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Jana Berzelius #3
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Maaliskuisena aamuna nainen löytyy vaikeasti vammautuneena asunnostaan. Ambulanssihoitaja yrittää tehdä kaikkensa pelastaakseen naisen. Toisen uhrin löytyessä hirvittävä totuus paljastuu. Kun syyttäjä Jana Berzelius ottaa tutkinnan itselleen, alkaa hän nähdä epämiellyttävän kuvion. Mikä ensin näytti olevan täysin järjetöntä, eskaloituu siitä paljon suurempaa. Kuka on hirvittävien murhien takana?Jana pyrkii yhdessä rikosoikeuden komissaari Henrik Levinin ja rikospoliisin tutkijan Mia Bolanderin kanssa selvittämään totuuden. Samanaikaisesti Jana joutuu haastamaan menneisyyttään ja henkilö, joka pakottaa hänet ylittämään lain rajat.
414 pages, Hardcover
First published May 23, 2016
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Emelie Schepp
15 books386 followersAnna Emelie Schepp, född den 5 september 1979 i Motala är svensk kriminalförfattare.
1998 vann hon Östgötateaterns dramapristävling, Möten.
Schepp har tidigare arbetat som projektledare i reklambranschen och arbetar i dag som författare, skribent och krönikör. Hon är även en av programledarna för Deckarpodden, en podcast om livet som författare, och har dessutom skrivit två filmmanus.
År 2013 debuterade hon med kriminalromanen Märkta för livet på eget förlag som blev såld i 40 000 exemplar. Schepp har tecknat ett treboksavtal med Wahlström & Widstrand som hösten 2014 gav ut Märkta för livet på nytt. Märkta för livet är den första delen i serien om åklagare Jana Berzelius.
Idag har Märkta för livet sålt i närmare 200 000 ex enbart i Sverige.
Den 19 Maj 2015 släpptes hennes uppföljare Vita Spår som liksom "Märkta för livet" nominerades till Stora Ljudbokspriset. I maj 2016 släpps Schepps tredje bok "Prio ett". Serien om åklagare Jana Berzelius är såld till 27 länder.
1998 vann hon Östgötateaterns dramapristävling, Möten.
Schepp har tidigare arbetat som projektledare i reklambranschen och arbetar i dag som författare, skribent och krönikör. Hon är även en av programledarna för Deckarpodden, en podcast om livet som författare, och har dessutom skrivit två filmmanus.
År 2013 debuterade hon med kriminalromanen Märkta för livet på eget förlag som blev såld i 40 000 exemplar. Schepp har tecknat ett treboksavtal med Wahlström & Widstrand som hösten 2014 gav ut Märkta för livet på nytt. Märkta för livet är den första delen i serien om åklagare Jana Berzelius.
Idag har Märkta för livet sålt i närmare 200 000 ex enbart i Sverige.
Den 19 Maj 2015 släpptes hennes uppföljare Vita Spår som liksom "Märkta för livet" nominerades till Stora Ljudbokspriset. I maj 2016 släpps Schepps tredje bok "Prio ett". Serien om åklagare Jana Berzelius är såld till 27 länder.
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July 5, 2018
3.5 Stars
People are being murdered with a surgical scalpel. Special Prosecutor Jana Berzelius is in charge of the investigation looking for this serial killer.
Are these random killings? Is there a connection between the victims? Jana finds an old case .. a patient was badly damaged during a surgery. The physician lost his license to practice. Now these murders are happening in the same medical community. Is there a connection? Revenge, maybe?
The Special Prosecutor finds that the death of her mother may be linked in some way. She has secrets of her own that she doesn't want to see the light of day.
It becomes a race to catch the killer before another victim is taken.
This was a slow starter with multiple characters vying for attention. it did pick up speed about halfway through the book. I'm glad I stuck with it, because it became really interesting and the suspense builds until the surprising ending.
Many thanks to the author / HarperCollins / Edelweiss / Harlequin-Mira/ Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of this crime fiction. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
People are being murdered with a surgical scalpel. Special Prosecutor Jana Berzelius is in charge of the investigation looking for this serial killer.
Are these random killings? Is there a connection between the victims? Jana finds an old case .. a patient was badly damaged during a surgery. The physician lost his license to practice. Now these murders are happening in the same medical community. Is there a connection? Revenge, maybe?
The Special Prosecutor finds that the death of her mother may be linked in some way. She has secrets of her own that she doesn't want to see the light of day.
It becomes a race to catch the killer before another victim is taken.
This was a slow starter with multiple characters vying for attention. it did pick up speed about halfway through the book. I'm glad I stuck with it, because it became really interesting and the suspense builds until the surprising ending.
Many thanks to the author / HarperCollins / Edelweiss / Harlequin-Mira/ Netgalley for the advanced digital copy of this crime fiction. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
June 19, 2016
SWEDISH REVIEW
Prio ett är den första boken jag har läst av Emelie Schepp, men trots att det är bok i 3 i serien om Jana Berzelius så funkade boken alldeles utmärkt att läsa fristående när jag väl hade kommit in i handlingen och lärt känna karaktärerna. Det var intressant att få följa lära känna åklagaren Jana Berzelius, som är en mycket special karaktär då hon en gång i tiden var barnsoldat, något som hon vill hålla hemligt. Vilket är lite besvärligt i denna bok när en man på flykt använder hennes egna anteckningar om hennes förflutna för att utpressa henne att hjälpa honom.
Det tog ett litet tag för mig att få grepp om alla karaktärer och sätta mig in i handlingen, men jag fann handlingen intressant och efter ett tag blev handlingen så fängslande att jag hade svårt att sluta läsa. Vilket gjorde att jag faktiskt läste klart boken på en dag, runt midnatt. Sista delen av boken, när snaran började dras åt om den misstänkte var jättespännande att läsa. Jag hade en viss misstanke om gärningsmannens identitet som visade sig vara rätt men det gjorde absolut inget då boken är både välskriven och spännande.
Boken var superb, med en intressant och välskriven handlingen och att huvudpersonen har hemligheter och ett mörkt förflutna får mig att tänka på Sharon Boltons serie om Lacey Flint.
Tack till Wahlströms och Widstrand förlag recensionsexemplaret!
ENGLISH REVIEW
A woman is found dead early one morning in March in an apartment in Norrköping. The first one to arrive is ambulance driver Philip Engström. Philip Engström realises when a while later another body is found that he know both victims.
Someone else that is also realising that there is a pattern is prosecutor Jana Berzelius. Both what's the connection with Philip Engström? Jana, together with Inspector Henry Levin and Detective Mia Bolander must find out the truth and stop a killer that seems to be out for revenge.
Prio ett is the third book, but the first book I have read, in the Jana Berzelius series. However, it worked well reading it as a stand-alone. It took some time for me to get into the story and get to know the characters, but after a while, I felt that I started to get the hang of it. I found it interesting to read about a prosecutor in the main role, especially someone as special as Jana Berzelius who once was a child soldier. But, that's in the past and she likes to keep it that way, which is why she has a bit of a problem when an escaped convict blackmailed her to help him because he has documents she has written about her past.
I found the story to be fascinating, despite the fact that it did take me some time to get into it. There came a point when I just got so caught up in the hunt for the murderer that I just couldn't stop reading the book. This is why it only took me a day to read it and that I finished it around midnight. The last part of the book, when the police started to realise the truth is especially thrilling to read. I did have some suspicions concerning the killers identity that turned out to be correct, but I didn't mind that because the book was so well-written and thrilling.
The book is superb and engrossing to read. The main characters have secrets and a dark past that makes me think of Sharon Bolton series about Lacey Flint.
Thanks to Wahlströms och Widstrand förlag for the review copy!
Prio ett är den första boken jag har läst av Emelie Schepp, men trots att det är bok i 3 i serien om Jana Berzelius så funkade boken alldeles utmärkt att läsa fristående när jag väl hade kommit in i handlingen och lärt känna karaktärerna. Det var intressant att få följa lära känna åklagaren Jana Berzelius, som är en mycket special karaktär då hon en gång i tiden var barnsoldat, något som hon vill hålla hemligt. Vilket är lite besvärligt i denna bok när en man på flykt använder hennes egna anteckningar om hennes förflutna för att utpressa henne att hjälpa honom.
Det tog ett litet tag för mig att få grepp om alla karaktärer och sätta mig in i handlingen, men jag fann handlingen intressant och efter ett tag blev handlingen så fängslande att jag hade svårt att sluta läsa. Vilket gjorde att jag faktiskt läste klart boken på en dag, runt midnatt. Sista delen av boken, när snaran började dras åt om den misstänkte var jättespännande att läsa. Jag hade en viss misstanke om gärningsmannens identitet som visade sig vara rätt men det gjorde absolut inget då boken är både välskriven och spännande.
Boken var superb, med en intressant och välskriven handlingen och att huvudpersonen har hemligheter och ett mörkt förflutna får mig att tänka på Sharon Boltons serie om Lacey Flint.
Tack till Wahlströms och Widstrand förlag recensionsexemplaret!
ENGLISH REVIEW
A woman is found dead early one morning in March in an apartment in Norrköping. The first one to arrive is ambulance driver Philip Engström. Philip Engström realises when a while later another body is found that he know both victims.
Someone else that is also realising that there is a pattern is prosecutor Jana Berzelius. Both what's the connection with Philip Engström? Jana, together with Inspector Henry Levin and Detective Mia Bolander must find out the truth and stop a killer that seems to be out for revenge.
Prio ett is the third book, but the first book I have read, in the Jana Berzelius series. However, it worked well reading it as a stand-alone. It took some time for me to get into the story and get to know the characters, but after a while, I felt that I started to get the hang of it. I found it interesting to read about a prosecutor in the main role, especially someone as special as Jana Berzelius who once was a child soldier. But, that's in the past and she likes to keep it that way, which is why she has a bit of a problem when an escaped convict blackmailed her to help him because he has documents she has written about her past.
I found the story to be fascinating, despite the fact that it did take me some time to get into it. There came a point when I just got so caught up in the hunt for the murderer that I just couldn't stop reading the book. This is why it only took me a day to read it and that I finished it around midnight. The last part of the book, when the police started to realise the truth is especially thrilling to read. I did have some suspicions concerning the killers identity that turned out to be correct, but I didn't mind that because the book was so well-written and thrilling.
The book is superb and engrossing to read. The main characters have secrets and a dark past that makes me think of Sharon Bolton series about Lacey Flint.
Thanks to Wahlströms och Widstrand förlag for the review copy!
January 7, 2019
Topboek alweer, kijk al uit naar het laatste deel.
November 29, 2025
3.5🌟 Tercer libro de la serie Jana Berzelius y, tristemente, con el que he de despedirme de ella ya que no siguieron traduciendo el resto (en Suecia acaba de publicarse la octava entrega), de hecho, ni siquiera están en inglés así que, a menos que aparezca un alma editorial caritativa que la rescate o yo aprenda sueco, hasta aquí he llegado.
El caso me ha parecido medianamente entretenido, lo cierto es que un par de pistas bastante tempranas son suficientes para darse cuenta de quién está detrás de todo y eso le restó emoción, aunque fue divertido ver cómo los investigadores al fin ataban cabos.
La narración conserva su estilo fluido, saltando de un personaje a otro constantemente, característica que me ha gustado mucho a lo largo de la serie. Los asuntos de los policías nunca me han interesado pero realmente no se profundiza demasiado en ninguno, salvo Jana, por supuesto.
Y es eso lo que para mí le ha dado equilibrio a esta entrega. Ha sido interesante ver agrietarse un poco la fachada ecuánime de Jana y, más que nada, al fin ver una mayor interacción con Danilo, quien se ha convertido en mi personaje favorito. Esta peculiar relación entre ellos me ha intrigado mucho desde el principio y eso no ha hecho más que reforzarse. Confieso que les encuentro un potencial enorme para un dark romance 🤭.
En resumen, un libro que continúa en la línea de los anteriores, con una parte policíaca algo floja en su resolución pero compensada por un ritmo ameno y por las aventuras ocultas de nuestra protagonista y compañía. He batallado un poco para decidir el redondeo pero ha terminado ganando lo positivo y oye, que es el último 😒.
El caso me ha parecido medianamente entretenido, lo cierto es que un par de pistas bastante tempranas son suficientes para darse cuenta de quién está detrás de todo y eso le restó emoción, aunque fue divertido ver cómo los investigadores al fin ataban cabos.
La narración conserva su estilo fluido, saltando de un personaje a otro constantemente, característica que me ha gustado mucho a lo largo de la serie. Los asuntos de los policías nunca me han interesado pero realmente no se profundiza demasiado en ninguno, salvo Jana, por supuesto.
Y es eso lo que para mí le ha dado equilibrio a esta entrega. Ha sido interesante ver agrietarse un poco la fachada ecuánime de Jana y, más que nada, al fin ver una mayor interacción con Danilo, quien se ha convertido en mi personaje favorito. Esta peculiar relación entre ellos me ha intrigado mucho desde el principio y eso no ha hecho más que reforzarse. Confieso que les encuentro un potencial enorme para un dark romance 🤭.
En resumen, un libro que continúa en la línea de los anteriores, con una parte policíaca algo floja en su resolución pero compensada por un ritmo ameno y por las aventuras ocultas de nuestra protagonista y compañía. He batallado un poco para decidir el redondeo pero ha terminado ganando lo positivo y oye, que es el último 😒.
June 26, 2019
No me ha enganchado. Abandonado.
June 3, 2023
Op een vroege ochtend wordt een vrouw zwaargewond en mishandeld aangetroffen in haar appartement in Norrköping. Ambulancebroeder Philip Engström probeert haar leven te redden, maar het gaat mis. Kort daarna wordt een tweede slachtoffer op eenzelfde wijze aangetroffen en Philip begint te vermoeden dat de moorden te maken hebben met een geheim uit zijn verleden.
Officier van justitie Jana Berzelius leidt het onderzoek en zij ziet al snel een patroon dat duidt op een seriemoordenaar. Ze is vastbesloten de dader te berechten. Maar Jana heeft zo haar eigen problemen: Danilo, de man die ze liever zou vergeten, is ontsnapt en dwingt haar, opnieuw, haar grenzen – en de wet – te overtreden.
Zo, dat was het derde deel al en het was weer genieten!
In 'Post Mortem' lees je over Philip. Hij werkt op de ambulance en ze zijn op weg naar een slachtoffer dat gruwelijk gewond is. Helaas kan hij het leven van deze arme vrouw niet meer redden en hij weet niet goed of hij zich nu schuldig moet voelen. Daarna valt er weer een slachtoffer en ook deze persoon is gruwelijk aan haar einde gekomen. Het lijkt erop dat Philip met deze slachtoffers in verbinding staat, maar de reden waarom deze vrouwen zijn vermoord is onduidelijk.
Ook Jana en haar verleden (met Danilo) komt weer regelmatig aan bod. Het is dus wel heel verstandig om deze boeken op volgorde te lezen, want anders mis je enorm veel achtergrondinformatie. Ik vertel hier niet teveel over, vanwege de spoilers, maar het verleden van Jana is een zeer belangrijk onderwerp in deze serie.
Dit deel vond ik eigenlijk weer beter dan de twee voorgaande delen, vooral de moorden waren luguber en bloederig (en ja, daar hou ik nou eenmaal van 😇).
'Post Mortem' is dus zeker een aanrader en ik kan niet wachten om 'Postuum' te lezen!
Beoordeling: 4,0 ⭐
Officier van justitie Jana Berzelius leidt het onderzoek en zij ziet al snel een patroon dat duidt op een seriemoordenaar. Ze is vastbesloten de dader te berechten. Maar Jana heeft zo haar eigen problemen: Danilo, de man die ze liever zou vergeten, is ontsnapt en dwingt haar, opnieuw, haar grenzen – en de wet – te overtreden.
Zo, dat was het derde deel al en het was weer genieten!
In 'Post Mortem' lees je over Philip. Hij werkt op de ambulance en ze zijn op weg naar een slachtoffer dat gruwelijk gewond is. Helaas kan hij het leven van deze arme vrouw niet meer redden en hij weet niet goed of hij zich nu schuldig moet voelen. Daarna valt er weer een slachtoffer en ook deze persoon is gruwelijk aan haar einde gekomen. Het lijkt erop dat Philip met deze slachtoffers in verbinding staat, maar de reden waarom deze vrouwen zijn vermoord is onduidelijk.
Ook Jana en haar verleden (met Danilo) komt weer regelmatig aan bod. Het is dus wel heel verstandig om deze boeken op volgorde te lezen, want anders mis je enorm veel achtergrondinformatie. Ik vertel hier niet teveel over, vanwege de spoilers, maar het verleden van Jana is een zeer belangrijk onderwerp in deze serie.
Dit deel vond ik eigenlijk weer beter dan de twee voorgaande delen, vooral de moorden waren luguber en bloederig (en ja, daar hou ik nou eenmaal van 😇).
'Post Mortem' is dus zeker een aanrader en ik kan niet wachten om 'Postuum' te lezen!
Beoordeling: 4,0 ⭐
January 9, 2023
Ar ko lai sāk..?
Viens liels mīnuss bija tas, ka jau prologā lasītājam ir skaidrs, kāds ir slepkavas dzimums, kas uzreiz samazina aiztomās turamo skaitu lasītājam, taču detektiviem grāmatā nē.
Jau grāmatas pirmajā nodaļā parādās principā visi grāmatā iesaistītie personāži, kas ļoti apgrūtināja saprast, kas ir kas. Gandrīz vai līdz grāmatas vidum vairāk orientējos pēc tā, kurš ir detektīvs un kurš ir ārsts, nevis pēc vārdiem.
Kopumā grāmatu izlasīju ar pietiekami lielu interesi. Bet varbūt ka Tesas Džeritsenas detektīvi ir uzlikuši šim žanram pārāk augstus standartus. 🤭
Viens liels mīnuss bija tas, ka jau prologā lasītājam ir skaidrs, kāds ir slepkavas dzimums, kas uzreiz samazina aiztomās turamo skaitu lasītājam, taču detektiviem grāmatā nē.
Jau grāmatas pirmajā nodaļā parādās principā visi grāmatā iesaistītie personāži, kas ļoti apgrūtināja saprast, kas ir kas. Gandrīz vai līdz grāmatas vidum vairāk orientējos pēc tā, kurš ir detektīvs un kurš ir ārsts, nevis pēc vārdiem.
Kopumā grāmatu izlasīju ar pietiekami lielu interesi. Bet varbūt ka Tesas Džeritsenas detektīvi ir uzlikuši šim žanram pārāk augstus standartus. 🤭
March 31, 2020
Tengo debilidad por este cuerpo de investigaciones.- Son tan humanos que hicieron formar parte del equipo.-
May 23, 2016
Betyg: 4 av 5.
Prio ett är den tredje boken i serien om åklagare Jana Berzelius. Den första boken i serien, Märkta för livet, tyckte jag var helt okej, och här är en länk till min recension av den. Den andra boken i serien, Vita spår, tyckte jag var mycket bättre, och här är en länk till min recension av den.
Nu har jag läst den tredje boken i serien, Prio ett, och det tycker jag är den bästa boken hittills i serien. Och det bådar ju gott för kommande böcker om Jana och dom andra karaktärerna.
Boken är välskriven och spännande. Jag gillar mycket karaktärerna i boken, inte bara huvudpersonen åklagare Jana Berzelius, utan även dom poliserna som det handlar om.
Prio ett kan läsas fristående, men jag tror att man har mycket större behållning av boken om man har läst dom två tidigare böckerna.
Jag rekommenderar absolut Prio ett av Emelie Schepp, som är en av dom, numer så många, skickliga kvinnliga svenska deckarförfattare.
Prio ett är den tredje boken i serien om åklagare Jana Berzelius. Den första boken i serien, Märkta för livet, tyckte jag var helt okej, och här är en länk till min recension av den. Den andra boken i serien, Vita spår, tyckte jag var mycket bättre, och här är en länk till min recension av den.
Nu har jag läst den tredje boken i serien, Prio ett, och det tycker jag är den bästa boken hittills i serien. Och det bådar ju gott för kommande böcker om Jana och dom andra karaktärerna.
Boken är välskriven och spännande. Jag gillar mycket karaktärerna i boken, inte bara huvudpersonen åklagare Jana Berzelius, utan även dom poliserna som det handlar om.
Prio ett kan läsas fristående, men jag tror att man har mycket större behållning av boken om man har läst dom två tidigare böckerna.
Jag rekommenderar absolut Prio ett av Emelie Schepp, som är en av dom, numer så många, skickliga kvinnliga svenska deckarförfattare.
March 19, 2025
Daudz dzirdēta, beidzot iepazīta. Emēlija Šepa. Man patika, viegla lasāmviela ar visai baisiem notikumiem, asiņainām ainām. Zinu, ka lasīšu arī pārējās grāmatas daļas. Lai gan šī ir trešā daļa, man nebija sajūta,ka pirmās divas trūktu.
Filips strādā ātrās palīdzības brigādē. Viņš saņem divus izsaukumus, kuros atrod nežēlīgi sakropļotus pacientus. Viņi diemžēl neizdzīvo. Notiek vēl viens uzbrukums, kurā Filips netiek izsaukts. Bet viņš saprot, ka mirušie upuri viņam ir pazīstami un rodas aizdomas,ka nākamais upuris varētu būt viņš.
Tomēr,vai policija viņam ticēs? Jo visi notikumi pret viņu sazvērējas. Vai vainīgs būs Filips, vai tomēr viņš stāsta patiesību?
Tikmēr prokurores Jānas Berzeliusas ikdiena krustojas ar izbēgušo noziedzinieku Danilo. Viņš apdraud visu, kas Jānai svarīgs. Prokurore kopā ar policistiem cenšas atrisināt nežēlīgās slepkavības un savu uzradušos problēmu.
Mani nedaudz nokaitināja policiste Mīa ar savu šauro skatījumu uz situācijām un pārāk lielo pašpārliecinātību par sevi.
Sākumā nedaudz juka daudzie vārdi, policistu komandas locekļu privātās dzīves nianses. Tomēr pamazām iepazinos un sapratu, kas ir kas un kāpēc.
Filips strādā ātrās palīdzības brigādē. Viņš saņem divus izsaukumus, kuros atrod nežēlīgi sakropļotus pacientus. Viņi diemžēl neizdzīvo. Notiek vēl viens uzbrukums, kurā Filips netiek izsaukts. Bet viņš saprot, ka mirušie upuri viņam ir pazīstami un rodas aizdomas,ka nākamais upuris varētu būt viņš.
Tomēr,vai policija viņam ticēs? Jo visi notikumi pret viņu sazvērējas. Vai vainīgs būs Filips, vai tomēr viņš stāsta patiesību?
Tikmēr prokurores Jānas Berzeliusas ikdiena krustojas ar izbēgušo noziedzinieku Danilo. Viņš apdraud visu, kas Jānai svarīgs. Prokurore kopā ar policistiem cenšas atrisināt nežēlīgās slepkavības un savu uzradušos problēmu.
Mani nedaudz nokaitināja policiste Mīa ar savu šauro skatījumu uz situācijām un pārāk lielo pašpārliecinātību par sevi.
Sākumā nedaudz juka daudzie vārdi, policistu komandas locekļu privātās dzīves nianses. Tomēr pamazām iepazinos un sapratu, kas ir kas un kāpēc.
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July 28, 2018Nordic Noir at its best!
Excuse me while I take a moment. Reverence! This book was absolutely fantastic and I can't believe I came in on the third in such a series having never heard of this author before (I don't know who to blame for that.) This is simply a great thriller. It has themes of loss, murder, revenge, redemption, and loyalty. It's part mystery, part police procedural, and partly just a darn great story. However, it is NOT a medical thriller (that is very misleading in the blurbs) by my reckoning. But, I'm going to let it go as I loved it anyway.
This suspenseful novel is set in Norrkoping, Sweden. There are so many characters in this novel that it would be impossible, without spoilers, to give a run down of who is who and how they were involved in the plot. The main character is, obviously, meant to be Prosecutor Jana Berzelius (and whoa what a backstory she has) followed by the police team -- there's Gunnar, Mia, Henrik, Anneli, and technician Ola. Then there are the secondary characters about whom the action revolves -- paramedics Philip and Sandra. Then the victims -- murdered in their homes in most gruesome style. At first it's a little hard to keep them all straight. There's also a mystery man with whom Jana has a history -- and it's not the romantic kind. But I won't say more so that you can work it all out for yourself and enjoy it as much as I did. The writing and characterization are top-notch and, even if you guess ahead at what might be going on as I did, you will still enjoy the ride!
What are you waiting for -- get this on your TBR as soon as you can. Best would be if you read #1 and #2 first, I'm sure, though I didn't have that luxury. I can only imagine, given the little dangling morsel at the end, that there is going to be a fourth and I've already got it on my MUST READ list.
Thank you to NetGalley and MIRA Books/Harlequin Enterprises for this e-book ARC to read and review. Don't forget me when I come begging for more Jana Berzelius.
Excuse me while I take a moment. Reverence! This book was absolutely fantastic and I can't believe I came in on the third in such a series having never heard of this author before (I don't know who to blame for that.) This is simply a great thriller. It has themes of loss, murder, revenge, redemption, and loyalty. It's part mystery, part police procedural, and partly just a darn great story. However, it is NOT a medical thriller (that is very misleading in the blurbs) by my reckoning. But, I'm going to let it go as I loved it anyway.
This suspenseful novel is set in Norrkoping, Sweden. There are so many characters in this novel that it would be impossible, without spoilers, to give a run down of who is who and how they were involved in the plot. The main character is, obviously, meant to be Prosecutor Jana Berzelius (and whoa what a backstory she has) followed by the police team -- there's Gunnar, Mia, Henrik, Anneli, and technician Ola. Then there are the secondary characters about whom the action revolves -- paramedics Philip and Sandra. Then the victims -- murdered in their homes in most gruesome style. At first it's a little hard to keep them all straight. There's also a mystery man with whom Jana has a history -- and it's not the romantic kind. But I won't say more so that you can work it all out for yourself and enjoy it as much as I did. The writing and characterization are top-notch and, even if you guess ahead at what might be going on as I did, you will still enjoy the ride!
What are you waiting for -- get this on your TBR as soon as you can. Best would be if you read #1 and #2 first, I'm sure, though I didn't have that luxury. I can only imagine, given the little dangling morsel at the end, that there is going to be a fourth and I've already got it on my MUST READ list.
Thank you to NetGalley and MIRA Books/Harlequin Enterprises for this e-book ARC to read and review. Don't forget me when I come begging for more Jana Berzelius.
July 4, 2019
Siguiendo con esta serie de la fiscal Jana Berzelius, de nuevo tuve que buscar el anterior y releer algunos capítulos para recordar en qué había quedado la historia. Entretenido, agarra fuerza de la mitad en adelante pero todavía hay situaciones que no me cuadran mucho (¿cómo Jana nunca deja rastros después de las cosas que hace?, es un misterio para mí).
April 18, 2020
“Somos conscientes de que la muerte es un elemento natural del ciclo eterno de la vida [...] La muerte era el punto final y la disolución de la existencia. No era nada, solo el final.”
Una vez más, ¿qué tienen las autoras nórdicas para escribir novelas negras tan atrapantes?, ésta me tuvo muy enganchada…
Tercera parte de la serie Jana Berzelius, una fiscal diferente, porque a veces toma justicia por sus propias manos… Este libro me gustó muchísimo más que el anterior, la trama es intrigante, pero más aún sigue siendo el pasado de la protagonista, y ni qué decir de Danilo, que poco a poco va apareciendo más, pero del que cada vez sabemos menos.
Al principio de la historia, casi todos los personajes nos parecen sospechosos, sin embargo, la autora no proporciona sutiles pistas que te hacen ir reduciendo la lista, y en muchos casos ni siquiera son lo que parecen (no puedo decir más sin caer en spoilers).
Como en los libros anteriores, cada capítulo está narrado por un narrador omnisciente, entre todos los personajes, saltando de uno a otro, aún dentro del mismo capítulo, siendo totalmente ágil su lectura.
Me encantan los personajes del equipo policial, porque cada uno tiene una pequeña subtrama personal, que le da colorido a la novela, y no todos quedan resueltos, habrá que continuar la serie.
Es un thriller rebosante de misterio, venganza, asesinatos un tanto desconcertantes, arrepentimiento y mucha intriga. Ya quiero que traduzcan al español el resto de la serie...
100% recomendado
“Uno corre el riesgo de parecer competente.”
Una vez más, ¿qué tienen las autoras nórdicas para escribir novelas negras tan atrapantes?, ésta me tuvo muy enganchada…
Tercera parte de la serie Jana Berzelius, una fiscal diferente, porque a veces toma justicia por sus propias manos… Este libro me gustó muchísimo más que el anterior, la trama es intrigante, pero más aún sigue siendo el pasado de la protagonista, y ni qué decir de Danilo, que poco a poco va apareciendo más, pero del que cada vez sabemos menos.
Al principio de la historia, casi todos los personajes nos parecen sospechosos, sin embargo, la autora no proporciona sutiles pistas que te hacen ir reduciendo la lista, y en muchos casos ni siquiera son lo que parecen (no puedo decir más sin caer en spoilers).
Como en los libros anteriores, cada capítulo está narrado por un narrador omnisciente, entre todos los personajes, saltando de uno a otro, aún dentro del mismo capítulo, siendo totalmente ágil su lectura.
Me encantan los personajes del equipo policial, porque cada uno tiene una pequeña subtrama personal, que le da colorido a la novela, y no todos quedan resueltos, habrá que continuar la serie.
Es un thriller rebosante de misterio, venganza, asesinatos un tanto desconcertantes, arrepentimiento y mucha intriga. Ya quiero que traduzcan al español el resto de la serie...
100% recomendado
“Uno corre el riesgo de parecer competente.”
July 21, 2017
Jag tycker Schepps böcker är solida treor. Spännande, om än lite förutsägbara, samt svåra att sluta läsa. De är ju mer brutala än de måste vara men superlätta att ta sig igenom och underhållande.
March 16, 2018
Bid for bid eller bog for bog får læseren afsløret endnu en del af det komplekse menneske, der gemmer sig bag det kølige blik, den nypressede habitjakke og de høje hæle. Jana Berzelius er tilbage!
En af de helt store styrker i Emelie Schepps serie er, at der kun afsløres en lille flig af den fortid, der har været med til at præge vores hovedpersoner og gøre dem til de mennesker, de er. Bog for bog oplever læseren en langsom form for forløsning, efterhånden som de store livshistorier afsløres sideløbende med det drama, der udspilles i den enkelte bog.
Der er ingen tvivl om, at Schepp er en af mine storfavoritter, når det kommer til krimigenren. Karaktererne er troværdige, beskrivelserne er levende og vigtigst af alt, så er plottet fuldstændig uforudsigeligt, og jeg nyder, at hun gang på gang tager fusen på mig og holder mig vågen om natten.
Der ligger en længere anmeldelse her: https://bookmeupscotty.blogspot.dk/20...
En af de helt store styrker i Emelie Schepps serie er, at der kun afsløres en lille flig af den fortid, der har været med til at præge vores hovedpersoner og gøre dem til de mennesker, de er. Bog for bog oplever læseren en langsom form for forløsning, efterhånden som de store livshistorier afsløres sideløbende med det drama, der udspilles i den enkelte bog.
Der er ingen tvivl om, at Schepp er en af mine storfavoritter, når det kommer til krimigenren. Karaktererne er troværdige, beskrivelserne er levende og vigtigst af alt, så er plottet fuldstændig uforudsigeligt, og jeg nyder, at hun gang på gang tager fusen på mig og holder mig vågen om natten.
Der ligger en længere anmeldelse her: https://bookmeupscotty.blogspot.dk/20...
October 5, 2018
An accident during surgery leads to a dramatic change in the patient’s life and leads a resident to abandon his practice. But ten years later, senseless and gruesome murders start taking place in the medical community. Jana Berzelius is the prosecutor in charge of the case and what she doesn’t realize is that the death of her mother is connected to the killer roaming the streets.
I didn’t know what to expect coming into the third book in a series with an author I’ve never read, but I was pleasantly surprised to be able to pick up the third book and know what was going on without having to read the first two. I loved the gruesomeness of the murders in this novel, they are quite graphic, and I could almost picture the poor murdered souls. I found the first little bit of the book to be slow and confusing because there are so many characters in this novel to keep track of. But slowly, I got the hang of the characters and the writing and I was absolutely sucked into the story.
I love Jana’s character and thoroughly enjoyed the drama that was going on, not only in her life but within every character’s lives’ in this novel. There was side drama to every character and I loved trying to figure out whom the murderer was and how each person was going to be able to push through their issues. I did not see the ending coming and I could not turn the pages fast enough to know what was going to happen. I was shocked by who the actually killer was because I suspicious of all the other characters. The characters in this novel are very flawed and I enjoy that in a book. I can’t wait to pick up the first two of this series now, and I recommend you do the same!
I didn’t know what to expect coming into the third book in a series with an author I’ve never read, but I was pleasantly surprised to be able to pick up the third book and know what was going on without having to read the first two. I loved the gruesomeness of the murders in this novel, they are quite graphic, and I could almost picture the poor murdered souls. I found the first little bit of the book to be slow and confusing because there are so many characters in this novel to keep track of. But slowly, I got the hang of the characters and the writing and I was absolutely sucked into the story.
I love Jana’s character and thoroughly enjoyed the drama that was going on, not only in her life but within every character’s lives’ in this novel. There was side drama to every character and I loved trying to figure out whom the murderer was and how each person was going to be able to push through their issues. I did not see the ending coming and I could not turn the pages fast enough to know what was going to happen. I was shocked by who the actually killer was because I suspicious of all the other characters. The characters in this novel are very flawed and I enjoy that in a book. I can’t wait to pick up the first two of this series now, and I recommend you do the same!
May 28, 2016
Jeg er helt betatt av denne serien. Jeg syntes Emelie skrev en knakende debut, og satte dermed lista høyt allerede der. Det viste seg å være en god pådriver til flere gode utgivelser, for både Hvite spor og Prio ett holder mål med god margin. Jeg er så ivrig etter å få vite mer om hva som utspiller seg i livet til Jana. Den dama har jeg skikkelig sansen for. Hun er råtøff og skjør på en og samme tid. Attituden er kul, og fortiden hennes er en labyrint med spenning. Jeg må si at jeg håper litt på at Danilo og Jana skal finne sammen intimt snart. Jeg har alltid syntes at de to har et bånd i høyspenn. Noen ganger er gnistene mellom dem så sterke at jeg føler det i kroppen selv.
I tillegg er mordsakene intelligent satt sammen, noe som gjør meg nysgjerrig og ivrig etter å finne ut mer sammen med Henrik, Mia og gjengen. Nå er det bare å håpe på bok 4.
I tillegg er mordsakene intelligent satt sammen, noe som gjør meg nysgjerrig og ivrig etter å finne ut mer sammen med Henrik, Mia og gjengen. Nå er det bare å håpe på bok 4.
February 5, 2021
Lasījās diezgan raiti, stāsts diezgan pamudžināts, bet kaut kas līdz galam nepārliecināja. Varbūt tas, ka slepkavas identitāte bija zināma uzreiz? Varbūt tas, ka Jānas motivācija šķiet visai dīvaina, ja nav lasīta pirmā grāmata (esamu to lasījusi, bet tik un tā iekrita acīs)? Un visas tās Jānas un Danilo attiecības, un vispār Danilo iesaistīšana tik ļoti acīmredzami ir daļa no cita stāsta, kas vispār nesaistās ar galveno sižeta līniju, ka nevaru teikt "patika". Varbūt gluži neko neizpurgāja, bet... nē. Ir labi, bet ne piecas zvaigznes.
July 31, 2020
Super goed boek! Heel graag gelezen van begin tot einde!! Binnenkort nog eentje van Emelie Schepp op de planning .... 😁😊
July 4, 2018
SPOILER ALERT!!!
BELOW IS BASICALLY THE WHOLE EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS BOOK AND WHY ITS MAKING ME GROW GREY HAIRS.
DO NOT CONTINUE READING UNLESS YOU WANT THE WHOLE BOOK SPOILED FOR YOU.
•••
The story starts off with the local PD of a bumblef* nowhere town capturing this guy that supposedly is involved in some like government resistance program or whatever and has like 7 murders under his belt or something.
So he sustained injuries during his capture so now he’s in a hospital, tied to the bed and being sedated. The 2 nurses walk in to sedate him again and check all his IV lines and turns out homeboy over there isn’t really sedated into unconsciousness as they thought so while the male nurse is looking under the bed because he dropped his pen, the female nurse somehow gets knocked out and then the viva la resistance guy threatens him with the non-working sedative and the male nurse is like okay here take my clothes. So he does. And he just walks right out of the hospital, because Sweden.
So then the book pans to a investigator or whoever the hell she is, I couldn’t keep up with what the 4839204 characters did in this book, anyway, her name is Jana. She finds out her adoptive mother is dead. Died of a heart attack. She’s estranged from her adoptive dad basically so she’s like trying to deal with all of this herself. She comes home after finding out about her mom and finds an intruder in her house who is non other than the miracle anti sedative government hater. Fast forward a little and we find out that they were both like in some weird guys house when they were kids like trapped in his basement or something while the guy basically trained them to be like super assassin ninja warriors. So she asks him to leave and he says no and tells her that he has her diaries and that if she doesn’t let him stay in her apartment then he’s gonna release her journals and everyone will know who she “really is”. *cue the villain laughter because I swear this is like the ultimate threat made by everyone*
So of course, she just rolls her eyes and locks herself in her room.
Then the story goes to 2 EMS drivers. Philip and Sandra. Sandra seems super needy, Philip has a pill popping addiction because he has like anxiety and insomnia and turns out he fell asleep during a call a few nights before and the lady died, which Sandra is like super quick to remind him of because she’s just a walking asshole.
Philip is basically obsessing over his regular partner named Katarina or something with a K, and about how she’s been out sick for a week and he keeps reminding himself how much he doesn’t like Sandra while Sandra just reminds him that if he falls asleep on the clock again that she will report him. So Philip does what any other sensible married man trying to have a child with his wife would do, he avoids his home, his wife, ends up pulling 24 hour shifts at work, non-stop calling his normal work partner and then of course leaves his wife and tells her he’s going to work meanwhile he goes to Katarinas house and tries peeking in her windows when she doesn’t answer the knocks on her door. He sees nothing, so he leaves.
At this time we pan to yet more characters. I still don’t understand who is married to whom but we have like 4-6 cops, techs and whatever else title they hold, on the scene of a woman who had her hands severed off. They talk to neighbors and the neighbors who are of course nosy af, tell the cops that it was probably the boyfriend. So they question the boyfriend but he has an alibi. So they let him go.
Two of the cops (I think one is like a detective and the other is the boss?) are married, or were, until the wife cheated and basically everything went to shit. There was like 1/4 of the book just dedicated to how sorry she was she cheated but “it only happened once so it should be forgiven” like what?
At the same time, there’s a guy named Per who Jana is like seeing but not really. It’s a friends with benefits type deal, but without any benefits for poor Per. Jana gets food out of this so she’s game. Whilst Per is over there trying to pursue her love.
A little while later they stumble upon a third guy who is still alive, but had his legs cut off. The same EMS drivers show up to the scene and Philip knows the guy so he’s over there trying to tourniquet his legs and I guess he was too messed up on his meds that he did it wrong, so the guy dies. At this point, Philip has killed 2 people on accident. The cops basically start arguing with each other about how you need 3 murders with the same MO in order to call it a serial killer, so they wait. Because that’s the sensible thing to do.
Anyway, so then the cops find another body. This time, the tongue is cut out. And they begin speculating that they have a serial killer on their hands. Turns out this 3rd person is Katarina, AKA pill popping Phil’s work crush.
So the cops begin focusing on footprints they found outside her windows and they somehow tie everything back to Phil, including the wedding ring he “lost” that they managed to find on the floor of Katarinas bedroom. (Scaaaaaandalous)
They detain Phil under the assumption that he’s the killer because they find they he’s tied to all these folks that are showing up dead.
While Phil is in jail trying to wiggle his way out, Sandra is trying to be a good friend to Phil’s wife who we find out is now pregnant with his child.
During this time, Jana is still trying to get the killer resistance dude out of her apartment and he tells her that in a few days she has to sneak him out of the apartment and drive him to some place and he will give her the journals back. So she’s waiting. At this time she also finds out her mother didn’t die from a heart attack but it seems as though she was smothered. So Jana breaks off her moms finger nail that seems to have something under them and gives them to her like crazy dad to pull some strings and have the DNA ran because she thinks Philip killed her mom.
So fast forward a bit and Jana and Danilo or whatever his name was are in the car and driving to whatever place he told her to drive him to, and she gets a call from her dad and he tells her that there’s a DNA match.
Philip begins realizing that someone is out there killing people and he thinks he’s next.
His reasoning being that he used to be a doctor and he was supposed to be looking on to a surgery and the main surgeon handed the surgery over to Philip and told him to do it but Phil sliced the patients artery which caused a bleed and they couldn’t do anything so then the main surgeon just sewed it up but did it too tight which resulted in not enough blood flow to the patients legs which caused numbness and the helicopter pilot failed to tell them the helicopter wasn’t working until like 11 hours post surgery so basically the patient had to get her legs amputated and the last Phil heard from her, she told him she will get her revenge.
So at this time, Phil is legit trying to convince the cops that this old lady in a wheelchair is killing all these folks and butchering their limbs.
So the cops finally track down the lady Phil is saying that he believes is the killer, and they go to her last known address which is like a run down house that’s filled with trash, a hoarders paradise in other words. They end up finding this lady in her basement in a wheelchair, dead, for a few years now.
However the neighbor says the ladies daughter lives at the house, which is weird, because the lady never had a daughter, or so they thought.
One of the cops sees a kids handmade star hanging on the wall and pulls it down and looks at the back and sees a name, Sandra. DUN DUN DUN.
At the same time, Jana is back on the phone with her dad and he tells her the DNA comes back to someone named Sandra. All the wheels start turning in Jana’s mind and she gets a call from her boss saying they think they know who the killer is and that it’s the EMS driver, Sandra, and that she’s been framing Phil and she’s currently at his house so Jana like whips the car around and heads to Phil’s house. Sees Sandra get in her car and begins following her. They get to some raggedy house in the woods when Sandra ends up like slicing Phil’s wife’s stomach and leaving her to bleed out.
So Jana like wants revenge so she tries to go in with a knife but gets stabbed in the thigh by her road trip companion/ninja buddy. She plays it off all cool and just ties her shirt around her thigh and limps her happy ass to the cottage where she sneaks in and starts waiting for Sandra to pass by her. After a brief exchanging of words, they get into a brawl which somehow ends with Jana on the floor and Sandra about to stab her and then comes the knight in resistance armor crashing through the door and shoots Sandra in the head. So then he picks up Jana and he’s like “you need to get me to my meeting” and so they are off.
They arrive to the meet up spot and he gets out her car and gets into another car and leaves. She doesn’t get her journals back but whatever she’s just happy he’s gone.
So then we pan over to 2 of the cops and apparently one is moving into a new house or something and the other is helping him move in. Pointless.
Then we pan back to Jana and she gets a knock on the door and it’s 7 boxes worth of her journals. In the last box she finds a hand written note that says “I’ll be in touch”, obviously from Danilo.
That’s it. THATS HOW THIS BOOK FUCKING ENDS.
To say I am disappointed in this book would be a SEVERE understatement.
Oh and I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway. Thanks Goodreads!
BELOW IS BASICALLY THE WHOLE EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS BOOK AND WHY ITS MAKING ME GROW GREY HAIRS.
DO NOT CONTINUE READING UNLESS YOU WANT THE WHOLE BOOK SPOILED FOR YOU.
•••
The story starts off with the local PD of a bumblef* nowhere town capturing this guy that supposedly is involved in some like government resistance program or whatever and has like 7 murders under his belt or something.
So he sustained injuries during his capture so now he’s in a hospital, tied to the bed and being sedated. The 2 nurses walk in to sedate him again and check all his IV lines and turns out homeboy over there isn’t really sedated into unconsciousness as they thought so while the male nurse is looking under the bed because he dropped his pen, the female nurse somehow gets knocked out and then the viva la resistance guy threatens him with the non-working sedative and the male nurse is like okay here take my clothes. So he does. And he just walks right out of the hospital, because Sweden.
So then the book pans to a investigator or whoever the hell she is, I couldn’t keep up with what the 4839204 characters did in this book, anyway, her name is Jana. She finds out her adoptive mother is dead. Died of a heart attack. She’s estranged from her adoptive dad basically so she’s like trying to deal with all of this herself. She comes home after finding out about her mom and finds an intruder in her house who is non other than the miracle anti sedative government hater. Fast forward a little and we find out that they were both like in some weird guys house when they were kids like trapped in his basement or something while the guy basically trained them to be like super assassin ninja warriors. So she asks him to leave and he says no and tells her that he has her diaries and that if she doesn’t let him stay in her apartment then he’s gonna release her journals and everyone will know who she “really is”. *cue the villain laughter because I swear this is like the ultimate threat made by everyone*
So of course, she just rolls her eyes and locks herself in her room.
Then the story goes to 2 EMS drivers. Philip and Sandra. Sandra seems super needy, Philip has a pill popping addiction because he has like anxiety and insomnia and turns out he fell asleep during a call a few nights before and the lady died, which Sandra is like super quick to remind him of because she’s just a walking asshole.
Philip is basically obsessing over his regular partner named Katarina or something with a K, and about how she’s been out sick for a week and he keeps reminding himself how much he doesn’t like Sandra while Sandra just reminds him that if he falls asleep on the clock again that she will report him. So Philip does what any other sensible married man trying to have a child with his wife would do, he avoids his home, his wife, ends up pulling 24 hour shifts at work, non-stop calling his normal work partner and then of course leaves his wife and tells her he’s going to work meanwhile he goes to Katarinas house and tries peeking in her windows when she doesn’t answer the knocks on her door. He sees nothing, so he leaves.
At this time we pan to yet more characters. I still don’t understand who is married to whom but we have like 4-6 cops, techs and whatever else title they hold, on the scene of a woman who had her hands severed off. They talk to neighbors and the neighbors who are of course nosy af, tell the cops that it was probably the boyfriend. So they question the boyfriend but he has an alibi. So they let him go.
Two of the cops (I think one is like a detective and the other is the boss?) are married, or were, until the wife cheated and basically everything went to shit. There was like 1/4 of the book just dedicated to how sorry she was she cheated but “it only happened once so it should be forgiven” like what?
At the same time, there’s a guy named Per who Jana is like seeing but not really. It’s a friends with benefits type deal, but without any benefits for poor Per. Jana gets food out of this so she’s game. Whilst Per is over there trying to pursue her love.
A little while later they stumble upon a third guy who is still alive, but had his legs cut off. The same EMS drivers show up to the scene and Philip knows the guy so he’s over there trying to tourniquet his legs and I guess he was too messed up on his meds that he did it wrong, so the guy dies. At this point, Philip has killed 2 people on accident. The cops basically start arguing with each other about how you need 3 murders with the same MO in order to call it a serial killer, so they wait. Because that’s the sensible thing to do.
Anyway, so then the cops find another body. This time, the tongue is cut out. And they begin speculating that they have a serial killer on their hands. Turns out this 3rd person is Katarina, AKA pill popping Phil’s work crush.
So the cops begin focusing on footprints they found outside her windows and they somehow tie everything back to Phil, including the wedding ring he “lost” that they managed to find on the floor of Katarinas bedroom. (Scaaaaaandalous)
They detain Phil under the assumption that he’s the killer because they find they he’s tied to all these folks that are showing up dead.
While Phil is in jail trying to wiggle his way out, Sandra is trying to be a good friend to Phil’s wife who we find out is now pregnant with his child.
During this time, Jana is still trying to get the killer resistance dude out of her apartment and he tells her that in a few days she has to sneak him out of the apartment and drive him to some place and he will give her the journals back. So she’s waiting. At this time she also finds out her mother didn’t die from a heart attack but it seems as though she was smothered. So Jana breaks off her moms finger nail that seems to have something under them and gives them to her like crazy dad to pull some strings and have the DNA ran because she thinks Philip killed her mom.
So fast forward a bit and Jana and Danilo or whatever his name was are in the car and driving to whatever place he told her to drive him to, and she gets a call from her dad and he tells her that there’s a DNA match.
Philip begins realizing that someone is out there killing people and he thinks he’s next.
His reasoning being that he used to be a doctor and he was supposed to be looking on to a surgery and the main surgeon handed the surgery over to Philip and told him to do it but Phil sliced the patients artery which caused a bleed and they couldn’t do anything so then the main surgeon just sewed it up but did it too tight which resulted in not enough blood flow to the patients legs which caused numbness and the helicopter pilot failed to tell them the helicopter wasn’t working until like 11 hours post surgery so basically the patient had to get her legs amputated and the last Phil heard from her, she told him she will get her revenge.
So at this time, Phil is legit trying to convince the cops that this old lady in a wheelchair is killing all these folks and butchering their limbs.
So the cops finally track down the lady Phil is saying that he believes is the killer, and they go to her last known address which is like a run down house that’s filled with trash, a hoarders paradise in other words. They end up finding this lady in her basement in a wheelchair, dead, for a few years now.
However the neighbor says the ladies daughter lives at the house, which is weird, because the lady never had a daughter, or so they thought.
One of the cops sees a kids handmade star hanging on the wall and pulls it down and looks at the back and sees a name, Sandra. DUN DUN DUN.
At the same time, Jana is back on the phone with her dad and he tells her the DNA comes back to someone named Sandra. All the wheels start turning in Jana’s mind and she gets a call from her boss saying they think they know who the killer is and that it’s the EMS driver, Sandra, and that she’s been framing Phil and she’s currently at his house so Jana like whips the car around and heads to Phil’s house. Sees Sandra get in her car and begins following her. They get to some raggedy house in the woods when Sandra ends up like slicing Phil’s wife’s stomach and leaving her to bleed out.
So Jana like wants revenge so she tries to go in with a knife but gets stabbed in the thigh by her road trip companion/ninja buddy. She plays it off all cool and just ties her shirt around her thigh and limps her happy ass to the cottage where she sneaks in and starts waiting for Sandra to pass by her. After a brief exchanging of words, they get into a brawl which somehow ends with Jana on the floor and Sandra about to stab her and then comes the knight in resistance armor crashing through the door and shoots Sandra in the head. So then he picks up Jana and he’s like “you need to get me to my meeting” and so they are off.
They arrive to the meet up spot and he gets out her car and gets into another car and leaves. She doesn’t get her journals back but whatever she’s just happy he’s gone.
So then we pan over to 2 of the cops and apparently one is moving into a new house or something and the other is helping him move in. Pointless.
Then we pan back to Jana and she gets a knock on the door and it’s 7 boxes worth of her journals. In the last box she finds a hand written note that says “I’ll be in touch”, obviously from Danilo.
That’s it. THATS HOW THIS BOOK FUCKING ENDS.
To say I am disappointed in this book would be a SEVERE understatement.
Oh and I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway. Thanks Goodreads!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 31, 2020
Erittäin otteessaan pitävä kirjoitustyyli ja varsin mielenkiintoinen tarina jota ei olisi halunnut jättää kesken. Jälleen Jana jäi mielestäni hieman sivurooliin sekä alku oli hieman hitaasti käynnistyvä, mikä ehkä vähensi yhden pisteen vaikka mietinkin pitkään annanko täydet pisteet. Jollain tavalla kuitenkin pidän tästä hitaasta tyylistä mutta se tyyli saisi jatkua myös lopussa, nyt ratkaisu paljastuu melko äkkiä tai liian aikaisin vaikka kirjaa on todella paljon jäljellä. Jollain tavalla taas tiesin ennakolta kuka on syyllinen mutta mielestäni kirjailija onnistuu hyvin pitämään myös muut vaihtoehdot mahdollisina siihen kunnes tekijä paljastuu. Eli helposti epäilee kaikkia osapuolia syyllisiksi. Vaikka alussa mietinkin miten Janan oma henkilökohtainen tarina linkittyy päätapahtumiin, niin nämä kaksi tarinaa yhdistyvät lopussa. Välillä tuntui että kirjassa on kaksi erillistä osaa vaikkei se oikeastaan haitannut lukiessa mutta lopussa kaikella on tarkoituksensa. Näin on ollut myös aikaisemmissa sarjan osissa. Sarjan loppujen osien lukeminen jatkuu heti perään.
April 24, 2019
Betyg 4/5
Trevligt att råkas igen, Jana!
Vi börjar bli bekanta, jag och Jana Berzelius, huvudkaraktären i Schepp’s böcker.
Denna mörkt komplexa, orädda, osociala åklagare med en högst tvivelaktig moral är minst sagt fascinerande. Det här är bok nr. 3 i serien och den bästa hittills. 🙌🏽
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Schepp spinner vidare på sin röda tråd och Janas mörka förflutna fortsätter att förfölja och plåga henne. Mord, mystik och mörker väl sammanflätat.
Skickligt berättat.
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Pappas pojke är näst ut i serien och alldeles färsk, nyss utgiven, följer sedan Broder Jakob. Ser med spänning fram emot att dyka in i dessa fram igenom.
Trevligt att råkas igen, Jana!
Vi börjar bli bekanta, jag och Jana Berzelius, huvudkaraktären i Schepp’s böcker.
Denna mörkt komplexa, orädda, osociala åklagare med en högst tvivelaktig moral är minst sagt fascinerande. Det här är bok nr. 3 i serien och den bästa hittills. 🙌🏽
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Schepp spinner vidare på sin röda tråd och Janas mörka förflutna fortsätter att förfölja och plåga henne. Mord, mystik och mörker väl sammanflätat.
Skickligt berättat.
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Pappas pojke är näst ut i serien och alldeles färsk, nyss utgiven, följer sedan Broder Jakob. Ser med spänning fram emot att dyka in i dessa fram igenom.
July 15, 2018
Een rustig maar spannend verteld verhaal. Heb mij er goed mee vermaakt. Op naar de volgende.
July 30, 2024
“Sirds krūtīs sāka sisties vēl stiprāk, un panika atkal pacēla savu neglīto galvu.” (415.lpp)
Man patika labāk par 1.grāmatu. Nedaudz traucē (kaitina), tas ka trūkst stāsta pa vidu (šī nav 2.grāmata!).
Man patika labāk par 1.grāmatu. Nedaudz traucē (kaitina), tas ka trūkst stāsta pa vidu (šī nav 2.grāmata!).
July 26, 2022
Emelie Schepp zet de verhaallijn van Jana en Danilo voort te midden van een nieuwe spannende zaak waar meerdere personen komen te overlijden en ambulancebroeder Philip hier meer van lijkt weten. Zelfs Jana is persoonlijk betrokken.
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The storyline of Jana and Danilo continues amidst a new exciting case where several people die and ambulance paramedic Philip seems to know more about it. Even Jana is personally involved.
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The storyline of Jana and Danilo continues amidst a new exciting case where several people die and ambulance paramedic Philip seems to know more about it. Even Jana is personally involved.
May 3, 2023
UWIELBIAM. JEDNA Z NAJLEPSZYCH SERII 💅💗
February 23, 2024
Daudzie tēli, to piņķerīgās savstarpējās attiecības un gandrīz klišejiskais skandināviskais kriminālsižets vēl kaut cik spēj izklaidēt. Bet tas, ka izlasot knapi trešdaļu grāmatas jau ir skaidrs, kurš ir slepkava... Ir kur augt.
July 28, 2019
A really thrilling mystery! Relatively fast-paced, and gives you JUST enough clues to keep you on the edge of your seat. I think this should have a screen adaption! I'm really liking this series, I need to get the fourth book.
June 10, 2017
DE STRAPATSEN VAN JANA
Ambulancebroeder Philip Engström verliest een mensenleven. En daarna nog een. Wat is er aan de hand? En Jana zit opgescheept met Danilo, die ze liever niet dan wel ziet. Levert ze hem uit of heeft hij haar in de tang?
'Post mortem' is deel 3 van de reeks met officier van justitie Jana Berzelius in de hoofdrol. Jana gaat ook deze keer weer flink buiten haar boekje, dat is eerder regel dan uitzondering. Er zijn nogal wat bedenkelijke strapatsen en toevalligheden nodig om het hele verhaal rond te krijgen, maar dat mag de pret niet drukken. De geloofwaardigheid wordt onderhand wel een punt waar auteur Emelie Schepp scherp op moet zijn.
Met plezier gelezen, hoewel ik dit het minste van de drie boeken tot nu toe vind. Mooi zijn de ontwikkelingen in het persoonlijke leven van Jana, hoe droevig ze soms ook zijn. Zou ze nu een beetje tot rust komen? Dat lezen we vast en zeker in deel 4,waar ik op dit moment nog geen info over kan vinden. dat in augustus 2017 in Zweden uitkomt. Zweedse titel luidt 'Pappas pojke', wat zo veel betekent als papa's jongen. (https://www.emelieschepp.se/nyheter-2...).
[spanning 3, plot 4, schrijfstijl 4, leesplezier 4, originaliteit 4, psychologie 3]
Ambulancebroeder Philip Engström verliest een mensenleven. En daarna nog een. Wat is er aan de hand? En Jana zit opgescheept met Danilo, die ze liever niet dan wel ziet. Levert ze hem uit of heeft hij haar in de tang?
'Post mortem' is deel 3 van de reeks met officier van justitie Jana Berzelius in de hoofdrol. Jana gaat ook deze keer weer flink buiten haar boekje, dat is eerder regel dan uitzondering. Er zijn nogal wat bedenkelijke strapatsen en toevalligheden nodig om het hele verhaal rond te krijgen, maar dat mag de pret niet drukken. De geloofwaardigheid wordt onderhand wel een punt waar auteur Emelie Schepp scherp op moet zijn.
Met plezier gelezen, hoewel ik dit het minste van de drie boeken tot nu toe vind. Mooi zijn de ontwikkelingen in het persoonlijke leven van Jana, hoe droevig ze soms ook zijn. Zou ze nu een beetje tot rust komen? Dat lezen we vast en zeker in deel 4,
[spanning 3, plot 4, schrijfstijl 4, leesplezier 4, originaliteit 4, psychologie 3]
October 19, 2018
I found this painfully hard to read and hard to follow with all the zipping to and fro very quickly from one person to another without much introduction. Probably due to the fact i only found out this was number 3 in a series just now - i think i missed alot that would have been better explained. Either way, just not the novel for me.
Thank you to the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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