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ISBN:
9780063115132
Series Statement:
The High Coast Series
Content:
" Detective Eira Sjodin, introduced in the electrifying Swedish crime thriller We Know You Remember, races to solve a disappearance that hits chillingly close to home in the second book in the High Coast series, hailed by People as Nordic noir at its best. In the small mining town of Malmberget, north of the Arctic Circle, residents and their houses are being relocated. As the mine that built the town slowly swallows it street by street, building by building, the memories of the community have collapsed into the huge pit they call the hole. Only a few stubborn souls cling to their homes, refusing to leave. When two workers making their final preparations hear a sound coming from a basement, they break a cellar window and find a terrified man curled up in a corner. In 197 dalen, 700 kilometers away, police officer Eira Sj246 din is investigating the disappearance of a man reported missing by his ex-wife. Eira and her colleagues search his apartment, contact his friends and relatives, and query local hospitals, but the man has vanished without a trace. Eira knows the pain of loss8212 she mourns for her mother, whose mind has been stolen by dementia. To escape her loneliness and her memories, Eira loses herself in a casual affair. But she's wholly unprepared when her feelings deepen for GG, who is twenty years her senior8211 and her boss. When the diligent GG doesn't show up for work two days in a row, Eira and her colleagues quickly realize that something is wrong8212 their boss has gone missing. In the dramatic second installment of the High Coast Series, Eira Sj246 din finds herself at the mercy of an elusive perpetrator8212 and of a love she can no longer deny. "
Content:
Biographisches: " Tove Alsterdal burst upon the Swedish book scene in 2009 with The Forgotten Dead and is the author of five critically acclaimed stand-alone novels. We Know You Remember , which was named Swedish Crime Novel of the Year and was shortlisted for the country's Book of the Year Award, marks her American debut. " Rezension(2): "People Magazine, Best Books of Fall Award: Beautifully elegiac and intricately plotted, this is Nordic noir at its best. 8212" Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: August 1, 2022 First seen in We Know You Remember , a Glass Key winner also voted Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, Det. Eira Sj�din is handling a missing-persons case when her own boss (with whom she was having an affair) vanishes. Meanwhile, workers have found a fearful, quaking man hiding in a mining town that's being relocated--the old mine is swallowing houses and streets wholesale. With a 30,000-copy first printing. Copyright 2022 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 31, 2022 The discovery of the body of a missing person, Hans Runne, drives Alsterdal’s often gripping but haphazardly plotted sequel to 2021’s We Know You Remember . Found in an abandoned house in a mining town in Sweden’s far north, Runne had two fingers severed from his left hand not long before he died. Police detective Eira Sj246" Rezension(5): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: November 15, 2022 A new novel from a Swedish author whose last book, We Know You Remember (2021), was named Swedish Crime Novel of the Year. In the northernmost part of Sweden, the earth shakes as a mining company digs for ore and moves entire hamlets in the process, and many abandoned buildings collapse into rubble. Near a destroyed home, two young men hear the cry of a caged animal and discover a half-dead man trapped in a basement. A woman wanders through an abandoned area with her old Leica camera as part of her project to photograph forgotten places, the sorrow of what once was. In her darkroom she develops an image that shows a human hand. The forlorn town is named Offer, which is the Swedish word for victim. To the photographer, the name is ominous...yet somehow it was also beautiful. But to the police, it's different. What a goddamn name for a crime scene, says Georg Georgsson, aka GG, who is lead investigator in the Violent Crimes Unit. Indeed, calling the hamlet the equivalent of Victim is laying on the drama a little thick in a tale that already has plenty. The main character is police assistant Eira Sj�din, who admires and reports to GG. She is a dedicated detective, but like everyone else, she has problems of her own, like having a wrongly imprisoned brother. It is a complex case made even more so when GG stops answering his telephone and no one knows where he is. The mystery becomes more tangled as details of GG's life emerges. Eira and a colleague already had their hands full sifting through clues and looking for possible perpetrators, and now they must worry about their boss. Meanwhile in a dark basement, a ghastly scene makes police wonder what a person will do to survive. American readers will enjoy this dark, tightly plotted, and satisfying thriller. COPYRIGHT(2022) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(6): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: January 1, 2023 If you're a fan of Nordic noir, this dark mystery, the second in the High Coast series, should suit your taste for the shivery. Everything is dystopian to the nth degree--from the setting, a mining town in the extreme north of Sweden where inhabitants must abandon their collapsing homes,to the central, bizarrely executed murder,to the characters' depressive dialogue. For example, a neighbor of the victim has this to say about fitness trackers: They've got us counting our steps toward death. Police assistant Eira Sj�din returns, now working as a responding officer after being transferred from Violent Crimes. Eira and her partner discover a body in the basement of a deserted house. That leads them to a cold case from the year before, which results in the disappearance of their commanding office and puts Eira in the sights of a killer. Some readers may find the relentless bleakness over the top, but noir fans should savor it all, especially for the bite that Alsterdal brings to Eira's dauntless character. COPYRIGHT(2023) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
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