Erik Mauritzson
Autor de Grendel's Game
Obras de Erik Mauritzson
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 14
- Popularidad
- #739,559
- Valoración
- 4.5
- Reseñas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 4
The cops aren’t all-knowing in this novel. The darkness isn’t all-pervasive. And the character flaws have a natural flow so that even past tragedy becomes just part of the man. Ekman enjoys a genuine home life with a wonderful (though possibly enabling) wife, giving this a pleasingly different dimension from most noir fiction.
This is a tale where the bad guys aren’t all evil and the women aren’t all victims. The plot is filled with twists and turns, served warm like a banquet for the reader. Details bring Swedish food and accents to life—dour dialog, determined analysis, and even those hints of self-doubt from a man not too far now from retirement. So Ekman sits in his chair, tries hard to “stop beating yourself up” and repeats his wife’s instruction, “Find a way.”
In Spice Trade believable characters find a way, believable character flaws and convincing coincidences both hinder and help, and victims prove to have a voice. Sweden’s ice may be cold, and investigation may be dark, but the story has a sense of light and hope in spite of it all. Solid and detailed as the inquiry it details, it’s a story that draws readers in to see the warmth behind cold characters and the hope behind loss.
Disclosure: I was given a preview edition and I offer my honest review.… (más)