Thompson is an American who’s spent the past decade in Finland, and this is the sequel to his superb debut thriller Snow Angels last year. Once again the hero is Inspector Kari Vaara, whose life was all but destroyed in the first book. Now he has moved into Helsinki and finds himself on the graveyard shift in homicide, while worrying about his heavily pregnant new wife Kate. Varra is called to the torture and murder of the philandering wife of a Russian businessman, which looks open and shut but clearly isn’t, while at the same time he’s asked to investigate a 90-year-old war hero for war crimes committed when Finland collaborated with the Gestapo, an investigation made all the more poignant by the fact that his grandfather might have been involved. Brutal, intricate and haunting, it’s also told with a surprising delicacy. Thompson’s debut was good, but this is better. There is no need for Nordic comparisons with The Killing, or Steig Larson, this is just thriller writing of the very highest quality.
GMT 10:11 2018 Thursday ,15 November
Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty: Sibling rivalry made me write booksGMT 11:21 2018 Tuesday ,16 October
Young British writer's novel among Man Booker Prize favouritesGMT 07:49 2017 Monday ,11 December
1,229 titles on display at Oman book fairGMT 12:43 2017 Sunday ,05 November
The Fourth Bin-dustrial Revolution at Sharjah International Book FairGMT 10:45 2017 Saturday ,22 July
Harry Potter fan? Two new books set to be publishedGMT 10:39 2017 Saturday ,22 July
Ivanka Trump publishes women’s self-help bookGMT 03:01 2017 Thursday ,11 May
Oman residents need more public librariesGMT 00:40 2017 Thursday ,11 May
A’Sharqiyah University with the World Book dayMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor