Maria Adolfsson

This is inventive. Doggerland is a fictional archipelago situated between the UK & Scandinavia, and it borrows from multiple cultures to produce a unique mix. There's a murder and it happens to be Karen's boss's ex wife. So he can't investigate, particularly as he might be a suspect - even if Karen can give him an alibi for most of the timeframe concerned after a disastrous drunken decision.
The story unfolds mostly in the present with the odd flashback to a commune that the victim's family were part of in the 1970s. It's all a long time ago and you wonder what relevance it it - as does the chief of police and the prosecutor, until, gradually, the story unfolds and the past comes crashing into the present. Karen herself has a past, that is revealed slowly and it gives her both empathy and a blind spot. She and the islands she inhabits are certainly an entertaining place to visit (by book, not sure I'd want to go in person!). Be warned though, the second crime that takes place is described in more detail than you'd like or is really necessary.… (más)