The Considerate Killer

Nina Borg #4

by Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis, Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard (Translator)

The thrilling final installment of the New York Times bestselling Nina Borg series set in Denmark

In an attempt to save their marriage, Nina Borg and her husband traveled to a beach resort in the Philippines for a dream vacation. Only now, six months later, does Nina begin to understand the devastating repercussions of that trip—repercussions that have followed her home across the globe to Denmark. On an icy winter day, she is attacked outside the grocery store. The last thing she hears before losing consciousness is her assailant asking her forgiveness. Only later does she understand that this isn’t for what he’s just done, but for what he plans to do to.

As Nina tries to trace the origin of sinister messages she’s received, she realizes the attempt on her life must be linked to events in Manila, and to three young men whose dangerous friendship started in medical school. Time and circumstance have forced them to make impossible choices that have cost human lives.

It’s a long way from Viborg to Manila, and yet Nina and her pursuer face the same dilemma: How far will they go to save themselves?

Genres: Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Nordic Noir, Audiobook, Thriller, Mystery Thriller

320 pages, Hardcover

First published November 11, 2013

About the author

Jeg kom til verden på Rigshospitalet i København d. 24.3.1960. Overlægen var i kjole og hvidt - han var blevet afbrudt midt i en gallamiddag - men min søster siger, at det er da ikke noget, hendes fødselslæge var i islandsk nationaldragt. Nogen vil mene at det således allerede fra starten var klart at jeg var et ganske særligt barn. Andre vil sikkert påstå at min mor bare var god til at skabe pludselige gynækologiske kriser.

Jeg blev altså født i København, men det må nok betragtes som en fejl, for min forældre er jyske, min opvækst foregik i Jylland (mestendels i Malling ved Århus), og jeg betragter mig i dag som eksil-jyde på Frederiksberg, på det mine jyske venner omtaler som Djævleøen (Sjælland).

Jeg har skrevet altid, eller i hvert fald lige siden jeg nåede ud over »Ole så en so«-stadiet. Som hestetosset teenager skrev jeg bøgerne om Tina og hestene (de to første udkom da jeg var femten, den fjerde og sidste da jeg var sytten). Som 18-årig opdagede jeg Tolkien og Ringenes herre, og derefter Ursula K. LeGuins trilogi om Jordhavet, og lige siden har mit bog-hjerte banket for eventyr og drageblod og verdener, der ligger mindst tre skridt til højre for regnbuen eller Mælkevejen, og under alle omstændigheder et pænt stykke fra den asfalterede danske virkelighed.

I dag, cirka 30 bøger senere, er jeg stadig lige så håbløst vild med at skrive som jeg altid har været. Og selv om jeg har været en lille smuttur i krimi-land og skrevet en kriminalroman for voksne - læs mere på ninaborg.dk hvis du har lyst - så er jeg bestemt stadig børnebogsforfatter og har stadig hang til magiske momenter!

Personal
Name Lene Kaaberbøl
Born 1960, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Education: Århus University, degree (English, drama). Hobbies and other interests: Playing pentanque.

Addresses
Office—Phabel & Plott ApS, Laksegade 12, St.th, DK-1063 Copenhagen K, Denmark.

Career
Novelist. Formerly worked as a high school teacher, copy writer, publishing company editor, cleaning assistant, and riding teacher. Phabel & Plott ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark, owner and writer.

Honors Awards
Best Disney Novel Writer of the Year award, Disney Worldwide Artist Convention, 2001, for five "W.I.T.C.H." series novels.

Associated Names:
* Lene Kaaberbol (English)

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nina Borg is a Danish skilled nurse who excels in emergency situations. She has placed herself and her children in danger so many times that her husband has left her. Before he goes on a last ditch trip to save their marriage to a resort in the Philippines. A building explodes and numerous people die or are injured severely. As she is on the spot, Nina rushes in to help to the disgust of her husband. Marriage over.

After their return to Denmark, Nina is stalked. She is severely injured and left for dead. Her every move is monitored and a photographer trails her taking pictures. Why?

The story shifts to three young, Filipino men who start medical school. They become best friends even though not all of them make it through school. One of them is rich and tries to control the others with his money. Frankly, it is the depiction of one of these young men, Vincent, that really bothered he. He was just so improbable in so many situations that it irritated me. His actions in the closing scenes was so unlikely that it made it almost humorous as opposed to scary. I think the ending was stupid and would never have happened in real life.

I think there are better books to spend your time reading.

[Skip · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nina Borg is viciously attacked in a parking garage, and nobody is sure whether it is a random or planned act, especially as she has put herself in harm's way so many times in the past. Her boyfriend, Søren Kirkegard, is called and comes to Viborg to support her. The book goes back and forth to her visit to the Philippines with her ex-husband and children, when she deserted them to treat victims of a building collapse. The two stories come together well in the end, but I found the switching between the storylines to be distracting.

[Denise Mullins · Rating 2 out of 5]

What a disappointing final installment to the Nina Borg series! Basically, there is no plot to warrant the 300+ pages of unrealistic dialogue and actions in a story that follows the rote pattern of chapters bridging the present to years past.
While on holiday in a last ditch effort to salvage her failing marriage, Nina once again gets sidetracked, rushing to the rescue of disaster victims of a collapsed apartment complex. An improbable trail of events leads a failed medical student to become her de facto hit man charged with eliminating Nina, even though she is ignorant of any malfeasance on the part of the corrupt developer. The thoroughly inept but "considerate hitman" displays manners that would warm the heart of Emily Post, while committing egregious errors including serving his captive boiling hot coffee (you can guess the result).
The authors predictably include their final chapter touch of irony while offering readers-mericfully- a hint that Nina has somehow finally gotten her life together, thereby rendering further sequels avoidable.

[Ken Fredette · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book, but with all the hitting and blood loss Nina should be singing on high, Søren should be singing with her. They kept you entertained with the developments in the Philippines. But you knew what would happen with the the 3 V's (Vincent, Victor, and Vadim) once two of them flunked out of Medical School. It was worth reading.

[Mal Warwick · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Considerate Killer is the fourth in the superb Nina Borg series of thrillers by the Danish duo, Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis. Sadly, it reads like the last of the series.

A neurotic nurse who looks for trouble

Nina Borg is a neurotic Red Cross nurse nearing middle age. Her several neuroses have alienated her husband and distanced her from her two young children. These afflictions include an obsession with knowing the time from one minute to the next and a pronounced tendency to insert herself into what are obviously life-threatening circumstances. The first three books in the Nina Borg series establish these patterns beyond any doubt. In The Considerate Killer, she finds herself once again in mortal danger — but this time it wasn’t her choice.

Emergency surgery in the snow

Returning to her car in a parking garage with her arms full of groceries, Nina is savagely attacked and nearly killed by two massive blows to her head. She is saved only by the intervention of a passerby. The incident leaves her lying in a hospital bed without any memory of the day’s events — and reinforces her ex-husband, her mother, and her children in thinking that she is hopelessly destined to be a victim of violent crime. As this action unfolds, the man who loves her — an officer in Denmark’s police intelligence service (PET) — is recuperating from a nearly fatal gunshot wound in a recent incident. Nina saved his life then by administering emergency surgery in the snow. As soon as he learns of the attack on her, he rushes to the hospital to support her and insert himself into the investigation of the incident by local police.

Far away in the Philippines

Meanwhile, months earlier, far away in the Philippines, three young medical students have formed a firm friendship. One of the three, the son of a wealthy and powerful Philippine politician, persuades the others to move in with him to the spacious luxury apartment his father has purchased for him. The complexity of the developing relationships among these three young men constitutes a parallel plot that unfolds as Nina’s recuperation proceeds. Naturally, the two plot lines will intersect, and explosively so.

Outstanding Danish thrillers

The connection to the Philippines will not surprise any fan of these novels. In each of the preceding three books, Nina has become involved with violent crimes centered in other foreign countries, including Hungary and Ukraine. Following a familiar pattern, Kaaberbøl and Friis maximize the suspense by alternating scenes from the past in the Philippines with the story of Nina’s slow recovery in Denmark. The intersection of the two plot lines builds suspense to an unnerving degree and allows the authors the opportunity to add depth to the principal characters. You can expect nothing less from this talented pair of thriller writers.

[Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.0 out of 5 stars -- Fitting conclusion to a very enjoyable series of 4 books featuring Red Cross nurse Nina Borg. I would definitely recommend that any reader start with the first, THE BOY IN THE SUITCASE, my favorite, as Nina is a very complex character whose motivations and drive provide the rationale for how she ends up in some of her predicaments.

Although Nina is Danish, her adventures and escapades take her to various other far-flung destinations. She has a difficult time with relationships, given her history, and she can be quite stubborn and single-minded. She's emotionally and physically tough, and those traits serve her well.

When she is assaulted while out grocery shopping and comes to consciousness with a skull fracture in a local hospital, she has no clue of who might have wanted to harm her, or why. For this time, she has not run off to a dangerous situation but was simply "being there" in Viborg after her mother was diagnosed with cancer. From there, the narrative goes back in time to set up the story to explain the reasons for the attack and how Nina innocently got involved in a calamity in the Philippines 4 years previously that has led to someone wanting her silenced. It takes quite a long time for the set up.

Except for the fact that Nina does the almost impossible and manages to escape death yet again -- the story was complex and even a bit far-fetched -- but I enjoyed the pace and the personal growth that Nina experiences. This was not a medically oriented thriller despite Nina being a nurse, though her occupation is generally what gets her into the situations.

I've liked all the books in the series and will miss Nina -- with hope that she is finally happy and at peace with herself and her life!

Thank you to Edelweiss and the publisher, Soho Crime, for the e-book ARC to review.

[Pam Mooney · Rating 4 out of 5]

A thriller through and through! I loved Nina Borg and the intrigue of her friendships. I was fascinated with he characters and their background stories. I found myself a little bit on edge all through the book - a bit off kilter. This is certainly the mark of a great story. A good read.

[Marty Fried · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really like the Nina Borg series, even though they are dark and sometimes depressing. She goes through so much heartache trying to help people. A perfect example of the old saying "no good deed goes unpunished". Her life would be so much easier if she would pay more attention to her family (and herself), but I guess that's just not the way she's wired. Once she knows about someone else's need, she can't hold back from trying to help.

In this book, she almost gets killed by an apologetic killer. It's hard to imagine why someone would want to hurt her; it seems that even her attacker doesn't want to do it, but he does a pretty good job of hurting her, but fortunately not a very good job of killing her.

As usual, we have multiple seemingly unrelated stories going on at the same time, which of course come together in the end. Both stories are tense and interesting.

Even when we figure out who it is that tried to kill her, it's hard to imagine why. It seems like the killer himself is trying to figure this out, but unfortunately, he's pretty dense and easily controlled. I felt really sorry for him for a while, but by the end, I think I felt sorrier for his seemingly sociopathic friend who at least seemed to think he had a good reason for his actions.

[Andy Plonka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nina ought to be smart enough to keep herself out of the obvious trouble that she gets herself in in this one. Compassion aside there are some places one ought not to go and Nina should be bright enough to recognize this.

[SR · Rating 4 out of 5]

N.B.: I received an ARC of this novel through a Goodreads First Reads giveaway; the version I have is pre-copyediting.

As typical for the series, the plot is thrilling - it rests on relationships, what people will and will not do for each other and why. The action always acknowledges how the characters are actually feeling, pointing out unexpected pain and non-photogenic consequences and discordant mental/emotional tones. Throughout the series, Nina has gotten WRECKED, and her physical recovery and the compounding of previous damage is as much of a plot point as her survivor's guilt.

I thought the conclusion was rushed; it isn't clear how Nina fully reconciles herself, which is unsatisfying after four books of this woman going through hell. Regardless, as a thriller, crime novel, and series ender, the book is solid.

[Mai Laakso · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tanskalaisen kirjailijakaksikon Lene Kaaberbølin ja Agnete Friisin dekkarisarjan neljäs ja samalla viimeinen osa on nimeltään Huomaavainen murhaaja. Kirjassa liikutaan sekä Filippiineillä että Tanskassa vuoronperään. Filippiinien tarinassa on kolme opiskelukaverusta. Missä ystävyys meni vikaan vai menikö. Yhden kanssa Nina teki avustustyötä Filippiineillä muutaman päivän ajan. Hän tapasi myös muut miehet, mutta ei tiennyt sitä. Jostakin syystä Nina oli muuttunut henkilöksi, joka oli vaarallinen kyseisille miehille.
Kirjan päähenkilö Nina Borg on erilainen päähenkilö verrattuna yleisimpiin dekkareiden päähenkilöihin. Nina on maailmanparantaja, sisukas ja periksiantamaton. Hän ei epäile auttaa henkilöitä hädässä. Tässä dekkarissa Ninasta nähdään myös toinen puoli ja mikä se on, lue se tästä hyytävän jääkylmästä dekkarista.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh. The first two of the series were great, the third was pretty good. And this one is just forgettable. I can’t keep the characters straight and the erratic pace of the story made it difficult to keep my interest. There are long periods of background info and no events, and then a short burst of things happening, but then another long gap that was hard to want to push through. The V characters kept blending together for me and I couldn’t keep them apart which made it confusing at times. I’m glad it was more focused on Nina than the last book but honestly the last 15 pages were really where the meat of the book was I felt. Overall glad I read it but mostly glad it’s over.

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have really enjoyed this series and I hate that this is the last book about Nina. But I certainly have other series to get caught up with. In this final book, we hear about Nina and her husband, in an attempt to save their marriage, go on vacation to the Philippines. While there, an apartment building is destroyed and there are numerous deaths. Nina takes part in the rescue efforts, never dreaming that it would put her life in danger months later. This was a great series and I enjoyed all 4 books but still think that the first book was my favorite.

[Deb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well-written with nicely-developed characters, as with all the books in this series. I did find one scene at the end to be a bit far-fetched, but I'll forgive it based on the quality of the rest of the book. I think Nina probably has done about as much as she can (anything further would have risked turning her into some kind of James-Bond-esque character), but I'm still sorry to see this series end.

[Kyla Squires · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book deserves a fourth star simply for the moment where one of the characters thinks:
"Why hadn't he just noted down the number on the Land Cruiser's license plate and left the rest to the local police?"

This was good, and a satisfying conclusion to the series, but man, was it ever full of people making bad choices and behaving irrationally. I yelled a lot at the characters in this book.

[Eugenea Pollock · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will miss Nina Borg. She is a very complicated person whose flaws reach back into a childhood trauma that spawned her compulsion to rescue others to make up for the one she could not save. With 25 pages to go in this last of the series, all seems hopeless, impossible, but no spoilers here. These two authors create suspense on a grand scale with perfectly AWFUL villains. I recommend this one without reservations. Submerge into Nordic noir, but be prepared for all that implies.

[MarjaHannele · Rating 1 out of 5]

Kolmen edellisen Kaaberbøl/Fiisin dekkarin jälkeen Huomaavainen murhaaja on valtava pettymys. Juoni on ohut ja henkilöhahmot epäuskottavia ja kliseisiä. Nina Borg esitellään entistäkin onnettomuushakuisempana. Ei vakuuttanut. 1 tähti (1/5).

[Ullalin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Huomaavainen murhaaja on 4. Nina Borg –dekkari. Tapahtumia seurataan kahtaalla eli Tanskassa ja Filippiineillä. Tuttuun seuraan oli helppoa lähteä mukaan.

[Mike Cuthbert · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is correctly labeled as a “Nina Borg Thriller.” It is NOT a mystery, or much of one. Nina is a freelance nurse who has been in so many scrapes in recent days that her kids, her mother and even her husband are abandoning her. On a trip to the Philippines to save her marriage with husband Morten, she gets involved with a horrendous explosion that destroys an office building and leaves hundreds of injured and dead behind. She helps but eventually finds herself in the rubble, knocked cold by an unknown assailant. Back in Viborg, Sweden, she heals slowly and tries to figure out why the person who gave her a skull fracture in Manila did it and why he was so considerate as to apologize for hitting her. That’s part of the story. The other section, told in flashback form, deals with “The Vs”: Victor, Vadim and Vincent, three buddies in Manila, at least one of which is a crook. We quickly figure out who is the crook and who is the considerate conker of Nina, but their story unfolds slowly, alternating with the contemporary story of Nina’s recovery. Morten fades into the background, sick of Nina’s adventures and apparent carelessness (she sees it as public service) and into the picture comes the oddly named former detective, Søren Kierkegaard! He has no relationship that we are informed of with the famed existentialist, but his name is a distraction. He’s helping Nina with her recovery (and worming himself into her heart) and serves as a part-time detective on the case. Nina, however, is left with headaches and brain drip and really doesn’t do much except get beaten around some more and nearly drowned. The reasons are very nebulous and give enough reasons for this to be called a thriller but she doesn’t really do enough to be deserving of the “Nina Borg Thriller” flag. If you stick with it, you’ll eventually be able to differentiate between the Vs, but until then, it may be a rough go. Kaaberbøl and Friis have done better.

[Booknblues · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nina Borg is one of my very favorite fictional characters, so I was delighted when the fourth book of the series was released. This series is a collaboration between two Danish authors Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis and as much as I love this series I would say it is a successful partnership.

Borg is a complex and disturbed character, a Red Cross nurse who repeatedly puts her life and those around her in danger. Her husband has left her because she has failed to put him and their children first in her life as she dives into danger. She is trying to change and redeem herself. While doing so she has begun a relationship with Danish police officer, Søren Kirkegard. One cannot help but to root for her and hope that she will be ultimately able to pull the scraps of her life together.

A Nina Borg book is never short on thrills and this one starts with the first sentence, with Nina being hit on the head twice. We quickly learn that her skull has been fractured and Søren visits her as she lies unconscious in the hospital.

The story shifts between Nina, Søren and a young Filipino, named Vincent as it lays out the complex story of how Nina unwittingly became the target for an assasin. It provides many moments of nail biting.

Now having read this so quickly I am deeply saddened to learn that this is the final installment of the Nina Borg series by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis

[Kate prefers books to people · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5, rounded to 4.

There were things I really liked about this book. The beginning after Nina's attack is very well written. The author introduces us first to the mess Nina has made of her life through the reactions of her loved ones to the news she's in hospital (spoiler: no one is surprised, and it's pretty obvious that she must have done something stupid or reckless to get herself into this). Then we see her boyfriend's interaction with the local police, delicately trying to respect a junior law enforcement officer while wanting all the information available.

The book switches to the Philippines and a cadre of friends starting medical school. Eventually their story intersects with Nina, who took a vacation there years ago. During Nina's vacation, she ends up responding to a disaster scene and treating victims of a building collapse.

One of the 3 students ends up dead. One drops out and becomes hired muscled for the third, whose father built the collapsed building.

The eventual hit attempt on Nina and subsequent events are an attempt to cover all loose ends from the building collapse.

The attempted killers end up dead after a failed kidnapping. The ending is extremely disappointing. The whole second half of the book is underwhelming. The plot is info dumped into the very end when it's finally explained who and why wants Nina dead.

Normally I'd give this a 3***, but I'm going up 0.25 because the intro was good, and another 0.25 because I assume a lot of the awkward moments are actually translation issues (I've been told that in the original, the transitions between the Philippine flashbacks and the rest of the action are much less jarring).

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt that this book was a little unrealistic. it seems that certain characters are just blind to everything but their own motivations and others are blind to everything except other people's motivations or perhaps expectations. looks like these are kind of fluffish in the way that Girl with the dragon tattoo or department q is and I love to read these foreign crime novels because it's so awesome to me how police work in these cold countries but nobody has come close to giving me actual palpitable fear and making me stop and say wow this is really well written besides Joe Nesbø, author of the Harry Potter series of books among others which I would recommend with all my heart and soul for those who like horrific mysteries which is what this book is trying to be. I read the first two and they had me hooked third and the fourth... eh. and without giving away the ending I'll just say.... schmaltz. as one of my first books of the New Year I'm a bit disappointed but I read a few at a time and the other ones are looking more promising. not that this one wasn't entertaining it was just entertaining in a "there's nothing else on I might as well watch CSI" kind of way.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Knowing this was the final book in the series I was hoping for a bit more than I felt like I got. We finally get some more details on Nina's background and why she feels compelled to throw herself into dangerous situations to try and help people. Like the previous books, the threat originates outside of Denmark, this time in the Philippines, and the trouble finds its way to Nina's front door. This time however, the threat is personally directed at her, and not something she simply becomes embroiled in. At the end of the book I didn't feel that Vadim necessarily had any legitimate reasons for wanting Nina dead and that even if we assume he was just extremely paranoid it still seemed like a bit of a stretch. In addition, I don't know if it was ever clearly explained the Vadim would necessarily have known that Nina was involved that much or have the resources to even figure out who she was or track her down. The book was engaging, but I found myself not being able to get behind the motivation for the action and that made the book a bit of a let down for me.

[Chris Birdy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This Nina Borg story, like the others, was interesting with a gray cloud over all the characters. No one is happy, everyone is miserable to some degree. In this novel Nina is attacked and left for dead outside a store. The killer apologizes. When Nina is going through a slow recovery process, she begins to understand that the would be killer was apologizing for something he planned to do rather than for what he was doing. She is finally able to connect events to a time six months earlier when she and her husband tried one last time to save their marriage. They took a trip to Manila where Nina became involved in helping victims of a disaster that occurred when a high rise building blew up. The story of three young men is intertwined with the present attempted murder. Nina seems to be constantly banged up, bruised and wounded but always comes out in almost one piece.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite of the Nina Borg mystery series. I liked the emphasis on Soren and his deepening relationship with Nina. These books have all started from the premise of the saying "No good deed goes unpunished." Nina is a person who does good deeds, who wants to help other people ... and yet that is inevitably what puts her in dangerous, life-threatening situations. In this story, while on vacation with her family in the Philippines Nina rushes to the scene of a collapsed apartment building. Interested parties connected with the tragedy believe that Nina has heard something from one of the victims that points to their culpability in the collapse. So a flunky is sent to Denmark to kill her. The killer, the "considerate killer," is hesitant and woefully unprepared to accomplish the job although he does makes a pretty good attempt.

[Amberle · Rating 1 out of 5]

Swing and a miss for me with this book. Was a bit lost most of the time and I don't know whether it was the writing or the fact that my mind wandered while reading it. I do not understand the significance of the group of three men with similar names all beginning with V - why? All this did was serve to confuse me further because their names were just so similar that I couldn't get a picture of each unique character in my mind - I just couldn't keep track who was who doing what. I really did not enjoy this book. If you are going to read this series, just skip this book and read the first three as I found those quite entertaining as far as brain candy goes. Sorry, but I did not enjoy this book and I regret passing up other books to read this one.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Nina Borg.
I’ve read these out of order - #2,1,4 still need #3

Nina and her now x husband went to Manila
To try to salvage things. A horrible building explosion got Nina into emergency medic mode.
They returned to Denmark and separated.
A few years later one of the Filipinos responsible for the shoddy construction of the building sends his manipulated friend to eliminate Nina who may know something. Nina is a fighter and is us her friend Soren, ex-police. We follow the history of the Filipinos as students and up to the present chain of events. Sad that this is prob the last if the series. Need #3 new

[Bob Deysach · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was apparently a later book in the Nina Borg series but the first one that I have read. I had the feeling throughout that I wouldn't have been as uneasy with the thought that I would be able to track the threads of this story if I had read previous books in the series. That being said, I enjoyed the book quite a bit. It was set in both the Philippines and in Denmark. Hence I got a little taste of both cultural contexts. The writing and translation (if that was required) had a tempo and efficiency that added to the thriller. There was a rather long jump from the main story in the Philippines to the finish in Denmark and that did require a bit of a conceptual reset for the reader.

[SarahKat · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really strong start to this series, but I liked it less and less through each book. This was fine.

Guy comes from Manila to kill Nina because her and this other guy were the only witnesses to someone saying the apartment building that collapsed did so because of faulty construction, not terrorism. So the contractor or whatever hired people to kill her.

She's all involved with Soren now which is sweet. Other than that there's a lot of meh.

[Carole · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed the first three books in this series but this one is really rather far-fetched. I still liked reading about Nina and her various relationships, in particular the one with her mother who is introduced in this book. However, I won’t be waiting anxiously for the next instalment to be written.

I also found the translation to be a bit weak in this one which is somewhat irritating.