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Lethal Investments (Oslo Detectives #1)
An apartment building. A woman clearing up the mess her three-year-old son has made on the stairway. A child staring into an open doorway. The naked leg of a woman sticking out of that doorway. Blood. A woman’s scream. Reidun Rosendal’s murder presents Oslo detectives Gunnarstranda and Frolich with their most intriguing case yet. And the mystery deepens when the chief susp...more
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
September 1st 2011
by Faber & Faber
(first published 1993)
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These days, every single crime and thriller writer emerging from the desolate tundra known as Scandinavia owes a debt of thanks to the late Stieg Larsson. If not for the incredible international success (posthumously) of his GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO trilogy Western readers might never have been introduced to terrific talents like Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbo, Camilla Lackberg and Anne Holt.
Seeking to add his name to this growing list is Norwegian author, K.O. Dahl. He has already won a handful o...more
Seeking to add his name to this growing list is Norwegian author, K.O. Dahl. He has already won a handful o...more
The procedural stuff was interesting, but almost all of the characters, including most of the cops, are people I was sorry to have met and would just as soon not encounter again. The exception is Gunnarstranda, the senior cop, a widower tending his dead wife's garden.
I will be working at forgetting the murder victim, victim number two, (her one night stand) her scamming boss and his brutal sidekick and her repulsive peeping tom elderly neighbor. Icky.
I will be working at forgetting the murder victim, victim number two, (her one night stand) her scamming boss and his brutal sidekick and her repulsive peeping tom elderly neighbor. Icky.
Picked up on a whim, but this is no Millennium trilogy.
The story limps along, and the only sympathetic character dies very early!
The two main detectives have little spark between them, and the descriptions of locations and journeys feel strained and repetitive.
This is the first in a series, and the books may get better, but I'm not going to be actively seeking out the next one....
The story limps along, and the only sympathetic character dies very early!
The two main detectives have little spark between them, and the descriptions of locations and journeys feel strained and repetitive.
This is the first in a series, and the books may get better, but I'm not going to be actively seeking out the next one....
This is the first of Oslo detectives Frank Frølich and Inspector Gunnarstranda series to be translated into English. The pair set out to investigate the murder of a young woman. This book started well with interesting first chapters; it lost its way a little, mainly because the nuts and bolts, i.e the plot and the narrative throughout the book was not developed interestingly enough to keep my attention.
Dahl takes me back to my first love: Georges Simenon. This is a quiet, introspective police procedural a la Mankell's early Wallender books or Indridason's Erlendur. If you are expecting a mystery/thriller like Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series, forgetaboutit. Read something else. In your disappointment you will give Mr Dahl a lousy one, two, or three stars and he deserves better.
First, there is no one in the entire cast of characters I liked. Second, I don't care which street they turned left or right on. The mystery was closely covered up until the end, however. Actually, you could just read the last 30 pages and save a lot of otherwise wasted time.
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I like the Gunnarstranda & Frolich characters. While the story is not exciting the characters and their makeup are interesting. Especially interesting was the description of the drunk that was sick. Vivid.
I didn't find the characters believable, the writing was poor -- or perhaps it was the translation. The plot was okay.
It may be the translator but the beginning was rough to read. It had nice concepts and it was a good plot but it didn't have the staying power to keep you reading.
Ein guter norwegischer Krimi, nur war mir leider schon viel zu früh klar, wer der Mörder ist.
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Born in 1958, Dahl's first novel was published in 1993. He is best known for his series about Oslo detectives Frank Frølich and Inspector Gunnarstranda.
Also publishes as K.O. Dahl
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