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The Killing (The Killing #1)

by David Hewson, Christian Rodska (Narrator)

3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 · rating details · 226 ratings · 53 reviews

Who killed Nanna Birk Larsen? Through the dark wood where the dead trees give no shelter Nanna Birk Larsen runs.... There is a bright monocular eye that follows, like a hunter after a wounded deer. It moves in a slow approaching zigzag, marching through the Pineseskoven wasteland, through the Pentecost Forest. The chill water, the fear, his presence not so far away... Ther...more

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Oct 12, 2012 Ancestral Gael rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: crime, fiction, denmark, a-vine, reviewed

Why did I read it? I have been on a Scandi-Nordic fiction kick since midwinter 2011, and I heard the television drama series was good, but I couldn't afford to purchase the DVD; so I snapped up a preview copy from Amazon, but found it already released in audio format and downloaded it instead.

What's it about? Detective Inspector Sarah Lund is leaving her job with the Danish police and moving to Sweden with her fiancé and Son, but on the last day a teenage girl goes missing. Nanna Birk Larsen is...more Why did I read it? I have been on a Scandi-Nordic fiction kick since midwinter 2011, and I heard the television drama series was good, but I couldn't afford to purchase the DVD; so I snapped up a preview copy from Amazon, but found it already released in audio format and downloaded it instead.

What's it about? Detective Inspector Sarah Lund is leaving her job with the Danish police and moving to Sweden with her fiancé and Son, but on the last day a teenage girl goes missing. Nanna Birk Larsen is found raped and brutally murdered, and Lund is unable to break from the case to leave, despite her replacement, Detective Inspector Jan Meyer, itching to take over.

What did I like? There are mistakes made by the police in their investigation, not everything is straightforward because - to quote the fictional Dr. Gregory House from television - "Everybody lies". The listener is not always sure of Lund's thinking, or how she makes the connections she does in her investigations. Lund seems very well drawn, as do the all the other characters.

Like most detectives in Scandi-Nordic crime fiction, the family life of Lund is dysfunctional, as are her working relationships, adding to the character interest; she is fallible but apparently not vulnerable. In The Killing we have the addition of the dysfunctional world of politics, and the disintegration of the family of the victim.

I liked that things seemed rather all over the place, and it all only draws together in the last 20 minutes of the audio version. The audio was clear, without error and with a steady, even volume.

What didn't I like? I can't say what it was, but when I first started listening, I gave up very early on. It just could not hold my attention. I can't say if it was the narration, the storyline or what. Months later, I started re-listening and was completely and utterly drawn in.

Though based on the television series, it seems to stray from it in many places, at least according to synopses and analyses I've found in various places on the internet. In that respect, I am not sure I got what I wanted from it, which is an alternative to watching/buying the DVDs.

Christian Rodka as narrator seems to struggle to find unique voices for the characters, employing various English accents, but somehow it just wasn't engaging. I though it rather forced and false. Eventually, I got used to his style, but I didn't think his narration enhanced the book.

Would I recommend it? Yes, though I would warn it's not an exact replica of the television drama and, perhaps would recommend reading, rather than listening to it.(less)

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May 19, 2013 Jürgen Zeller rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Vor ein paar Jahren habe ich meine Gewohnheiten umgestellt und bin vom eher passiven Fernsehzuschauer zum aktiven Leser geworden. Ich kenne die Fernsehserie die diesem Kriminalroman zu Grunde liegt nicht und konnte so ohne Vorurteile und unvorbelastet das Buch lesen, tüchtig miträtseln und die Spannung fühlen die von ihm ausgeht. Die Protagonisten und der Handlungsort Kopenhagen sehen dann halt auch so aus wie ich sie mir in meinem Kopf vorstelle.

Kommissarin Sarah Lund hat ihre letzten Arbeitsta...more Vor ein paar Jahren habe ich meine Gewohnheiten umgestellt und bin vom eher passiven Fernsehzuschauer zum aktiven Leser geworden. Ich kenne die Fernsehserie die diesem Kriminalroman zu Grunde liegt nicht und konnte so ohne Vorurteile und unvorbelastet das Buch lesen, tüchtig miträtseln und die Spannung fühlen die von ihm ausgeht. Die Protagonisten und der Handlungsort Kopenhagen sehen dann halt auch so aus wie ich sie mir in meinem Kopf vorstelle.

Kommissarin Sarah Lund hat ihre letzten Arbeitstage bei der Mordkommission in Kopenhagen. Die 38-jährige wird ihre erfolgreiche Karriere im Stockholm weiterführen denn sie wird mit ihrem Sohn zum neuen Lebensgefährten in die schwedische Hauptstadt ziehen. Wie das Leben so spielt wird sie kurz vor ihrem Wegzug mit dem kniffligsten und zugleich heikelsten Mordfall betraut den sie je hatte. Die Spuren führen bis in höchste Ränge der Politik und die Wahlen stehen unmittelbar vor der Tür. Werden die polizeilichen Ermittlungen zum Zünglein an der Waage für den Wahlausgang? Es ist viel Fingerspitzengefühl gefragt denn falsche Verdächtigungen können mühsam über Jahre aufgebaute Laufbahnen von Politikern in einem kurzen Augenblick zerstören und hohe Schadensersatzklagen nach sich ziehen. Sarah Lund ist nicht unbedingt die Kommissarin die subtil und diplomatisch vorgeht und die langen Arbeitstage sind kräfteraubend und zehren an den Nerven. Etliche zwischenmenschliche Konflikte sind da vorprogrammiert. Die Presse ihrerseits wartet sensationslüstern auf alle Neuigkeiten zum Mordfall!

Ich hab diesen knapp 800 Seiten langen Krimi in relativ kurzer Zeit gelesen. Die Geschichte hat was ungemein fesselndes, was es mir extrem schwer machte das Buch wegzulegen. Die Ermittlungen nach dem/der Mörder/-in der 19-jährigen Nanna Birk Larsen fühlten sich aber keineswegs an wie die Suche nach der Nadel im Heuhaufen. Die Anzahl der handelnden Personen ist recht überschaubar, wenn man sich denn mal ein- und festgelesen hat, und jeder wird im Verlaufe der Geschichte zum Verdächtigen und bei jeder/jedem hat man das Gefühl die Indizien und Motive könnten passen aber jeder wird doch irgendwie wieder entlastet. Die Ermittlungen drehen sich immer wieder wie ein Karussell um Mitschüler, Lehrpersonen, Politiker und ihre Helfer im Hintergrund, der Familie des Opfers und den Mitarbeitern im Transportbetrieb und den Angestellten eines noblen Mietshauses. Das nicht alle gleich die volle Wahrheit sagen und Beweismaterial verstecken erschwert die diffizile Arbeit der Kriminalpolizei im politischen Vorwahlkampf ungemein.

Der Krimi liest sich flüssig weg ist aber recht hölzern und hie und da ungelenkig geschrieben. Die Sätze recht kurz aber aussagekräftig. Ich habe schon viele Bücher gelesen, auch im Genre Krimi/Thriller, die deutlich geschmeidiger und mit mehr Pfiff geschrieben wurden. Die Figuren sind dann aber klar umrissen und recht differenziert gezeichnet und nehmen die ihnen zugedachte Rolle ein. Die Kapitel sind eher lang und die Szenenwechsel erfolgen durch einfügen einer Leerzeile im Text. Ab und zu musste ich mich kurz orientieren bei wem und wo ich nun gerade bin. Dafür entfällt dieses blöde Stilmittel der kurzen Kapitel um Spannung zu erzeugen. Der Roman lebt eindeutig von der inhaltlichen Spannung, die er mühelos bis zum Schluss hochhalten kann, und den handelnden Personen. Und das ist es doch was primär bei einem Krimi zählt, besonders wenn er so viele Seiten umfasst.(less)

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Mar 15, 2013 Kenneth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is an unusual book in as much as it is the adaptaion of a television serial drama. Does this make it an 'official' form of Fan Fiction? It certainly ties in with the popular phenomenon of all-things Scandinavian. Hewson (adaptor/author) has managed to capture this popularity for the TV Scandinavian detective story in a way whereby readers, instead of viewers, can further offer this popularity a kind of literary legitimacy - it is a good story on the page too and more than just the reworking...more

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Oct 22, 2012 Hamish rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I was really quite disappointed with this. There was nothing wrong with the writing per se, but I guess that just in the way a film adaptation of a book can never be as good as the book, this book adaptation of a screenplay never quite hits the mark.

Weighing in at more than twenty five hours the story is bloated and overlong. This is presumably to accommodate the twists, false starts and dead ends in the plot line, but I ended up feeling cheated and fr...more

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Aug 19, 2012 VaultOfBooks rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

By David Hewson. Grade B+.
This happens to be my first hefty crime thriller.
Through the dark wood where the dead trees give no shelter Nanna Birk Larsen runs …
There is a bright monocular eye that follows, like a hunter after a wounded deer. It moves in a slow approaching zigzag, marching through the Pinseskoven wasteland, through the Pentecost Forest. The chill water, the fear, his presence not so far away …
There is one torchlight on her now, the single blazing eye. And it is here …
Sarah Lund is...more By David Hewson. Grade B+.
This happens to be my first hefty crime thriller.
Through the dark wood where the dead trees give no shelter Nanna Birk Larsen runs …
There is a bright monocular eye that follows, like a hunter after a wounded deer. It moves in a slow approaching zigzag, marching through the Pinseskoven wasteland, through the Pentecost Forest. The chill water, the fear, his presence not so far away …
There is one torchlight on her now, the single blazing eye. And it is here …
Sarah Lund is looking forward to her last day as a detective with the Copenhagen police department before moving to Sweden. But everything changes when nineteen-year-old student, Nanna Birk Larsen, is found raped and brutally murdered in the woods outside the city. Lund’s plans to relocate are put on hold as she leads the investigation along with fellow detective Jan Meyer.
While Nanna’s family struggles to cope with their loss, local politician, Troels Hartmann, is in the middle of an election campaign to become the new mayor of Copenhagen. When links between City Hall and the murder suddenly come to light , the case takes an entirely different turn.
Over the course of twenty days, suspect upon suspect emerges as violence and political intrigue cast their shadows over the hunt for the killer.
Sarah Lund has finally decided to leave her sad past behind and start a new life with her son Mark and her boyfriend Bengt Rosling in Sweden. This was going to be her last day as a detective with the Copenhagen Police Department and her last case in it. But her plan takes a turn for the worse when the police finds blood in the forest, some torn clothing and eventually a dead body belonging to a nineteen-year old girl, Nanna Birk Larsen, daughter of the all-powerful Theis Birk Larsen in a black car drowned in the river.
Further investigation reveals that the black car belongs to the Mayor of Education- Troel Hartmann, who is campaigning for the post of Mayor of Copenhagen.This mystery is not what he needs.
It seems that the murder and rape of a nineteen-year old girl is not as easy to solve as it had seemed. The case gets entangled with politicians, corruption, Nanna’s family, who is coping with the loss of the death of their first born child and the fights among the police.
The book is based originally on a popular and well-liked crime solving TV series, which I never had the pleasure to watch. Many readers/watchers have supported the TV show but have conflicting opinion on the novel. Having not seen the show, I came to the novel with no preconceptions.
The starting of the book was a little slow as well as unclear and confusing because of a parade of a number of characters. The list of characters in the beginning of the book helps but they are still overwhelming until the reader grows familiar with them.
The sentences are short and sharp with no narrative drive which did not suit me. However, the character formation is well. I especially liked Lund’s character. Postponing going off to Sweden just to solve a case was quite noble of her, in my opinion.
The books is a serious crime novel rather than a slam-bang cop thriller but gets far too long and the details get repetitive after a while. The end is not as good as I had expected. Through it all, the book is good but keeping it shorter and more crisp would have been a better idea.

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Feb 09, 2013 Gail rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle

One word for this book - wow. I have eye strain from not being able to put it down. It's absolutely brilliant. I have never seem the TV show,only heard that its excellent, so I went into this with an open mind, but I was literally blown away by the pace of it; the tension never lets up.

Sarah Lund and Jan Meyer are investigating the brutal rape and murder of Nanna Birk Larsen and the murder seems to be connected to the City Hall. No one seems to care about her death; the only thing everyone is c...more

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Nov 01, 2012 Jen Talty rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book has been added to my "all time favorite books EVER!" Words cannot express how I loved this book. The writing is seemless, but that is besides the poing. The characters are absolutely amazing. I found myself unable to put this book down and I find myself wanting to read it again and again. By far the best book I've ever read.

I really don't want to get into details about the story. Its one of those books that you're just going to have to trust me that it is a must read.

To those expectin...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Alex Quinn rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When I first looked at the book 'The Killing' I didn't have a clue what to expect. Would this be an original, interesting and dramatic read? or would this be the exact same as all of the other books about detectives which involve a murder, police, suspects and thats it? So, I decided that I would infact get the book and see what I would think of it. At over 700 pages you would imagine the book to be a bore, to drag on, but to my delight, it didn't! It went on enough time to keep you guessing bef...more

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Mar 06, 2013 Wal.li rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Die Rehaugen der Kommissarin

Kommissarin Lund ist eigentlich fest entschlossen zu ihrem Freund nach Schweden zu ziehen. Zwar ist ihr 12-jähriger Sohn Mark ist nicht begeistert von der Idee. Doch gerade einen Tag vor der Abreise wird ein junges Mädchen ertrunken im Kofferraum eines schwarzen Transporters aufgefunden. Auf welchem Weg das Fahrzeug im Kanal gelandet ist, bleibt zunächst unklar. Klar jedoch ist, dem Mädchen wurde übelst mitgespielt. Für die Kommissarin ist es eine Herzensangelegenheit...more Die Rehaugen der Kommissarin

Kommissarin Lund ist eigentlich fest entschlossen zu ihrem Freund nach Schweden zu ziehen. Zwar ist ihr 12-jähriger Sohn Mark ist nicht begeistert von der Idee. Doch gerade einen Tag vor der Abreise wird ein junges Mädchen ertrunken im Kofferraum eines schwarzen Transporters aufgefunden. Auf welchem Weg das Fahrzeug im Kanal gelandet ist, bleibt zunächst unklar. Klar jedoch ist, dem Mädchen wurde übelst mitgespielt. Für die Kommissarin ist es eine Herzensangelegenheit diese grausame Tat aufzuklären, um den verzweifelten Eltern sagen zu können, der war es, wir haben ihn, er wird es nicht noch einmal tun können. Darüber vergisst sie alles, ihren Freund, ihr Kind, ihre Kollegen. Besondere Brisanz bekommt der Fall durch die Verbindungen zu einem der Kandidaten für den Posten des Oberbürgermeisters.
Mal umgekehrt kommt dieser Roman als schriftliche Adaption einer dänischen Fernsehserie in die Buchhandlungen. Dazu wurde ein englisch-sprachiger Autor gewonnen, was zur Internationalität des Buches beiträgt. Auch die Serie wurde vom US-Fernsehen mit einer eigenen Version interpretiert. Ich selbst habe die Serie nicht gesehen und bin so völlig unvoreingenommen an das Buch herangegangen. Die Übernahme der TV-Handlung in ein Buch finde ich, auch ohne die Serie zu kennen, sehr gelungen. Der Roman hält viel Spannung parat, Cliffhanger wie bei einem Episodenende, schnelle Szenenwechsel, völlig unerwartete Wendungen, immer neue Geheimnisse, die sich wie die Schichten einer Zwiebel entblättern. Ein politischer Skandal scheint kurz vor der Enthüllung. Der Tod des jungen Mädchens löst eine Reihe von Ereignissen aus, in die viele auch unschuldige Menschen hineingezogen werden. Dazu die ermittlenden Polizisten, die manchmal mehr gegeneinander arbeiten, die sich und allen anderen misstrauen. Besonders hartnäckig verbeißt sich die Kommissarin Lund in den Fall. Ihre sanften Rehaugen täuschen, so schnell entgeht ihr nichts und bevor sie nicht hundertprozentig zufrieden mit dem Ergebnis ist, lässt sie die Ermittlungen nicht los. Allerdings liegt für mich in der Person der Kommissarin auch ein kleines Problem, das ich mit dem Buch hatte. Während etlicher Stellen, in denen sie die Personen, die ihr eigentlich nahe stehen, vor den Kopf stößt und links liegen lässt, fragte ich mich, welche Störung sie wohl haben könnte und so richtig sympathisch werden wollte sie mir nicht. Eine wahrlich allein stehende Frau, für die der Beruf alles ist. Und auch diese Aneinanderreihung von Sackgassen, die nur das Ergebnis haben, dass die Ermittlungen immer noch am Anfang stehen, wurde mir im Verlauf etwas zu viel. Doch abgesehen von den kleinen Kritikpunkten habe ich einen sehr fesselnden und ungewöhnlichen 800-Seiten-Krimi gelesen, mit dem eine TV-Serie sehr gut als Buch umgesetzt wurde.
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Aug 26, 2012 Adam Stone rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Killing is a novelisation of the fantastic 20 hour Danish television crime drama which hit British screens in 2011. It manages to condense the entire series with all of the twists and turns, and red herrings, in the storyline into a 720 page novel, which keeps you guessing and thinking that you know who the killer is only to have the rug pulled out from under you only pages later.

The only major deviation from the TV series to this novel is that the ending is slightly different which gives a...more

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Apr 12, 2012 Hillingdon Libraries added it · review of another edition

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Mar 10, 2013 Ruth Millett rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I haven't seen the TV series but have heard good things and so thought I'd read the book on holiday. The storyline gripped me and I loved that, although I couldn't put the book down, it took me longer than a day to finish. However, I read afterwards that the book was written based on the TV series not the other way round. This does explain one aspect that I didn't really like and and that was the very episodic narrative. It was almost like reading a TV show in the sense that a line of enquiry wo...more

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Aug 09, 2012 Vivienne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobook, crime, police-procedural, tv-tie-in

Even though this is a long audiobook, running 25 hrs, 39 mins, both the story and Christian Rodska's excellent narration kept me rivated. I actually did listen to this as well as reading the hardcover book, though for the final few chapters this morning I did just read the book.

It did take me a little while to get used to English accents on Danish characters but watching 'Zen' recently it struck me that on a TV-show with UK actors even if based in another country I wouldn't find it strange. In t...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Sonia Cristina rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: português

Assim que vi este tópico, quando foi criado e passei uma rápida vista de olhos pela sinopse pensei: Quero! Nem quis saber de opiniões. Atrasei a sua leitura à espera que chegasse o 2º volume para, no caso de ser mesmo bom, não sofrer muito com a espera da continuação.

Hoje chegou então a vez desta leitura e o meu pressentimento inicial não podia estar mais acertado! Absolutamente RECOMENDADO, pelo menos a todos os leitores que gostam de um bom policial, porque este é mesmo bom! A única coisa má é...more

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Sep 11, 2012 Gillian Hamer rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Tense, gripping, complex and every bit as good ad the tv series. David Hewson took a difficult, nigh impossible, job in retelling this in novel form - and made it look easy. If anything, without the issue of translation to contend with, I think the characters came across better in the novel. The complexity of Sara Lunt and her interaction in both her personal and professional life was brilliantly written. Even though I knew the story, this kept me gripped, and I was thrilled with the ending. Goo...more

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Aug 15, 2012 Vivienne rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: tv-tie-in, police-procedural, nordic-noir, political-thriller

I fell in love with Forbrydelsen, the original Danish TV series, when it was first aired on BBC as well as its lead character Sarah Lund with her iconic black & white (and white & black) jumpers on first viewing. Since then I have watched it a few times. So I was thrilled last autumn to read that David Hewson, whose Nic Costa series I have so enjoyed over the last couple of years, had been engaged to write a literary adaptation of the series in English and eagerly awaited its publication...more

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Aug 25, 2012 Cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Crazy! Way more red herrings than the us show, but what an interesting web. I love the different spin it took from the us version because it was so surprising, I couldn't put it down. The writing is a bit muddled and the political side is not as interesting (I often skipped past those parts) so that's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. It was so cool how the is show took pieces of the Danish story and give it to different characters like the end scene with jan/holder.

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Feb 23, 2013 Hollie rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Dreadful. Apparently the TV series was great (I haven't seen it), but in book format it is frustratingly long and boring. I got fed up with Lund's investigations that went nowhere and the twists were just silly and unbeliveable. I wasn't keen on the writing style either and continual mention of scarlet/red overalls!

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Dec 30, 2012 stan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Having seen a couple of Episodes on TV. I was a bit skeptical about reading this book after all 708 pages is quite a read . But hand on heart, it turned out to be a real page turner, wonderful story and a nail biting finish.

Perhaps this was down to the excellent translation, however a very good end to 2012.

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Jul 07, 2012 Jo rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-fiction-and-thrillers, tv-tie-in

As a fan of the tv show, I had quite a squeeeee moment when I discovered the existence of this book. Hewson seems to have captured the essence of the show and the characters and I could picture the scenes I'd seen as I was reading them. But, the reason why this does not get 5 stars is because of the changes Hewson made to the ending. I can't understand why he was allowed to do this and what purpose it served.

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Jun 11, 2012 Norma marked it as to-read · review of another edition

I need to get this book I was totally obsessed with the original Danish version of this. It was a really gripping programme that you couldn't wait until the next week to find out what happened next. Amazing I hope the book lives up to it. It's getting good reviews on Amazon.

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Feb 13, 2013 Kim Trusty added it · review of another edition

Alright, so here's another book that I'm never going to finish. I blame the fact that watched the first season of the American version and it's made it almost impossible for me to read this, adapted from the Danish original, without constantly super-imposing the American version over top. Which is pretty confusing. So...

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Dec 29, 2012 Mirandana rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Wat een moeilijk boek om in te komen, veel teveel personages waar je je doorheen moet worstelen. Heb het boek dan ook al snel weggelegd. Misschien als je de serie hebt gevolgd dat het leuk en herkenbaar is maar voor mij helemaal niets.

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Dec 06, 2012 Ralst rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If it hadn't been for the entirely unnecessary final chapter this would have rated five stars, but the writer's decision to throw in a final twist and mess with the original ending spoilt what was otherwise a good novelisation.

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Jun 06, 2012 Jo added it · review of another edition

95% of the novel did not add anything at all to the tv series, then totally messed up the one big change at the end, I agree there needed to be a change but he chose the wrong way. Cant say more in case I spoil it for any others.

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Feb 23, 2013 Kimberley Zoe rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Good book but drags abit towards the end felt could have been shorter and had more of a dramatic effect! Was expecting the revealing of the killer to be a massive explosion and very shocking however was a little disappointed by the final outcome!

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Apr 26, 2013 Clio rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Unbelievable. Lost count of number of times it was all wrapped up only to have it twist away and take the ground away from you again. Unsettling riveting this book builds and builds and never let's you down. Cannot recommend enough to those who like the thriller/detective genre.

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Oct 11, 2012 Peter rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: thrillers-and-detectives

First of all, let me make it clear that I have NOT seen the TV series. Apparently it was very good, but I am nog a big fan of crime series on TV.
However, I read some good reviews of the book (which was based on the TV series, not the other way round) and was in the mood for a good thriller.
I can't say I was disappointed, because it is well written, but as the story unfolds, the twists and turns of the plot become so weird and unbelievable (so many suspects, so little time), that it left me uns...more

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Oct 14, 2012 Wellington City Libraries added it · review of another edition

Shelves: readers-choice

Excellent - very clever interweaving and linking of plots and clever denouement. Huge book but real page turner.

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Feb 05, 2013 Kendall Wong rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, series

It was amazing! I couldn't put it down, even though I had to with life and all. One of the best books I've read in a long time!

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DAVID HEWSON was born in Yorkshire in 1953. He has written sixteen novels, as well as several travel books. Until 2005 he was a weekly columnist for the Sunday Times until becoming a full-time author. David lives in Kent but visits Italy frequently. All 11 of his Italian books are now in development as TV movies.

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