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Sandhamn Murders #8
In the Name of Truth
A shocking abduction rocks idyllic Sandhamn Island in an enthralling novel of suspense by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment.
With the summer season on Sandhamn comes an unsettling mystery for Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson. A bullied young boy has vanished from a sailing camp on neighboring Lökholmen Island. Has the terrorized eleven-year-old run away? Or, in this isolated vacation spot where strangers lurk, is it something more ominous?
The disappearance has also captured the interest of Thomas’s longtime friend, attorney Nora Linde. The missing child happens to be the son of her latest client, Christian Dufva. He is a key witness against his partner in a high-profile embezzlement trial, and Dufva’s testimony could be devastating. It’ll also be Nora’s biggest win—the next step toward a position as chief prosecutor. But with every anonymous threat against Dufva, the stakes get higher.
When new evidence surfaces in their respective cases, new questions and fears arise for Thomas and Nora. Time is running out to resolve them. So is hope of finding the boy alive. Because on Sandhamn Island, the truth is buried as deep as the secrets.
459 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 4, 2015
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About the author
Viveca Sten
65 books1,072 followersViveca Sten made her author debut with crime novel Still Waters. It soon became a huge hit with both critics and readers and today the author has sold almost 3 million copies of her books worldwide.
In May 2014, her seventh novel, The Price of Power, was published in Sweden. It was hugely successful and Viveca cemented her place as one of the country’s most popular authors. Her Sandhamn Murder Series continues to top the best seller charts, not to mention the whopping success of the TV mini-series that is based on Viveca’s novels. An estimated 30 million people around the globe have been watching the adventures of Nora and Thomas unfold on the TV screen.
Today, Viveca lives in Stockholm with her husband and three children. During the summer months she leaves for Sandhamn to write and spend the holidays with her family. This year she has also been working on a cookbook that features stories from the Stockholm archipelago
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In May 2014, her seventh novel, The Price of Power, was published in Sweden. It was hugely successful and Viveca cemented her place as one of the country’s most popular authors. Her Sandhamn Murder Series continues to top the best seller charts, not to mention the whopping success of the TV mini-series that is based on Viveca’s novels. An estimated 30 million people around the globe have been watching the adventures of Nora and Thomas unfold on the TV screen.
Today, Viveca lives in Stockholm with her husband and three children. During the summer months she leaves for Sandhamn to write and spend the holidays with her family. This year she has also been working on a cookbook that features stories from the Stockholm archipelago
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June 12, 2020
In the Name of Truth was written by Viveca Sten and translated from Swedish to English by Marlaine Delargy. This is the eighth book in the Sandhamn crime and legal thriller series. The main characters are Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson and prosecuting attorney Nora Linde. I believe this series would be best if it was read in series order. This would provide additional background and show character growth over time.
Thomas and Nora are strong main characters with some depth and someone you can root for. Their goals were clear and definitely influenced the plot with believable motivations. The prose was well-written and thought-provoking. Summer season has reached Sweden and with that comes sailing camps for children as well as a high-profile trial. The plot was complex with many sub-plots and red herrings. The reader not only gets insight into the criminal and trial aspects of the plot, but learns about the private lives of Thomas, Nora, and several of the secondary characters.
The subject matter of this novel is dark and includes themes such as family relationships, divorce, bullying, mental illness, gambling additions and much more. This is not a light read, but it is well done once you get used to the pacing of switching back and forth between several characters.
Overall, this book keeps the reader engaged and guessing. The tension escalates as the story line progresses and the reveal was impactful. I look forward to reading more books in this series.
I won a digital copy of this book in a Goodreads Giveaway.
Thanks go to Goodreads, Amazon Crossing, Viveca Sten and Marlaine Delargy for the opportunity to provide an honest review. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way.
Thomas and Nora are strong main characters with some depth and someone you can root for. Their goals were clear and definitely influenced the plot with believable motivations. The prose was well-written and thought-provoking. Summer season has reached Sweden and with that comes sailing camps for children as well as a high-profile trial. The plot was complex with many sub-plots and red herrings. The reader not only gets insight into the criminal and trial aspects of the plot, but learns about the private lives of Thomas, Nora, and several of the secondary characters.
The subject matter of this novel is dark and includes themes such as family relationships, divorce, bullying, mental illness, gambling additions and much more. This is not a light read, but it is well done once you get used to the pacing of switching back and forth between several characters.
Overall, this book keeps the reader engaged and guessing. The tension escalates as the story line progresses and the reveal was impactful. I look forward to reading more books in this series.
I won a digital copy of this book in a Goodreads Giveaway.
Thanks go to Goodreads, Amazon Crossing, Viveca Sten and Marlaine Delargy for the opportunity to provide an honest review. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way.
January 6, 2020
Benjamin, aged 11, is signed up for a sailing camp that he really does not want to attend. Sadly, bullies and a lurking pedophile are not the worst of his experiences there--he's disappeared, and Thomas is assigned to the case. Is it the pedophile who is responsible?. Did the bullies go too far? Is his disappearance somehow related to his father's involvement in the criminal trial which Nora is prosecuting? As she does so well, Sten skillfully intertwines several plots and throws in a few surprises. An edge of your seat thriller for Nordic Noir fans. Thanks to the publisher and Netgelley for this ARC.
May 18, 2020
Complex and absorbing!
Weave together a plot featuring a court case about embezzlement, a children's summer sailing camp off Sandhamn Island, a stalking pedophile, a runaway girl, a missing boy, a camp leader who suffers from deep insecurities, another couple of boys who would be at home in the Lord of the Flies; then throw in gambling and Lithuanian gangsters and you have one complicated plot for Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson and his friend, attorney Nora Linde to work their way through. Both unbeknownst to each other pursuing independent inquiries that have them meeting somewhere in the middle. (Oh, and did I mention the wedding?)
Nora is working on the court case and Thomas on the camp front.
I swear I smelt a wiff of pine needles and felt the sting of the sea spray in the camp sequences. I did dream wistfully of summer and sailing.
Putting this complex Swedish crime noir together must have been exhausting and I'm seeing huge maps on white boards dotted everywhere, or maybe a zillion post-it notes joining everything together. Ok, so maybe it was a speadsheet. I say this 'cause occasionally I had to backtrack just to keep up with the divergent storylines and the action. A gripping read that kept me awake long after I'd cantered to the finish line.
This was my first read about Andreasson and Linde. It didn't deter me from enjoying the storyline. Though now I am pleased to say I have a lot of catching up to do!
An AmazonCrossing ARC via NetGalley
Weave together a plot featuring a court case about embezzlement, a children's summer sailing camp off Sandhamn Island, a stalking pedophile, a runaway girl, a missing boy, a camp leader who suffers from deep insecurities, another couple of boys who would be at home in the Lord of the Flies; then throw in gambling and Lithuanian gangsters and you have one complicated plot for Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson and his friend, attorney Nora Linde to work their way through. Both unbeknownst to each other pursuing independent inquiries that have them meeting somewhere in the middle. (Oh, and did I mention the wedding?)
Nora is working on the court case and Thomas on the camp front.
I swear I smelt a wiff of pine needles and felt the sting of the sea spray in the camp sequences. I did dream wistfully of summer and sailing.
Putting this complex Swedish crime noir together must have been exhausting and I'm seeing huge maps on white boards dotted everywhere, or maybe a zillion post-it notes joining everything together. Ok, so maybe it was a speadsheet. I say this 'cause occasionally I had to backtrack just to keep up with the divergent storylines and the action. A gripping read that kept me awake long after I'd cantered to the finish line.
This was my first read about Andreasson and Linde. It didn't deter me from enjoying the storyline. Though now I am pleased to say I have a lot of catching up to do!
An AmazonCrossing ARC via NetGalley
April 18, 2020
I've been a fan of this series for so long that this one was a bit of a dissapointment. In this case there's no murder mystery, but two different plots that we soon realize are intertwined. Part courtroom drama, part child abduction investigation, it was clear from the beginning how both were gonna develop, making the story pretty predictable but entertaining nonetheless thanks in part to the short chapters style typical of the author. The kidnapping happens almost halfway through so it takes a little bit for the story to take off.
One thing I didn't enjoy as much as in the previous books was that both main characters barely interact with each other (a couple of phone calls). After so many books these characters feel almost like family so I wanna see them together!!
Changes are coming, both personal and work wise, so I can't wait to meet Nora and Thomas again for book 9.
Thanks to Netgalley and Amazon Crossing for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
One thing I didn't enjoy as much as in the previous books was that both main characters barely interact with each other (a couple of phone calls). After so many books these characters feel almost like family so I wanna see them together!!
Changes are coming, both personal and work wise, so I can't wait to meet Nora and Thomas again for book 9.
Thanks to Netgalley and Amazon Crossing for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
November 29, 2020
I’ve been reading the Sandhamn Murders series books in order, and I’ve enjoyed getting to know the two main characters, police inspector Thomas Andreasson and lawyer Nora Linde, as they investigate crimes while also managing the stresses of their personal lives. In the Name of Truth is the eighth book in the series, and although most of the series strengths are present, I found myself less invested in this one than in most of its predecessors. (Although I’m giving the book three stars, it’s somewhat higher than that, just not enough to round up to four stars.)
The story is set in June 2014, about a year after the events described in the previous book, In the Shadow of Power. Nora is prosecuting a major financial fraud case while getting ready for her upcoming wedding to her partner Jonas. Winning the case may be the key to a promotion. She thinks she has a strong case, but she’s concerned that she may be relying too heavily on the testimony of her star witness, Christian Dufva. At the same time, she’s worried about the wedding, because Jonas, an airline pilot, has accepted a last-minute assignment to fly to Bangkok with the wedding only days away.
Meanwhile, Christian Dufva’s 11-year-old son Benjamin is attending a sailing camp on Lökholmen Island, near Sandhamn. The experience is not a good one for Benjamin: he is bullied by older boys, and he seems to have drawn the attention of a pedophile who is lurking nearby. After a few days, Benjamin goes missing, and Thomas and his partner, Aram Gorgis, are called to investigate. As they race against the clock to find Benjamin, Thomas is also worrying that his marriage is crumbling.
Sten alternates the story between two primary narrative strands: the first focused on Nora—including the trial, the conflict between her witness Christian Dufva and the defendant, Christian’s former business partner, Niklas Winnerman, and Nora’s upcoming marriage to Jonas)—and the second centered around Benjamin and Thomas—including Benjamin’s experience at camp, Thomas’s investigation, and Thomas’s marital troubles. Although the reader suspects that there may be a connection between Nora’s trial and Benjamin’s disappearance, neither Nora nor Thomas is aware of it until the last minute.
Sten is very skillful at building suspense, and her narrative technique of alternating the strands of the story is quite effective. But something seems lacking here. I think the problem for me is that Nora and Thomas barely interact. As longtime friends, they have typically shared information about their work and even solicited each other’s help, so it’s frustrating to the reader, or at least to me, that a potential connection between the trial and the investigation isn’t communicated.
And although I’m sure that some readers very much enjoy reading about the relationship issues that both Nora and Thomas have been going through, I’m not one of those readers. I prefer reading about the crimes and the investigations. (For the record, too, there is no “Sandhamn murder” in this book; in fact, very little takes place on Sandhamn Island at all.)
Nonetheless, In the Name of Truth is still very enjoyable and quite suspenseful. The suspense involving Nora’s legal case is handled especially well. I’m looking forward to reading the next book when the English translation becomes available.
The story is set in June 2014, about a year after the events described in the previous book, In the Shadow of Power. Nora is prosecuting a major financial fraud case while getting ready for her upcoming wedding to her partner Jonas. Winning the case may be the key to a promotion. She thinks she has a strong case, but she’s concerned that she may be relying too heavily on the testimony of her star witness, Christian Dufva. At the same time, she’s worried about the wedding, because Jonas, an airline pilot, has accepted a last-minute assignment to fly to Bangkok with the wedding only days away.
Meanwhile, Christian Dufva’s 11-year-old son Benjamin is attending a sailing camp on Lökholmen Island, near Sandhamn. The experience is not a good one for Benjamin: he is bullied by older boys, and he seems to have drawn the attention of a pedophile who is lurking nearby. After a few days, Benjamin goes missing, and Thomas and his partner, Aram Gorgis, are called to investigate. As they race against the clock to find Benjamin, Thomas is also worrying that his marriage is crumbling.
Sten alternates the story between two primary narrative strands: the first focused on Nora—including the trial, the conflict between her witness Christian Dufva and the defendant, Christian’s former business partner, Niklas Winnerman, and Nora’s upcoming marriage to Jonas)—and the second centered around Benjamin and Thomas—including Benjamin’s experience at camp, Thomas’s investigation, and Thomas’s marital troubles. Although the reader suspects that there may be a connection between Nora’s trial and Benjamin’s disappearance, neither Nora nor Thomas is aware of it until the last minute.
Sten is very skillful at building suspense, and her narrative technique of alternating the strands of the story is quite effective. But something seems lacking here. I think the problem for me is that Nora and Thomas barely interact. As longtime friends, they have typically shared information about their work and even solicited each other’s help, so it’s frustrating to the reader, or at least to me, that a potential connection between the trial and the investigation isn’t communicated.
And although I’m sure that some readers very much enjoy reading about the relationship issues that both Nora and Thomas have been going through, I’m not one of those readers. I prefer reading about the crimes and the investigations. (For the record, too, there is no “Sandhamn murder” in this book; in fact, very little takes place on Sandhamn Island at all.)
Nonetheless, In the Name of Truth is still very enjoyable and quite suspenseful. The suspense involving Nora’s legal case is handled especially well. I’m looking forward to reading the next book when the English translation becomes available.
August 31, 2023
Rating: 4* of five
The Publisher Says: A shocking abduction rocks idyllic Sandhamn Island in an enthralling novel of suspense by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment.
With the summer season on Sandhamn comes an unsettling mystery for Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson. A bullied young boy has vanished from a sailing camp on neighboring Lökholmen Island. Has the terrorized eleven-year-old run away? Or, in this isolated vacation spot where strangers lurk, is it something more ominous?
The disappearance has also captured the interest of Thomas’s longtime friend, attorney Nora Linde. The missing child happens to be the son of her latest client, Christian Dufva. He is a key witness against his partner in a high-profile embezzlement trial, and Dufva’s testimony could be devastating. It’ll also be Nora’s biggest win—the next step toward a position as chief prosecutor. But with every anonymous threat against Dufva, the stakes get higher.
When new evidence surfaces in their respective cases, new questions and fears arise for Thomas and Nora. Time is running out to resolve them. So is hope of finding the boy alive. Because on Sandhamn Island, the truth is buried as deep as the secrets.
I RECEIVED A DRC FROM THE PUBLISHER VIA NETGALLEY. THANK YOU.
My Review: Continuing our exploration of "what was that again?" moments in this series, we have stalking, bullying, pedophilia, one runaway kid and a missing one, embezzlement, gambling, gangsters from Lithuania, relationship woes, and a wedding.
Wedding?
Jonas and Nora are getting hitched! Why, I am unsure, since their daughter Julia's school age now. And Jonas's fitness isn't, IMO, really top-notch, since he accepts a job flying to Thailand on the eve of the ceremony. Yet Nora seems not to see this as the red flag I do...though of course she's not exactly thrilled with his swanning off at that moment. Her angry repsonse felt muted and disproportionately absent the larger sense of questioning I expected. Only he could take this job? He couldn't buy a ticket on another airline to get home on time? ...???... Probably the biggest surprise to me, apart from the fact that it's happening at all, is Wilma's inclusion in the ceremony. Clearly skipping over her adolescence has let us have the nice-person end product without the factually inevitable angst.
Thomas, meanwhile, is discovering what I've thought all along: Elin's wonderful but Pernilla's a pill and rejoining his life to hers was a major goof-up. After succumbing to Erik's blandishments to leave the police, Thomas found out this didn't make Pernilla one bit less awful. Now he's back to his meaningful if lower-paying job (to Pernilla's disgust), repartnered with Aram, and his energies are focused on the summer-camp issues. As readers with any experience of series mysteries already know, there's a connection between Nora's court case over embezzlement and her star witness's son Benjamin's disappearance from said camp; what it is turned out to be a surprise to me. My original theory about what the thread was turned out to be wrong. That actually made me enjoy the read more because being surprised eight books into a series is a good thing.
The usual problem I have with these books is that Thomas or someone else police-y does something deeply stupid that risks his life...no this time so much, instead there are decisions made in investigating the camp-problems that seem particularly lunkheaded...there's a search for the missing boy that's badly mishandled...but nothing that's going to get Thomas killed. The anonymous threatening calls made to the witness and to Nora are overdetailed. Knowing they're happening is enough and there's only so many ways to threaten someone without becoming repetitive, which they do.
Possibly the biggest disappointment to me was the fact that, in pursuit of their respective crimes, Thomas and Nora really don't interact much. It makes sense given the nature of the events, but I found that I missed them spending friend-time together.
The sailing camp that Benjamin's been coerced into attending by his father is nightmarish reading, with some Lord of the Flies-level bullying that's not downplayed and a camp counselor whose mental-health struggles mislead and complicate the police investigation into Benjamin's disappearance. There's a great deal of information about sailing and its culture in Sweden that was interesting enough but might slow things down a bit for thriller readers. The local pedophile gets a look-in, of course he would since he's been put in the book, in what ends up as a truly unnecessary red herring. Oops, that's a spoiler. Well, that's life boys and girls, when reviewing book eight of a series there will be some. I expect longtime readers of the series are going to be a bit testy about the complete absence of a murder in this installment. I myownself think the evolution that's underway could be great...depending on what Author Sten does with it.
A long read with short chapters that stay on point is a good thing for most modern readers. I doubt most will see what's coming at the end. If you do see it...kudos. But don't talk about it!
The Publisher Says: A shocking abduction rocks idyllic Sandhamn Island in an enthralling novel of suspense by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment.
With the summer season on Sandhamn comes an unsettling mystery for Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson. A bullied young boy has vanished from a sailing camp on neighboring Lökholmen Island. Has the terrorized eleven-year-old run away? Or, in this isolated vacation spot where strangers lurk, is it something more ominous?
The disappearance has also captured the interest of Thomas’s longtime friend, attorney Nora Linde. The missing child happens to be the son of her latest client, Christian Dufva. He is a key witness against his partner in a high-profile embezzlement trial, and Dufva’s testimony could be devastating. It’ll also be Nora’s biggest win—the next step toward a position as chief prosecutor. But with every anonymous threat against Dufva, the stakes get higher.
When new evidence surfaces in their respective cases, new questions and fears arise for Thomas and Nora. Time is running out to resolve them. So is hope of finding the boy alive. Because on Sandhamn Island, the truth is buried as deep as the secrets.
I RECEIVED A DRC FROM THE PUBLISHER VIA NETGALLEY. THANK YOU.
My Review: Continuing our exploration of "what was that again?" moments in this series, we have stalking, bullying, pedophilia, one runaway kid and a missing one, embezzlement, gambling, gangsters from Lithuania, relationship woes, and a wedding.
Wedding?
Jonas and Nora are getting hitched! Why, I am unsure, since their daughter Julia's school age now. And Jonas's fitness isn't, IMO, really top-notch, since he accepts a job flying to Thailand on the eve of the ceremony. Yet Nora seems not to see this as the red flag I do...though of course she's not exactly thrilled with his swanning off at that moment. Her angry repsonse felt muted and disproportionately absent the larger sense of questioning I expected. Only he could take this job? He couldn't buy a ticket on another airline to get home on time? ...???... Probably the biggest surprise to me, apart from the fact that it's happening at all, is Wilma's inclusion in the ceremony. Clearly skipping over her adolescence has let us have the nice-person end product without the factually inevitable angst.
Thomas, meanwhile, is discovering what I've thought all along: Elin's wonderful but Pernilla's a pill and rejoining his life to hers was a major goof-up. After succumbing to Erik's blandishments to leave the police, Thomas found out this didn't make Pernilla one bit less awful. Now he's back to his meaningful if lower-paying job (to Pernilla's disgust), repartnered with Aram, and his energies are focused on the summer-camp issues. As readers with any experience of series mysteries already know, there's a connection between Nora's court case over embezzlement and her star witness's son Benjamin's disappearance from said camp; what it is turned out to be a surprise to me. My original theory about what the thread was turned out to be wrong. That actually made me enjoy the read more because being surprised eight books into a series is a good thing.
The usual problem I have with these books is that Thomas or someone else police-y does something deeply stupid that risks his life...no this time so much, instead there are decisions made in investigating the camp-problems that seem particularly lunkheaded...there's a search for the missing boy that's badly mishandled...but nothing that's going to get Thomas killed. The anonymous threatening calls made to the witness and to Nora are overdetailed. Knowing they're happening is enough and there's only so many ways to threaten someone without becoming repetitive, which they do.
Possibly the biggest disappointment to me was the fact that, in pursuit of their respective crimes, Thomas and Nora really don't interact much. It makes sense given the nature of the events, but I found that I missed them spending friend-time together.
The sailing camp that Benjamin's been coerced into attending by his father is nightmarish reading, with some Lord of the Flies-level bullying that's not downplayed and a camp counselor whose mental-health struggles mislead and complicate the police investigation into Benjamin's disappearance. There's a great deal of information about sailing and its culture in Sweden that was interesting enough but might slow things down a bit for thriller readers. The local pedophile gets a look-in, of course he would since he's been put in the book, in what ends up as a truly unnecessary red herring. Oops, that's a spoiler. Well, that's life boys and girls, when reviewing book eight of a series there will be some. I expect longtime readers of the series are going to be a bit testy about the complete absence of a murder in this installment. I myownself think the evolution that's underway could be great...depending on what Author Sten does with it.
A long read with short chapters that stay on point is a good thing for most modern readers. I doubt most will see what's coming at the end. If you do see it...kudos. But don't talk about it!
April 18, 2021
Nora Linde serves as prosecutor in an economic crime case in which a former partner's key testimony will likely indict. She receives threatening emails. Benjamin, an eleven-year-old boy, goes to sailing camp at his father's insistence. Two other boys immediately begin bullying him, but the inexperienced group leader fails to notice. This boy's father, as the reader knows, is the key witness in Nora's case. Thomas first goes to the camp when a girl disappears. When the girl shows up back at home, Thomas returns to Nacka. The Nacka unit will relocate as part of restructuring soon. His partner Margit received a promotion when he left the force, but she persuaded the powers-that-be to rehire Thomas when he found himself pushing paper in his new private sector position. Thomas' new partner is Aram. When Benjamin fails to show up for breakfast one day, Thomas and Aram go back to the island. Is it a case of a runaway child? Is it a case of bullying gone bad? Is it a case of kidnapping? Thomas and Aram must investigate all this as Nora finds her key witness does not share the same story he told the police once he takes the stand. Her chances of promotion look bleak. At the same time both Thomas and Nora experience trouble in relationships. Thomas and his wife find jobs getting in the way of life. When Jonah takes a flight to Thailand days before the wedding with promises of returning in time, she becomes upset. There is much going on in the installments. I'm tiring of all the personal issues in the novels and wish they would stick to the investigations. However, the mystery and the trial were both satisfying. Both story lines improved over the previous installment characterized by a "stuck in a familiar rut" scenario. (3.5 stars)
August 27, 2020
Once again we are back with our main characters Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson and prosecuting attorney Nora Linde. The first one is having marital problems and Nora is close to getting married with Jonas and that seems not to be happening.
Nora Linde is prosecuting a man for fraud and is ready to wrap up the matter in court when he prime witness fails to deliver.
A boy is send to sail camp and he really does not enjoy the experience.
A 19 year old boy with a troubled history is in charge of a group of youngsters when a girl runs away and a second boy named Benjamin disappears.
A man is charged with a crime and is on the verge of losing everything unless he does something drastic.
A pedophile is on the prowl and has his eyes on the kids at a sailing camp.
Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson is first send to investigate a missing girl who turns up as a run away at home, when the second kid goes missing it quickly looks like there is something going on.
Once again Viveca Sten does wave her magic pen and writes a very enjoyable book which is also a pleasure to read, she does an admirable job with this novel in weaving various story-lines and coming up with more than a satisfactory ending. Certainly one of her better books in this series.
Nora Linde is prosecuting a man for fraud and is ready to wrap up the matter in court when he prime witness fails to deliver.
A boy is send to sail camp and he really does not enjoy the experience.
A 19 year old boy with a troubled history is in charge of a group of youngsters when a girl runs away and a second boy named Benjamin disappears.
A man is charged with a crime and is on the verge of losing everything unless he does something drastic.
A pedophile is on the prowl and has his eyes on the kids at a sailing camp.
Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson is first send to investigate a missing girl who turns up as a run away at home, when the second kid goes missing it quickly looks like there is something going on.
Once again Viveca Sten does wave her magic pen and writes a very enjoyable book which is also a pleasure to read, she does an admirable job with this novel in weaving various story-lines and coming up with more than a satisfactory ending. Certainly one of her better books in this series.
May 11, 2016
Betyg: 4,5 av 5.
Och Viveca Sten levererar för åttonde gången.
Jag har läst alla dom tidigare böckerna i serien ”Morden i Sandhamn”, och jag har tyckt mycket om dom allihopa. Det är nästan sju år sedan som jag läste den första boken, och sen dess har jag följt Vivecas utgivning med glädje. Här är en länk till min recension av bok nummer sju, ”I maktens skugga”, och där finns det även länkar till dom tidigare böckerna.
Jag tycker alltid att Viveca lyckas ha en perfekt blandning av själva kriminalfallet och huvudpersonernas privatliv. Tycker också mycket om huvudpersonerna, med Nora och Thomas i spetsen.
Viveca har ett mycket bra språk i sina böcker, som alltid är lika välskrivna. Dom känns också alltid aktuella, och är mycket lättlästa.
Böckerna utspelar sig ju alltid på Sandhamn, och på öarna i närheten. Och även till en liten del i Stockholm. Och jag tycker mycket om miljöskildringarna.
Och handlingen i just den här boken, var lika intressant och spännande som i tidigare titlar.
Rekommenderar varmt boken, som säkerligen kan läsas fristående. Men för störst behållning så tycker jag att man ska läsa hela serien ifrån början.
Och Viveca Sten levererar för åttonde gången.
Jag har läst alla dom tidigare böckerna i serien ”Morden i Sandhamn”, och jag har tyckt mycket om dom allihopa. Det är nästan sju år sedan som jag läste den första boken, och sen dess har jag följt Vivecas utgivning med glädje. Här är en länk till min recension av bok nummer sju, ”I maktens skugga”, och där finns det även länkar till dom tidigare böckerna.
Jag tycker alltid att Viveca lyckas ha en perfekt blandning av själva kriminalfallet och huvudpersonernas privatliv. Tycker också mycket om huvudpersonerna, med Nora och Thomas i spetsen.
Viveca har ett mycket bra språk i sina böcker, som alltid är lika välskrivna. Dom känns också alltid aktuella, och är mycket lättlästa.
Böckerna utspelar sig ju alltid på Sandhamn, och på öarna i närheten. Och även till en liten del i Stockholm. Och jag tycker mycket om miljöskildringarna.
Och handlingen i just den här boken, var lika intressant och spännande som i tidigare titlar.
Rekommenderar varmt boken, som säkerligen kan läsas fristående. Men för störst behållning så tycker jag att man ska läsa hela serien ifrån början.
June 14, 2020
Complex story line with multiple subplots and many characters, the story was slow to start with but soon picked up speed when a missing boy got Inspector Thomas into the investigation. His best friend attorney Niora too had an important embezzlement case days before her wedding.
My first book by this author, it took me some time to track all characters in my mind. The story unfurled with every chapter. A race against time to get to the truth as too many secrets refused to stay buried.
A good read
My first book by this author, it took me some time to track all characters in my mind. The story unfurled with every chapter. A race against time to get to the truth as too many secrets refused to stay buried.
A good read
August 18, 2017
Darum geht's:
Es ist Urlaubszeit und der 11jährige Benjamin Dufva wird von seinem Vater ins Segelcamp geschickt. Dort hat er aber nicht besonders viel Spaß, denn er gehört zu den kleinsten und wird gehänselt. Als ein Mädchen aus seiner Gruppe verschwindet, wird Polizist Thomas Andreasson ins Camp geschickt, um bei der Suche zu helfen. Doch das bleibt nicht das einzige, was in diesem Sommercamp schief läuft.
Benjamins Vater hat seine eigenen Probleme. Er muss gegen seinen ehemaligen Geschäftspartner Winnermann vor Gericht aussagen, der die gemeinsame Firma in den Konkurs getrieben und auch Dufvas wirtschaftliche Existenz zerstört hat. Deshalb hat sich Dufva der Staatsanwältin Nora Linde als Hauptbelastungszeuge angeboten.
So fand ich's:
Benjamin ist klein und ängstlich und hat nicht viel Ahnung vom Segeln. Deshalb kommt für ihn der Spaß am Sommercamp auch zu kurz. Im Gegenteil, er wird zum perfekten Opfer jugendlicher Mobber, denn Isak, der zuständige Betreuer, kämpft mit seinen eigenen Problemen und bemerkt nicht, wie es um Benjamin steht. Zudem treibt sich noch ein erwachsener Segler in der Gegend herum, der Ausschau hält nach Kindern, denen er sich unbemerkt nähern kann.
Die Atmosphäre im Segelcamp fand ich greifbar und sehr realistisch beschrieben. Auch die Gruppendynamik zwischen den Kindern, die Tonangeber, die Wegschauer und die Mitläufer und ganz besonders die beiden Jugendlichen, die den schüchternen Benjamin ständig piesacken, sind mitten aus dem Leben gegriffen. Dabei gibt es keinen ausgesprochenen Bösewicht, sondern nur junge Menschen mit ihren vielen Facetten, Stärken und auch Unzulänglichkeiten. Besonders dieser Handlungsstrang sorgt für eine nachdenkliche und manchmal bedrückende Stimmung.
Aber auch die Erwachsenen haben keinen entspannten Sommer. Benjamins Vater Christian und sein ehemaliger Geschäftspartner und bester Freund hassen sich inzwischen abgrundtief, denn Niklas Winnermann hat eine riesige Geldsumme unterschlagen und damit ihre Firma in den Ruin getrieben. Gerade jetzt startet die Gerichtsverhandlung, in der sich Nora als Staatsanwältin profilieren und für eine Beförderung empfehlen soll. Die Szenen aus dem Gerichtssaal haben mir sehr gut gefallen, denn sie zeigen Nora bei ihrer spannenden Arbeit und gerade dieser Fall ist verzwickter als man auf den ersten Blick glaubt.
Polizist Thomas Andreasson übernimmt die Suche nach Benjamin. Dass ein Kind verschwunden ist, lässt ihn sich ganz besonders engagieren. Auch wenn es privat mit seiner Frau Pernilla im Moment nicht besonders harmonisch läuft, bereut er offensichtlich nicht, wieder in den Polizeidienst zurückgekehrt zu sein, denn diese Arbeit hält er für wichtig und macht sie mit ganzem Herzen.
Auf 451 Seiten verteilen sich 144 kurze Kapitel. Entsprechend oft schwenkt die Erzählperspektive zwischen den Hauptakteuren hin und her. Gestört hat mich das nicht, im Gegenteil, denn wir bekommen gleichzeitig die verschiedenen Handlungsstränge präsentiert, die alle gleich wichtig sind und zwingend zusammen gehören. Von anfangs gemächlicher Sommeratmospähre kurz vor Mittsommer spitzt sich die Spannung sowohl auf der Seglerinsel als auch im Gerichtsverfahren allmählich immer mehr zu und ehe man sich versieht, ist man gefangen von der Geschichte.
Besonders der menschliche Faktor hat hier großes Gewicht. Es gibt keinen übermächtigen, allwissenden Bösewicht, sondern nur Menschen, die sich allzu menschlich verhalten, die Fehler machen und mit den Konsequenzen zu kämpfen haben. Und das gilt nicht nur für den Kriminalfall, sondern auch für die Geschehnisse im Privatleben der befreundeten Hauptpersonen Nora und Thomas und ebenso für die Nebencharaktere.
Und wieder schafft es Viveca Sten, die Schärengärten um Stockholm so einladend zu beschreiben, dass man sofort dorthin reisen und sich selbst einen Eindruck machen möchte. In diese malerische Inselwelt wird eine vielschichtige Geschichte aus Verbrechen und menschlichen Schwächen gesetzt, untermalt vom ebenso wichtigen Privatleben der Hauptpersonen Nora und Thomas, die wieder einmal genau meinen Lesegeschmack getroffen hat.
Es ist Urlaubszeit und der 11jährige Benjamin Dufva wird von seinem Vater ins Segelcamp geschickt. Dort hat er aber nicht besonders viel Spaß, denn er gehört zu den kleinsten und wird gehänselt. Als ein Mädchen aus seiner Gruppe verschwindet, wird Polizist Thomas Andreasson ins Camp geschickt, um bei der Suche zu helfen. Doch das bleibt nicht das einzige, was in diesem Sommercamp schief läuft.
Benjamins Vater hat seine eigenen Probleme. Er muss gegen seinen ehemaligen Geschäftspartner Winnermann vor Gericht aussagen, der die gemeinsame Firma in den Konkurs getrieben und auch Dufvas wirtschaftliche Existenz zerstört hat. Deshalb hat sich Dufva der Staatsanwältin Nora Linde als Hauptbelastungszeuge angeboten.
So fand ich's:
Benjamin ist klein und ängstlich und hat nicht viel Ahnung vom Segeln. Deshalb kommt für ihn der Spaß am Sommercamp auch zu kurz. Im Gegenteil, er wird zum perfekten Opfer jugendlicher Mobber, denn Isak, der zuständige Betreuer, kämpft mit seinen eigenen Problemen und bemerkt nicht, wie es um Benjamin steht. Zudem treibt sich noch ein erwachsener Segler in der Gegend herum, der Ausschau hält nach Kindern, denen er sich unbemerkt nähern kann.
Die Atmosphäre im Segelcamp fand ich greifbar und sehr realistisch beschrieben. Auch die Gruppendynamik zwischen den Kindern, die Tonangeber, die Wegschauer und die Mitläufer und ganz besonders die beiden Jugendlichen, die den schüchternen Benjamin ständig piesacken, sind mitten aus dem Leben gegriffen. Dabei gibt es keinen ausgesprochenen Bösewicht, sondern nur junge Menschen mit ihren vielen Facetten, Stärken und auch Unzulänglichkeiten. Besonders dieser Handlungsstrang sorgt für eine nachdenkliche und manchmal bedrückende Stimmung.
Aber auch die Erwachsenen haben keinen entspannten Sommer. Benjamins Vater Christian und sein ehemaliger Geschäftspartner und bester Freund hassen sich inzwischen abgrundtief, denn Niklas Winnermann hat eine riesige Geldsumme unterschlagen und damit ihre Firma in den Ruin getrieben. Gerade jetzt startet die Gerichtsverhandlung, in der sich Nora als Staatsanwältin profilieren und für eine Beförderung empfehlen soll. Die Szenen aus dem Gerichtssaal haben mir sehr gut gefallen, denn sie zeigen Nora bei ihrer spannenden Arbeit und gerade dieser Fall ist verzwickter als man auf den ersten Blick glaubt.
Polizist Thomas Andreasson übernimmt die Suche nach Benjamin. Dass ein Kind verschwunden ist, lässt ihn sich ganz besonders engagieren. Auch wenn es privat mit seiner Frau Pernilla im Moment nicht besonders harmonisch läuft, bereut er offensichtlich nicht, wieder in den Polizeidienst zurückgekehrt zu sein, denn diese Arbeit hält er für wichtig und macht sie mit ganzem Herzen.
Auf 451 Seiten verteilen sich 144 kurze Kapitel. Entsprechend oft schwenkt die Erzählperspektive zwischen den Hauptakteuren hin und her. Gestört hat mich das nicht, im Gegenteil, denn wir bekommen gleichzeitig die verschiedenen Handlungsstränge präsentiert, die alle gleich wichtig sind und zwingend zusammen gehören. Von anfangs gemächlicher Sommeratmospähre kurz vor Mittsommer spitzt sich die Spannung sowohl auf der Seglerinsel als auch im Gerichtsverfahren allmählich immer mehr zu und ehe man sich versieht, ist man gefangen von der Geschichte.
Besonders der menschliche Faktor hat hier großes Gewicht. Es gibt keinen übermächtigen, allwissenden Bösewicht, sondern nur Menschen, die sich allzu menschlich verhalten, die Fehler machen und mit den Konsequenzen zu kämpfen haben. Und das gilt nicht nur für den Kriminalfall, sondern auch für die Geschehnisse im Privatleben der befreundeten Hauptpersonen Nora und Thomas und ebenso für die Nebencharaktere.
Und wieder schafft es Viveca Sten, die Schärengärten um Stockholm so einladend zu beschreiben, dass man sofort dorthin reisen und sich selbst einen Eindruck machen möchte. In diese malerische Inselwelt wird eine vielschichtige Geschichte aus Verbrechen und menschlichen Schwächen gesetzt, untermalt vom ebenso wichtigen Privatleben der Hauptpersonen Nora und Thomas, die wieder einmal genau meinen Lesegeschmack getroffen hat.
September 10, 2020
I just wanted to get through all the current English translations of these. I’ve fallen out of love with the main characters, who throughout the years are mainly just obsessed with their own hetero partnerships and the creation of children. And I did not get too interested in the murder mysteries because a lot of the time, the dead people were killed because of someone else’s vengeance motive, so this meant that the murder victims were unsavory nasty folks...
No no. Not true. A lot of the time in this series, in the better books, the victims Didn’t deserve it. So the mystery solving became more crucial.
But with these later books, the mood was just like: “hey this rich guy is dead. We’re supposed to figure it out because it’s our job. But we’re really tired because our babies aren’t sleeping.” Blah blah blah
No no. Not true. A lot of the time in this series, in the better books, the victims Didn’t deserve it. So the mystery solving became more crucial.
But with these later books, the mood was just like: “hey this rich guy is dead. We’re supposed to figure it out because it’s our job. But we’re really tired because our babies aren’t sleeping.” Blah blah blah
December 28, 2019
Viveca Sten amazes me in how she plants red herrings early to confuse you into believing certain people are guilty of a crime and then it is the other person. She has several scenarios to work with in creating her story. Scenario 1 was between Niklas Winnerman and his partner Christian Dufva. Winnerman was charged with embezzling 10,000,000 Kroner and bankrupting his business. Scenario 2 was between Nora and Jonas, he had to fly to Bangkok and had a wedding planned on the next Friday. Scenario 3 was between Christian Dufva and his son Benjamin, with his first wife, he was going to go to sailing camp. Scenario 4 was Benjamin at camp with bullies Samuel and Sebastian (Sebbe) on his tail. Scenario 5 was Isak, who was the blue teams leader, he had several serious happenings to occur with a Clara, with Benjamin, and with Samuel. Scenario 6 was Tomas and Pernilla's floundering relationship. Scenario 7 was Pontus Lindqvist as a kidnapper and pedophile. Everything changed when Christian Dufva changed his testimony against Winnerman and Nora had to find out why. But I won't tell you what happens because I don't like spoilers you will have to read the story and find out what happens in all the senarios'. This was a good book to read and I can believe everything that happens in the story. Will you.
November 19, 2020
This is the lowest score I've ever given this author. All the previous 7 have easily been 5* reads but I just seemed to get a little worn down by this one for no real reason I can put my finger on. I just wasn't in as much of a rush to pick it up again between times. I was gutted to have to do this but I suppose every author is entitled to a dud, so to speak, and 4* is hardly that, either, just not as good as the others for me.
I did smile to myself that once again the story is set around Midsummer, which is SO often the case in the Nordic books I read. It seems very little happens the remainder of the year, but woe betide anyone out in that direction at this dreaded time of year !!
I was delighted to read that Nora and Jonas plan on getting married, though a little shocked at Wilma's inclusion in the main wedding party, as she has behaved deplorably in the past. Let's hope she's a lot more grown-up now and a nicer person altogether. And talking of deplorables, two boys in this story are utter swines. Your typical rich, entitled, bullying brats. However, most of the fathers featured were revolting specimens as well. I am pleased Thomas is back with the police and didn't choose to stay in security for very long. I had been worried he might take that job and we'd not see so much of him. We followed Nora in one of her courtcases and I was definitely a little bored by that. High financial fraud in business really doesn't interest me in the least.
There were very few mistakes I spotted as is usually the case. Was written and not were, the word a dropped from a sentence and a couple of apostrophe mistakes and that was it. So as always, really good going on this front.
I'm sure she'll back up to snuff again by the time I get to book 9 and I look forward to it.
I did smile to myself that once again the story is set around Midsummer, which is SO often the case in the Nordic books I read. It seems very little happens the remainder of the year, but woe betide anyone out in that direction at this dreaded time of year !!
I was delighted to read that Nora and Jonas plan on getting married, though a little shocked at Wilma's inclusion in the main wedding party, as she has behaved deplorably in the past. Let's hope she's a lot more grown-up now and a nicer person altogether. And talking of deplorables, two boys in this story are utter swines. Your typical rich, entitled, bullying brats. However, most of the fathers featured were revolting specimens as well. I am pleased Thomas is back with the police and didn't choose to stay in security for very long. I had been worried he might take that job and we'd not see so much of him. We followed Nora in one of her courtcases and I was definitely a little bored by that. High financial fraud in business really doesn't interest me in the least.
There were very few mistakes I spotted as is usually the case. Was written and not were, the word a dropped from a sentence and a couple of apostrophe mistakes and that was it. So as always, really good going on this front.
I'm sure she'll back up to snuff again by the time I get to book 9 and I look forward to it.
June 19, 2018
Tämä ei ollut enää läheskään yhtä hyvä ja mukaansatempaava kuin aiemmat sarjan kirjat. Takakannen perusteella odotin kirjan olevan vielä ällöttävämpi kuin se oli.
Noran jutut oli vähäisiä ja yhtäkkiä huomasinkin kaipaavani niitä, vaikka aiemmissa kirjoissa hänen elämänsä käänteet ja sotkeutuminen rikosjuttuihin on välillä ärsyttänyt.
Noran jutut oli vähäisiä ja yhtäkkiä huomasinkin kaipaavani niitä, vaikka aiemmissa kirjoissa hänen elämänsä käänteet ja sotkeutuminen rikosjuttuihin on välillä ärsyttänyt.
August 27, 2021
D'habitude je suis une grande amatrice des romans de Viveca Sten où on prend plaisir à retrouver Nora et Thomas. Ms là je avoue que j'ai eu du mal à accrocher avec celui là. J'ai trouvé que c'était trop long à débuter. J espère que le prochain sera mieux
November 17, 2015
I was eagerly waiting for this one, and once I got it, could hardly put it down. I've liked all of Viveca Sten's Sandhamn novels, but this might be the best so far!!
April 23, 2017
Endlich wieder die bewährte Qualität, diese Geschichte war spannend bis zum Schluss - und unsere Protagonisten waren groß in Form - Hier bin ich immer gerne wider zurück zur Geschichte gekommen
June 18, 2020
I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway.
This is the third in this series that I have read and so far for me, the very best. They have all been good but this one has the tightest plot and a complex and tension producing story. Nora Linde is busy preparing for her wedding to long time companion Jonas and simultaneously managing an important trial that could propel her career to a higher level. Her childhood friend, Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson, has just become involved in the disappearance of a young boy from a sailing camp on Lökholmen Island right across from Sandhamn. They are about to discover that their two separate cases are, in fact, connected.
The Sandhammn Murder series has become an extremely popular one in Sweden and the rest of Europe and has been made into a popular TV series. This particular book takes many different twists to tell the story of the kidnapping and abduction of Benjamin Dufva. The reader follows Thomas as he attempts to find the serial pedophile and discover Benjamin's whereabouts without success while Nora finds that Benjamin's father has lied in his court testimony and only a sudden discovery by Nora when the time has almost run out helps Thomas solve his dilemma.
This is the third in this series that I have read and so far for me, the very best. They have all been good but this one has the tightest plot and a complex and tension producing story. Nora Linde is busy preparing for her wedding to long time companion Jonas and simultaneously managing an important trial that could propel her career to a higher level. Her childhood friend, Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson, has just become involved in the disappearance of a young boy from a sailing camp on Lökholmen Island right across from Sandhamn. They are about to discover that their two separate cases are, in fact, connected.
The Sandhammn Murder series has become an extremely popular one in Sweden and the rest of Europe and has been made into a popular TV series. This particular book takes many different twists to tell the story of the kidnapping and abduction of Benjamin Dufva. The reader follows Thomas as he attempts to find the serial pedophile and discover Benjamin's whereabouts without success while Nora finds that Benjamin's father has lied in his court testimony and only a sudden discovery by Nora when the time has almost run out helps Thomas solve his dilemma.
November 27, 2020
459 pages
5 stars
A very unhappy eleven-year old boy named Benjamin, small for his age and introverted, is sent of to a week of sailing camp by his divorced father. There, he is bullied. At the same time, his father Christian Dufva is due to testify in a case in court against his former business partner. Prosecutor Nora Linde is handling the case.
The defendant Mr. Winnerman is a man with a bad drinking and gambling partner who is also in hock to some very bad guys.
Meanwhile Thomas Andreasson is becoming very unhappy with his marriage and changes at work have him doubting that re-joining the police was a good move.
Benjamin goes missing from sailing camp. In court, Christian Dufva retracts the statements he previously gave Nora about Winnerman's behavior.
Thomas and his team determine that Benjamin has been kidnapped. They have an unknown suspect, and a great many questions. Poor Isak, Benjamin's camp counselor, is tortured by his own behavior. Did he assist in the kidnapping?
This is a very exciting and compulsive read. I just had to find out what happened. I read the book in one sitting. I have read all of Ms. Sten's Nora and Thomas novels, and this one rates as one of the best. Perhaps even the best so far. Marlaine Delargy did an absolutely wonderful job of translating the text as well.
The book is very well written and plotted. It is relatively fast moving and Ms. Sten has captured her characters' emotions exactly. The reader is right there witnessing the whole drama in the first person. There are some big surprises in store for any excitement junkie.
I can hardly wait for the next installment in this wonderful series.
5 stars
A very unhappy eleven-year old boy named Benjamin, small for his age and introverted, is sent of to a week of sailing camp by his divorced father. There, he is bullied. At the same time, his father Christian Dufva is due to testify in a case in court against his former business partner. Prosecutor Nora Linde is handling the case.
The defendant Mr. Winnerman is a man with a bad drinking and gambling partner who is also in hock to some very bad guys.
Meanwhile Thomas Andreasson is becoming very unhappy with his marriage and changes at work have him doubting that re-joining the police was a good move.
Benjamin goes missing from sailing camp. In court, Christian Dufva retracts the statements he previously gave Nora about Winnerman's behavior.
Thomas and his team determine that Benjamin has been kidnapped. They have an unknown suspect, and a great many questions. Poor Isak, Benjamin's camp counselor, is tortured by his own behavior. Did he assist in the kidnapping?
This is a very exciting and compulsive read. I just had to find out what happened. I read the book in one sitting. I have read all of Ms. Sten's Nora and Thomas novels, and this one rates as one of the best. Perhaps even the best so far. Marlaine Delargy did an absolutely wonderful job of translating the text as well.
The book is very well written and plotted. It is relatively fast moving and Ms. Sten has captured her characters' emotions exactly. The reader is right there witnessing the whole drama in the first person. There are some big surprises in store for any excitement junkie.
I can hardly wait for the next installment in this wonderful series.
March 13, 2024
Puzzling
The Sandhamn series has been a great series in my opinion. Reading this series is the first time I've read anything written by Viveca Sten and I'm not disappointed. Like the other books in this series this one kept my attention. Kids going to sailing camp which sounds like a lot of fun turns out to be horrific especially for one little boy. Just as in real life there are bullies this camp also has bullies. Like the old saying goes karma comes back around and boy does it ever. This book has thrilling and heartbreaking twists and turns which kept me wanting to read more.
The Sandhamn series has been a great series in my opinion. Reading this series is the first time I've read anything written by Viveca Sten and I'm not disappointed. Like the other books in this series this one kept my attention. Kids going to sailing camp which sounds like a lot of fun turns out to be horrific especially for one little boy. Just as in real life there are bullies this camp also has bullies. Like the old saying goes karma comes back around and boy does it ever. This book has thrilling and heartbreaking twists and turns which kept me wanting to read more.
April 24, 2020
Viveca Sten er blandt mine mange yndlingsforfattere og jeg blev heller ikke skuffet over “ I Sandhedens Navn”. Jeg synes Viveca Sten skriver den ene gode bog efter den anden og med “ I Sandhedens Navn” blev jeg blæst omkuld af plottet og slutningen, hold op for en spændende afslutning.
Dejligt jeg har flere bøger af Viveca Sten til gode.
Dejligt jeg har flere bøger af Viveca Sten til gode.
February 21, 2021
Started off slow almost couldn't get into it but man am I glad I continued! Great twisty turny book!
February 22, 2025
Wonderful, love this series/characters. Page turner!
October 5, 2025
Enjoying the series this was as good as others kept me guessing
September 23, 2024
Another terrific page-turner! Stayed up late to finish this one! Had to find out what happened at the end :)
Read
February 27, 2021Nicht vorrausschaubar interessante Mitwirkende und gut geschrieben
May 28, 2020
An Captivating Novel of Deceit and Greed
The children were asleep. A pedophile was searching for his next victim. This main story thread is joined by two other threads. These new threads both involve Christian Dufva. Christian is a partner in the now defunct Alliance Construction. He is the chief witness in the case against his partner, Niklas Winnerman, for the company’s collapse. Nora Linde, a reoccurring character, is prosecuting. The pressure on Nora for a successful prosecution was high because of a number of well-publicized setbacks for her Economic Crimes Authority. Christian is a major character in the third main thread. Christian’s son, Benjamin, by a previous marriage, is a small-for-his-age and introvertish 11 year-old. Christian wants him to attend a summer sailing camp as he did and to meet and make new friends. Benjamin does not want to go. After the day’s sailing, a girl goes missing. Thomas Andreasson, who recently returned to his detective position, was sent to investigate the missing girl.
These three main story threads are interwoven into plot that has many twists, turns and misdirections. As with the previous novels in this series, Each chapter is in a different voice of a main character. I quickly was captured. I just wanted to continue to read and finished this novel faster than usual.
There are two major B-storylines. First is centered on Nora and her significant other, Jonas. They finally decided to marry in a week and right after the prosecution. Jonas is an airline pilot and asked to fly at the last minute to Bangkok and back. He would return on Wednesday. Things do not go as planned. Much insight into the Nora is seen how she handles this adversity with a major prosecution. The second thread involves Thomas and his spouse, Pernilla. She has a job that requires much travel and after-hour commitments, which is exactly the same requirement for a policeman. Much insight to the Thomas’s character is provided by how he reacts to deteriorating home life, child care, the sailing camp’s missing children, and a possible pedophile near the sailing camp. These B-storylines added poignancy and enriched the novel, and my enjoyment in reading it.
This novel is definitely for adults. While there are not any intimate scenes, the language is consistent with the adult characters. While there aren’t any direct descriptions of violence, there are scenes of a child’s confinement.
The novel is a translation. In the first novel, I discovered the use many British informal words. That was not the case with this translation. The read was a very smooth for me.
My final observations start with this is the eighth novel in the series, and the third that I have read. I didn’t feel anything was missing anything because I hadn’t read the previous novels. Also, all of the various main and B-storyline threads were tied up by the end of the novel. Some not in ways I expected.
Based upon my enjoyment in reading this novel and exhibiting all the requirements for a high star rating, I rate this novel with five stars. If this storyline intrigues you, do give it a read. By the way, I recently purchased the five novels that I haven’t read yet.
I have received a free e-book version of this novel through NetGalley from Amazon Crossing with an expectation for an honest, unbiased review. I wish to thank Amazon Crossing for the opportunity to read and review this novel early.
The children were asleep. A pedophile was searching for his next victim. This main story thread is joined by two other threads. These new threads both involve Christian Dufva. Christian is a partner in the now defunct Alliance Construction. He is the chief witness in the case against his partner, Niklas Winnerman, for the company’s collapse. Nora Linde, a reoccurring character, is prosecuting. The pressure on Nora for a successful prosecution was high because of a number of well-publicized setbacks for her Economic Crimes Authority. Christian is a major character in the third main thread. Christian’s son, Benjamin, by a previous marriage, is a small-for-his-age and introvertish 11 year-old. Christian wants him to attend a summer sailing camp as he did and to meet and make new friends. Benjamin does not want to go. After the day’s sailing, a girl goes missing. Thomas Andreasson, who recently returned to his detective position, was sent to investigate the missing girl.
These three main story threads are interwoven into plot that has many twists, turns and misdirections. As with the previous novels in this series, Each chapter is in a different voice of a main character. I quickly was captured. I just wanted to continue to read and finished this novel faster than usual.
There are two major B-storylines. First is centered on Nora and her significant other, Jonas. They finally decided to marry in a week and right after the prosecution. Jonas is an airline pilot and asked to fly at the last minute to Bangkok and back. He would return on Wednesday. Things do not go as planned. Much insight into the Nora is seen how she handles this adversity with a major prosecution. The second thread involves Thomas and his spouse, Pernilla. She has a job that requires much travel and after-hour commitments, which is exactly the same requirement for a policeman. Much insight to the Thomas’s character is provided by how he reacts to deteriorating home life, child care, the sailing camp’s missing children, and a possible pedophile near the sailing camp. These B-storylines added poignancy and enriched the novel, and my enjoyment in reading it.
This novel is definitely for adults. While there are not any intimate scenes, the language is consistent with the adult characters. While there aren’t any direct descriptions of violence, there are scenes of a child’s confinement.
The novel is a translation. In the first novel, I discovered the use many British informal words. That was not the case with this translation. The read was a very smooth for me.
My final observations start with this is the eighth novel in the series, and the third that I have read. I didn’t feel anything was missing anything because I hadn’t read the previous novels. Also, all of the various main and B-storyline threads were tied up by the end of the novel. Some not in ways I expected.
Based upon my enjoyment in reading this novel and exhibiting all the requirements for a high star rating, I rate this novel with five stars. If this storyline intrigues you, do give it a read. By the way, I recently purchased the five novels that I haven’t read yet.
I have received a free e-book version of this novel through NetGalley from Amazon Crossing with an expectation for an honest, unbiased review. I wish to thank Amazon Crossing for the opportunity to read and review this novel early.
April 13, 2020
This book is the eighth book in popular Sandhamn Murder series written by Viveca Sten in Swedish and translated into English by Marlaine Delargy. All the books in the series feature Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson. If you haven’t read the other books in the series, still you can read it as a standalone book.
The Story revolves around the Christian Dufva’s family. Christian Dufva’s first marriage with Asa Dufva has fallen apart, and he has married Ninna. Benjamin Dufva is his son from first marriage, staying with his mother Asa Dufva. Christian forces Benjamin to attend a week long summer sailing camp. Benjamin, aged eleven years, is an introvert type of child who just wants to stay in the home and play games on the phone. A pedophile is there as well searching for his next victim. He likes boys and girls reaching puberty age.
Christian Dufva is a key witness in a trial, in which his business partner Niklas Winnerman is accused of embezzlement. He receives threatening calls from an unknown number, on the day of his testimony in the trial. On the same day, Benjamin goes missing from the sailing camp. Instructors at the sailing camp inform Thomas Andreasson and a big search operation is launched to find him.
Multiple threads are running together with each character having a story of its own.
Nora Linde is the prosecutor in the case. If she wins this case, she can get the position of deputy district chief prosecutor. Her second marriage is scheduled on Saturday, a couple of days after the trial ends, with airline pilot Jonas. Jonas has to leave for Bangkok at the last minute. He commits that he will be back by Wednesday. She didn’t like this and doubt her decision of marriage with Jonas.
Thomas Andreasson is the deputy inspector, who has rejoined the police after leaving a private job that was paying him well, but he was missing his colleagues and purpose. His wife Pernilla has got a job that involves a lot of travel and work pressure. Thomas thinks that she isn’t spending enough time with their daughter and their married life is going to ruin soon.
WHAT I LIKED
I liked the Cover of the Book, its just so beautiful. Plot was a simple one with an interesting story line. It took me some time to get into the story, but once I did, I didn’t put it down until the end. Each chapter had a story of a different character in third person narration style. Writing Style is simple and smooth, making it an easy read for a beginner as well. The Characters are well written, realistic and pretty detailed. Especially, Benjamin is one character which I liked the most. All his feelings of shyness and fear have been depicted beautifully by Viveca Sten. The Ending of the story was too good with an unpredictable outcome.
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT
The thing, I didn’t like in the book was that there was just too much focus on the personal lives of characters, turning the book a bit too long and boring. The Focus should have been on the events affecting the trial and the investigation of the kidnapping.
OVERALL
It is a good crime thriller novel, with a bit boring first half, but a gripping other half and surprising ending.
The Story revolves around the Christian Dufva’s family. Christian Dufva’s first marriage with Asa Dufva has fallen apart, and he has married Ninna. Benjamin Dufva is his son from first marriage, staying with his mother Asa Dufva. Christian forces Benjamin to attend a week long summer sailing camp. Benjamin, aged eleven years, is an introvert type of child who just wants to stay in the home and play games on the phone. A pedophile is there as well searching for his next victim. He likes boys and girls reaching puberty age.
Christian Dufva is a key witness in a trial, in which his business partner Niklas Winnerman is accused of embezzlement. He receives threatening calls from an unknown number, on the day of his testimony in the trial. On the same day, Benjamin goes missing from the sailing camp. Instructors at the sailing camp inform Thomas Andreasson and a big search operation is launched to find him.
Multiple threads are running together with each character having a story of its own.
Nora Linde is the prosecutor in the case. If she wins this case, she can get the position of deputy district chief prosecutor. Her second marriage is scheduled on Saturday, a couple of days after the trial ends, with airline pilot Jonas. Jonas has to leave for Bangkok at the last minute. He commits that he will be back by Wednesday. She didn’t like this and doubt her decision of marriage with Jonas.
Thomas Andreasson is the deputy inspector, who has rejoined the police after leaving a private job that was paying him well, but he was missing his colleagues and purpose. His wife Pernilla has got a job that involves a lot of travel and work pressure. Thomas thinks that she isn’t spending enough time with their daughter and their married life is going to ruin soon.
WHAT I LIKED
I liked the Cover of the Book, its just so beautiful. Plot was a simple one with an interesting story line. It took me some time to get into the story, but once I did, I didn’t put it down until the end. Each chapter had a story of a different character in third person narration style. Writing Style is simple and smooth, making it an easy read for a beginner as well. The Characters are well written, realistic and pretty detailed. Especially, Benjamin is one character which I liked the most. All his feelings of shyness and fear have been depicted beautifully by Viveca Sten. The Ending of the story was too good with an unpredictable outcome.
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT
The thing, I didn’t like in the book was that there was just too much focus on the personal lives of characters, turning the book a bit too long and boring. The Focus should have been on the events affecting the trial and the investigation of the kidnapping.
OVERALL
It is a good crime thriller novel, with a bit boring first half, but a gripping other half and surprising ending.
June 16, 2018
Olipas nopealukuinen. Kevyttä kesään, viihdyttävää ja sujuvaa luettavaa.
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