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Greenland Crime #2
Blood Floe
David Maratse is settling into early retirement in the remote Arctic settlement of Inussuk, when an expedition yacht is discovered at the edge of the sea ice. Patches of blood have frozen to the decks. Three of the crew in the cabin are unconscious but alive, the rest are dead or missing.
Frustrated by the slow speed of the investigation, the yacht’s owner hires Maratse to locate the missing crew members, and to recover a lost journal believed to have been written by the late German polar researcher Alfred Wegener.
Maratse’s investigation takes him from the wind-ravaged frozen peaks of Greenland to the German capital of Berlin. But as he gets closer to finding the journal, Maratse realises there is more at stake than discovering the identity of the murderer. His own life and the lives of those he loves and cares about, is drawn into a conspiracy stretched tight around the globe.
"Blood Floe" is the second in the Greenland Crime series featuring retired Police Constable David Maratse.
*Note to the reader: while the main story in "Blood Floe" does reach a conclusion, the very end of the book paves the way for book three, and could be considered a cliffhanger.
You can read more about Constable David Maratse in the following books and short stories:
The Greenland Crime series
:: Seven Graves, One Winter
The Greenland Trilogy
:: The Ice Star (Book 1)
:: In the Shadow of the Mountain (Book 2)
:: The Shaman’s House (Book 3)
Arctic Shorts
:: Katabatic
:: Container
:: Tupilaq
:: The Last Flight
Frustrated by the slow speed of the investigation, the yacht’s owner hires Maratse to locate the missing crew members, and to recover a lost journal believed to have been written by the late German polar researcher Alfred Wegener.
Maratse’s investigation takes him from the wind-ravaged frozen peaks of Greenland to the German capital of Berlin. But as he gets closer to finding the journal, Maratse realises there is more at stake than discovering the identity of the murderer. His own life and the lives of those he loves and cares about, is drawn into a conspiracy stretched tight around the globe.
"Blood Floe" is the second in the Greenland Crime series featuring retired Police Constable David Maratse.
*Note to the reader: while the main story in "Blood Floe" does reach a conclusion, the very end of the book paves the way for book three, and could be considered a cliffhanger.
You can read more about Constable David Maratse in the following books and short stories:
The Greenland Crime series
:: Seven Graves, One Winter
The Greenland Trilogy
:: The Ice Star (Book 1)
:: In the Shadow of the Mountain (Book 2)
:: The Shaman’s House (Book 3)
Arctic Shorts
:: Katabatic
:: Container
:: Tupilaq
:: The Last Flight
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January 22, 2021
Τι ήταν αυτό που ανακάλυψε στους πάγους της Γροιλανδίας ο διάσημος εξερευνητής Alfred Wegener στην τελευταία του ερευνητική αποστολή;Πώς σχετίζεται με τους θανάτους του πληρώματος ενός ερευνητικού σκάφους πολλά χρόνια μετά;Ο κόσμος της αγοράς ενέργειας είναι άγριος και σίγουρα όχι ιδανικός και "καταπράσινος" όπως στις διαφημίσεις. Ένας αφανής,αλλά ωστόσο,διαρκής πόλεμος εις βάρος των κοινωνιών και του περιβάλλοντος,είναι το θέμα της δεύτερης περιπέτειας του επιθεωρητή Μαράτσε,ένα βιβλίο απολαυστικό όπως και το προηγούμενο της σειράς.
December 31, 2023
A leitura deste livro foi agradável, para meu espanto. Foi fácil, suave e tranquila, contudo, e talvez por isso mesmo, o enredo não é nada por aí além. Existe crime e a necessidade de obter respostas, mas, com este livro, essa necessidade não foi premente. Lembro-me vagamente do enredo do primeiro livro desta série e de ter sentido algo semelhante. História interessante, nada de especial, mas aligeirou, durante algumas horas, a minha existência e fico agradecida por isso.
August 11, 2022
O género policial nórdico é dos meus preferidos e o cenário da Gronelândia é muito atraente por ser pouco usual. Foram estes os motivos que me levaram a ler o livro anterior, "Sete Invernos, Sete Sepulturas" e agora este 2° volume na série protagonizada por David Maratse, polícia reformado.
A trama - dois cadáveres e 3 feridos encontrados num iate encalhado - chama logo a atenção mas a forma como foi trabalhada não é boa. A escrita é um bocado pobre, a forma como as coisas acontecem é fraca - faltou aquele elemento de surpresa, a excitação da antecipação. Eventos fortes aconteciam, assim de repente, como se fossem coisas banais e eu nem tinha a certeza do que estava a ler.
A sério, li pelo cenário, adorei ler sobre a Gronelândia e a vida lá - mas estou mais que certa que não quero lá ir🥶.
A trama - dois cadáveres e 3 feridos encontrados num iate encalhado - chama logo a atenção mas a forma como foi trabalhada não é boa. A escrita é um bocado pobre, a forma como as coisas acontecem é fraca - faltou aquele elemento de surpresa, a excitação da antecipação. Eventos fortes aconteciam, assim de repente, como se fossem coisas banais e eu nem tinha a certeza do que estava a ler.
A sério, li pelo cenário, adorei ler sobre a Gronelândia e a vida lá - mas estou mais que certa que não quero lá ir🥶.
September 8, 2024
Amooo la capacidas del escritor para meterte en el clima del lugar, sentir la Nieve y los aromas.
Es el 2do libro, de 4 ...
Mi "Pero" es que solo he encontrado 1 y 2 en Español.
Es el 2do libro, de 4 ...
Mi "Pero" es que solo he encontrado 1 y 2 en Español.
December 4, 2020
I read Seven Graves, One Winter, the first book in this series while recovering from eye surgery last week. I read it in a day and immediately ordered Blood Floe. I read this in a day as well. Blood Floe, like the first book is very fast paced. The imagery is well done and the insight into the Greenland culture is well done. The book takes us from the frozen shores of Greenland to the streets of Berlin and back to Greenland.
This book explored the greed of energy companies as a link to crime. The attitude "We are here to help, you will get to share in the profit, you will get jobs" turns into "We are a business, there are no real profits, and you folks don't have the skills we need" with these companies. I have experienced this first hand with wind turbine companies who stole land and bought a governor with sex and money. This book hit home.
The book focuses more on the murders than it does on the environmental issues. It is well done and fast paced. I highly recommend this if you like Scandinavian noir.
This book explored the greed of energy companies as a link to crime. The attitude "We are here to help, you will get to share in the profit, you will get jobs" turns into "We are a business, there are no real profits, and you folks don't have the skills we need" with these companies. I have experienced this first hand with wind turbine companies who stole land and bought a governor with sex and money. This book hit home.
The book focuses more on the murders than it does on the environmental issues. It is well done and fast paced. I highly recommend this if you like Scandinavian noir.
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November 16, 2018So far the second book
This part of the Greenland story was great. You get some benefit from reading the first book which acquaints you with some of the secondary characters. The plot is complex and keeps your interest. I read the book with a map and dream of going to Greenland.
This part of the Greenland story was great. You get some benefit from reading the first book which acquaints you with some of the secondary characters. The plot is complex and keeps your interest. I read the book with a map and dream of going to Greenland.
December 7, 2025
En esta historia seguimos el viaje del policía retirado David Maratse en la tundra al este de Groenlandia donde encuentra una embarcación con rastros de sangre en la cubierta y en el interior encuentra fallecidos, heridos e incluso hay alguien desaparecido y aunque solo quiere vivir el resto de su vida tranquilo el misterio de lo que sucedió no lo dejará escapar tan fácilmente.
En esta historia el autor nos lleva a un lugar poco común y nos sumerge por completo en Groenlandia pues la forma en que describe te hace imaginar perfectamente cada lugar, sin duda las descripciones son muy buenas, el detalle es que hay muchos temas que se abordan y al no ser un libro muy largo no se profundizan haciendo que queden detalles al aire.
Además aunque los personajes son interesantes al ser el segundo libro de una serie creo que no se profundizan mucho y creo que hay detalles que se apreciarían mejor al leer el primer libro aun así me cae bien el protagonista pues esta bien definido y tiene una personalidad que hace que te caiga bien.
En general es un libro entretenido que se lee rápido y con un misterio entretenido aunque sus giros son un poquito predecibles aun así lo recomiendo si quieres entrar en una historia policíaca sencilla pero entretenida.
En esta historia el autor nos lleva a un lugar poco común y nos sumerge por completo en Groenlandia pues la forma en que describe te hace imaginar perfectamente cada lugar, sin duda las descripciones son muy buenas, el detalle es que hay muchos temas que se abordan y al no ser un libro muy largo no se profundizan haciendo que queden detalles al aire.
Además aunque los personajes son interesantes al ser el segundo libro de una serie creo que no se profundizan mucho y creo que hay detalles que se apreciarían mejor al leer el primer libro aun así me cae bien el protagonista pues esta bien definido y tiene una personalidad que hace que te caiga bien.
En general es un libro entretenido que se lee rápido y con un misterio entretenido aunque sus giros son un poquito predecibles aun así lo recomiendo si quieres entrar en una historia policíaca sencilla pero entretenida.
August 28, 2025
Es un libro bastante breve, y qué bueno que sea así, si le dedicas un tiempo se puede terminar en un día e incluso puede ser que de corrido. La novela es medianamente entretenida y me gustó mucho la atmósfera que el autor crea en una locación tan poco común para cualquier persona como lo es Groenlandia, aprendí muchas cosas sobre un lugar del que poco había escuchado. Definitivamente tienes que ser fan del género policiaco nórdico para apreciar y disfrutar por completo de este libro. En lo personal me parece que se abordan muchos temas en poco espacio, por lo que ningún aspecto se desarrolla completamente bien. Los giros argumentales no son nada sorpresivos ni ingeniosos, se usan muchos recursos inesperados y con poca lógica de forma muy constante, algunos diálogos son bastante comunes y por tanto, predecibles. Hay muchos personajes con muy poco desarrollo e incluso los protagonistas tienen poco carácter y solidez. Hay intriga, romance, traiciones, tiroteos, explosiones, tortura, cada tema expuesto en pocas páginas y a veces en unos cuantos párrafos para dar paso a lo siguiente. No la recomendaría a menos de que te interese y apasione el género policiaco.
August 25, 2018
Action and Intrigue.
There's plenty of action in this series. Blood Floe is very fast paced. Plot on the run, if you will. One again, David Maratse, (retired constable) finds himself in the thick of things. He is called in to investigate. There is a multiple homicide. Maratse works on instinct in solving this case. He needs to solve it fast.
This is another excellent story. Again there is a culture curve woven into the plot. This as much as the conspiracy keeps the pages turning. There is a next book, but Petersen needs to write it. I am waiting expectantly.
There's plenty of action in this series. Blood Floe is very fast paced. Plot on the run, if you will. One again, David Maratse, (retired constable) finds himself in the thick of things. He is called in to investigate. There is a multiple homicide. Maratse works on instinct in solving this case. He needs to solve it fast.
This is another excellent story. Again there is a culture curve woven into the plot. This as much as the conspiracy keeps the pages turning. There is a next book, but Petersen needs to write it. I am waiting expectantly.
February 27, 2020
Blood flow
I found this author very recently, although I am an avid reader this is the first review I have written.
I absolutely love the picture that is painted in words about life in Greenland and the weather conditions in which the people live. I have read the first 3 books about Maratse and can’t wait to read more. It is a five star series and I will more than likely read all books written by Christoffer Petersen.
I found this author very recently, although I am an avid reader this is the first review I have written.
I absolutely love the picture that is painted in words about life in Greenland and the weather conditions in which the people live. I have read the first 3 books about Maratse and can’t wait to read more. It is a five star series and I will more than likely read all books written by Christoffer Petersen.
December 23, 2022
Another Awesome Read
This author makes it so easy to love him. The stories of the Artic take you there, wondering what surprise the next page will bring. I become a friend and a neighbor to each character trying to picture them in my mind. Maratse thought he retired, but like Karl told him, he will always be a policeman and trouble seems to find him, no matter what. I am so looking forward to the next in this series.
This author makes it so easy to love him. The stories of the Artic take you there, wondering what surprise the next page will bring. I become a friend and a neighbor to each character trying to picture them in my mind. Maratse thought he retired, but like Karl told him, he will always be a policeman and trouble seems to find him, no matter what. I am so looking forward to the next in this series.
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November 19, 2024I mainly read mysteries and thrillers and this is my criteria as I don’t like to write reviews.
5 stars = excellent book, hard to put down, played on my emotions and I kept thinking about it well after I’d finished.
4 stars = wonderful book, great plot, written well and one I’d read again.
3 stars = okay, but not one to read again.
2 stars = started well but I couldn’t get into and didn’t finish.
1 star = didn’t get passed first chapter.
5 stars = excellent book, hard to put down, played on my emotions and I kept thinking about it well after I’d finished.
4 stars = wonderful book, great plot, written well and one I’d read again.
3 stars = okay, but not one to read again.
2 stars = started well but I couldn’t get into and didn’t finish.
1 star = didn’t get passed first chapter.
June 13, 2018
Blood Floe
Excellent reading - I wish there had been more pages ! The geography of Greenland and the character of the Greenlanders has only been shown to me by '7 graves, one winter', and Blood Floe' both books by Christoffer
Petersen. I shall now look for the rest of his Scandinavian series. Well worth a read !
Shirley Stevens
Excellent reading - I wish there had been more pages ! The geography of Greenland and the character of the Greenlanders has only been shown to me by '7 graves, one winter', and Blood Floe' both books by Christoffer
Petersen. I shall now look for the rest of his Scandinavian series. Well worth a read !
Shirley Stevens
June 3, 2021
Excellent little mystery on the bleak landscape of Greenland, with a sudden foray to Berlin seamlessly worked in. Constable David Maratse continues to work harder in retirement than he arguably did on the force. The backdrop of a exploration yacht's demise and the mysterious crew sets the tone for a brooding and dangerous attack, not merely on innocent lives, but on Greenland itself.
December 31, 2020
Captivating
Griping is an overused description but it rightly applies to this story. It has all the elements of a good story - action, suspense, personalities. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
Griping is an overused description but it rightly applies to this story. It has all the elements of a good story - action, suspense, personalities. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
April 14, 2021
Murder and intrigue on the ice!
Petersen has done it again with his story of mining, murder and intrigue that takes us from Greenland to Berlin and back again to Maratse’s home. The driving force is greed and power. But the story continues into his next novel.
Petersen has done it again with his story of mining, murder and intrigue that takes us from Greenland to Berlin and back again to Maratse’s home. The driving force is greed and power. But the story continues into his next novel.
October 15, 2024
Não sou muito fã de policiais e as primeiras cinco páginas fizeram-me andar com um dicionário atrás e quase perdi o interesse, mas ... vale a pena e torna-se um livro bastante interessante com um plot twist pouco expectável.
February 6, 2019
EXCELLENT MYSTERY SET IN GREENLAND. FASCINATING CHARACTERS, INTERESTING SETTING TO SUPPLEMENT MY SCANDINAVIAN MURDER/MYSTERY BOOKS.
July 27, 2019
Another captivating story not only for the actual story-line but also for the ambience and cultural vibe on Greenland. I was straight in to get the third in the series as I just want to know what is going to happen.
October 1, 2019
An awful lot of deaths, violence and torture obscure a potentially interesting storyline, especially in the last third of the book.
June 21, 2020
very good. Great descriptions of Greenland and Greenlander life. It also deals a little with the politics. Great adventure.
May 19, 2021
Excellent
October 2, 2021
Li o livro todo de seguida e gostei muito. Recomendo 😁
March 19, 2022
As w/the first in the series, plot not great but good characters and interesting setting.
Want to read
June 8, 2024( Feira do Livro )
March 26, 2025
3'75 Estrellas. Me hubiera gustado más si fuera un poco más largo, para que se desarrollaran mejor las tramas y los personajes, pero ha sido entretenido.
October 20, 2024
Ese finaaaaallll 🫨😵💫🤯😳
No puedo creer las cosas que aprendí de Groenlandia 🥹
No puedo creer las cosas que aprendí de Groenlandia 🥹
September 7, 2024
Blood Floe is a fast-paced, chilly 2nd book in the Greenland Crime Series. Don't let the title put you off, but this is a crime novel so expect murder and, yes, blood.
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