kristina ohlsson unwanted fredrika bergman 1 unabridged

It was as though his defenses were stripped away the moment the sun disappeared and the fatigue and darkness crept up to enfold him. He had never been much good at darkness and rest. He lay quite still in his bed and looked up at the ceiling, where a fly was moving.

Whenever he let his thoughts wander, for some reason they always came back sooner or later to the case notes. I wish the publishers wouldn't dole out the Scandinavian lists like this, but I suppose it does give one something to look forward to. She has published four novels in Swedish, of which only this one is available in English (another is due in the UK next month). The 'translated' bit matters, because Ohlsson - like several other of these writers - has a longer list in her native language than in English.

The plot was compelling, though the ending was a bit too easy to see in advance.I look forward eagerly to more novels in translation by Ms. The characters have assumptions about each other that get tested, and they don't fall into the 'character actor' slots that people in police novels often do. The plot, of course, thickens.For me, the compelling thing about this book was the characterization, and the interplay among the investigators. They are trying to find out what happened to a little girl who went missing from a train. This is a police procedural centered on three interesting and three-dimensional investigators. Top-notch new entry in the rapidly growing field of Scandinavian crime novels that have been translated into English.

Kristina ohlsson unwanted fredrika bergman 1 unabridged