wank bank material. I was mostly just surprised that we didn't actually descend into descriptions of how she breasted boobily down the stairs or similar. I suspect that Anita Sundstrom is more the author's fantasy of a female Swedish detective than based on any actual interactions with a female detective (Swedish or otherwise).
The ending is horrendous and nonsensical in the extreme and mostly serves to make his female detective look like an idiot blinded by her emotions whilst simultaneously awarding the glory to her sexist creep of a colleague by proving him right all along even though his reasons for correctly guessing who the murderer was all centre around his desire to bed Anita. Pathetic and further testament to MacLeod's inability to write a 3-dimensional female character. Ugh.
I get the impression that MacLeod hasn't actually been to Malmö given the over done descriptions of the place that add very little to the plot. Also his central detective is terribly written and riddled with clichés. Not only is she the stereotypical gorgeous Swedish blonde (who of course wears next to no make up) she is bitchy about all the other women with any power in the book and constantly depicted as wank bank material. I was mostly just surprised that we didn't actually descend into descriptions of how she breasted boobily down the stairs or similar. I suspect that Anita Sundstrom is more the author's fantasy of a female Swedish detective than based on any actual interactions with a female detective (Swedish or otherwise).
The ending is horrendous and nonsensical in the extreme and mostly serves to make his female detective look like an idiot blinded by her emotions whilst simultaneously awarding the glory to her sexist creep of a colleague by proving him right all along even though his reasons for correctly guessing who the murderer was all centre around his desire to bed Anita. Pathetic and further testament to MacLeod's inability to write a 3-dimensional female character. Ugh.
November 19, 2017
I don’t think I have ever given up on a book so quickly. I’m all for giving things a go but ‘the dress was short enough to show she still possessed head turning legs but long enough to hint not all was on show’ was one last cliche badly written for me
February 1, 2015
Quite a good mystery with a nice twist. (What is someone named Torquil MacLeod doing writing Swedish mysteries?)
December 3, 2020
I really did not dig it.. it was very uhm.. bad?
February 15, 2019
A wonderful new author — to me — with a deliciously devious mystery to debut a new series. This was fascinating from start to finish: a Scottish journalist from a third-rate publication is given an opportunity to interview a former college buddy, now a famous Swedish movie director. But things go horribly wrong as he arrives at the director's home only to find the director's wife dead.
I was hooked and am sure that others have been as well as they see the quiet unassuming journalist try to turn himself into a crime writer and develop an in with one of the police officer, Insp. Anita Sundstrom. She in turn, is trying to figure out the various miscellaneous clues while finding herself attracted to the journalist and dealing with a loud obnoxious supervisor and a lecherous co-worker. Could it indeed be a crime of a political nature, revenge or passion gone wrong?
This is a deceiving tale to read with a mild suspicion that all is not what it seems. Can't wait to try the next book in the series!
I was hooked and am sure that others have been as well as they see the quiet unassuming journalist try to turn himself into a crime writer and develop an in with one of the police officer, Insp. Anita Sundstrom. She in turn, is trying to figure out the various miscellaneous clues while finding herself attracted to the journalist and dealing with a loud obnoxious supervisor and a lecherous co-worker. Could it indeed be a crime of a political nature, revenge or passion gone wrong?
This is a deceiving tale to read with a mild suspicion that all is not what it seems. Can't wait to try the next book in the series!
April 30, 2022
I was really looking forward to this, so much so that I paid for an unknown author to me, something I rarely do these days. However, I found myself only clearing about 20 pages per reading session, then it got onto conspiracy theories and South Africa at about 36% and I just gave up. I'm no conspiracy theorist myself, I think most of them talk a load of old twaddle, but as long as they keep out of my business I just roll my eyes and move along.
So I'm afraid I wasn't going to plough through it on my Kindle in my own precious reading time.
For some reason he sometimes launches into American spelling-recognize or realize, for example, which always gets my back up.....then this line speaks for itself on the annoyance factor, "He had been known to use reviews from The Scotsman, virtually word for word, of films he didn't fancy, virtually word for word, so he didn't have to see the movies himself."
However, there were NO spelling or grammatical mistakes, which these days is to be highly commended indeed. I won't be bothering with anymore in this series, though.
So I'm afraid I wasn't going to plough through it on my Kindle in my own precious reading time.
For some reason he sometimes launches into American spelling-recognize or realize, for example, which always gets my back up.....then this line speaks for itself on the annoyance factor, "He had been known to use reviews from The Scotsman, virtually word for word, of films he didn't fancy, virtually word for word, so he didn't have to see the movies himself."
However, there were NO spelling or grammatical mistakes, which these days is to be highly commended indeed. I won't be bothering with anymore in this series, though.
August 20, 2025
Hab mir das Buch als Souvenir aus Malmö mitgenommen und es war so cool mal ein Buch zu lesen, das an einem anderen Ort spielt, als die Orte, die man so kennt. Und es war auch sooo cool, wenn man vor kurzem erst da war.
Das Buch hat auch richtig Spaß gemacht and had me on my toes, aber es wurde von einem Mann geschrieben und das merkt man an einigen Stellen auch
Das Buch hat auch richtig Spaß gemacht and had me on my toes, aber es wurde von einem Mann geschrieben und das merkt man an einigen Stellen auch
March 31, 2018
A British journalist travels to Sweden to interview a popular Swedish filmmaker who was a college friend. He hopes this story will jumpstart his sluggish career. When he enters the director’s apartment he finds the body of director’s glamorous wife.
Detective Anita Sundström and her squad find the list of suspects growing as the investigation takes some unexpected twists.
This is the first of the Anita Sundström series. Only $.99 for Kindle! Not bad, I would read another.
Detective Anita Sundström and her squad find the list of suspects growing as the investigation takes some unexpected twists.
This is the first of the Anita Sundström series. Only $.99 for Kindle! Not bad, I would read another.
May 10, 2019
I liked the new detective team and the fact that it was set in Sweden. Malmo is familiar and it took me a while to get into the story but then I wanted to find the killer. And it definitely had a killer twist right till the last word.
September 24, 2020
Cuốn này sẽ đáng 4⭐ nếu như tác giả không cố nhồi nhét cái twist vào trang cuối cũng của truyện. Thừa thãi, chả để làm gì cả. Kết thúc như trước đó là ổn rồi mà 🤨
December 10, 2020
Very good book, didn't like the ending.
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