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The Inner Circle (Anders Knutas #3)
The Inner Circle opens with an international group of young archeology students sweating on a dig on the island of Gotland, uncovering a Viking fortification dating back over a millennium. They are a fun-loving lot, partying together every night, but the good vibe turns to horror when one of them, twenty-one-year-old Martina Flochten, disappears. Her body is found a shor
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
November 25th 2008
by Minotaur Books
(first published January 1st 2005)
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De goden verzoeken is het derde verhaal wat zich op het Zweedse eiland Gotland afspeelt met hoofdcommissaris Anders Knutas en tv-journalist Johan Berg in de hoofdrollen. Een pony wordt door twee meisjes gevonden met het hoofd eraf gesneden. Het hoofd is nergens te vinden. Wel blijkt, dat er bloed was afgetapt. Later wordt er een meisje uit Nederland vermist, een archeologiestudente, Martina Flochten. Ze werkt mee aan de opgraving van een haven uit de Vikingtijd. Ze wordt een paar dagen later gev...more
I love this series, the plots are intriguing and always keep me hooked. This is yet another author who tells a great story and without the need to over-sensationalize and go nuts to wrap up her stories. This is the Inspector Knutas series, a down to earth policeman who is investigating the case of a missing archaeology student who disappears on her way back to her hostel in Gotland (Sweden. Just before this, someone killed and removed the head of a pony on a farm and Knutas is also working on th...more
My review in one word: generic.
My review in probably too many words:
I will first admit that I was a bit hesitant about this book at first. A female Swedish journalist writing mystery novels featuring a journalist reminded me a bit too much of Liza Marklund, of whom I'm not a big fan. And then there is the setting for her series of novels: Gotland, a Swedish summer destination island with a year-round population of about 60,000. A series with multiple serial murderers in such a setting requires a...more
My review in probably too many words:
I will first admit that I was a bit hesitant about this book at first. A female Swedish journalist writing mystery novels featuring a journalist reminded me a bit too much of Liza Marklund, of whom I'm not a big fan. And then there is the setting for her series of novels: Gotland, a Swedish summer destination island with a year-round population of about 60,000. A series with multiple serial murderers in such a setting requires a...more
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Review via Crime Beat by N. P. Statham.
The third book in the Anders Knutas series is by far the best one. Now that we're familiar with the characters, the pace is faster, their personal problems doubled in magnitude. And what's more important, the central plot is both darker and more elaborate.
Set once again in my adopted homeland Gotland, The Inner Circle starts with the ritualistic killing of an archaeology student and the theft of antiquity pieces. At first both seem no more than unrelated co...more
The third book in the Anders Knutas series is by far the best one. Now that we're familiar with the characters, the pace is faster, their personal problems doubled in magnitude. And what's more important, the central plot is both darker and more elaborate.
Set once again in my adopted homeland Gotland, The Inner Circle starts with the ritualistic killing of an archaeology student and the theft of antiquity pieces. At first both seem no more than unrelated co...more
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This is a mystery set on the island of Gotland, off the east coast of Sweden. Since I know very little about Sweden it was a good introduction to the area, and the Swedish mindset. As mysteries go, it's not up to the best standard, but the characters are interesting, if a little blah, and the story itself is very Nordic. I think the translator could have done a better job--there were points where the language just seemed a little too literal, too rushed.
The gist of the plot is the decapitation o...more
The gist of the plot is the decapitation o...more
The third book in the Inspector Anders Knutas series, "The Inner Circle" by Mari Jungstedt is a perfect example of Nordic noir at its finest. I had not read the first two Knutas novels, but I still didn't have any problems jumping in mid-stream. The prose of the book flows nicely and this may be a credit to the translator as much as anything. The mystery surrounds a couple of brutal murders of archeologists on a dig and some very strange mutilations of horses on the Swedish island Gotland. I lik...more
Na razie ostatnia wydana w Polsce powieść Jungstedt. Tym razem mamy do czynienia z tajemniczą zbrodnią, jak się szybko okazuje - rytualną.
Nie sposób odmówić autorce umiejętności narracji. Jest to książka, którą czyta się z wypiekami na twarzy. Obok wątku kryminalnego, w którym Przypadek znów ma ważną rolę (ale tym razem jest to przypadek wynikający z działań bohaterów), Jungstedt przekonująco przedstawia wątki obyczajowe. Nie zajmuje się mrocznymi powiązaniami, zgnilizną moralną policji, co z j...more
Nie sposób odmówić autorce umiejętności narracji. Jest to książka, którą czyta się z wypiekami na twarzy. Obok wątku kryminalnego, w którym Przypadek znów ma ważną rolę (ale tym razem jest to przypadek wynikający z działań bohaterów), Jungstedt przekonująco przedstawia wątki obyczajowe. Nie zajmuje się mrocznymi powiązaniami, zgnilizną moralną policji, co z j...more
I wish I could give this two and a half stars instead of just two, but 'Inner Circle' just falls apart. The most important scenes are still taking place off the page, which would be fine, but suddenly Emma and Johan are back together (sort of, she divorced Olle, even though in the last book she told Johan to have a nice life) while I had hoped it was the last I'd see of Emma. Nope. I wanted to read a mystery, but what Jungstedt served was something more akin to J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts.
The book e...more
The book e...more
Although this book has truly horror-filled murders, creepy, damaged perps, and dark, dangerous, haunting forests, the emphasis is on the daily life of police on the isle of Gotland. Their routine pursuits, in particular searching for information in the cause of justice, become most interesting when accompanied by Inspector Knutas' musings on the behavior of his colleagues. Each character is so carefully drawn that the reader cares about their success, failure and possible murder. Archeology and...more
May 18, 2012
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Unknown/The Inner Circle is the third instalment in Mari Jungstedt's series about Anders Knutas, the Gotland detective. As with the previous two, it sets up an interesting mystery for Knutas to solve, aided and/or hindered by Stockholm journalist Johan Berg. However, although it starts well enough, this book not only stretches the bounds of credibility, but is also has a disappointingly unsatisfying ending. The premise of the story, like the previous two in the series, is intriguing, beginning w...more
This is the third of the Anders Knutas mysteries set on the island of Gotland, in Sweden. I think it could be read as a stand-alone, but then the reader would miss out on the developing relationships between the characters and that relationship does account for some of the suspense. This mystery mixes Viking rituals with archaeology and modern real estate development. As always, Jungstedt does a fantastic job of making the reader feel as though she is on Gotland, in the scene. Characterization a...more
I got confused which is nothing, absolutely nothing, new. But one night, for some reason, I plucked THE INNER CIRCLE by Mari Jungstedt from the stacks, and started reading. Then I got quite convinced I'd already read the book. So I went to check and found UNSEEN, which I then re-read, ending up very struck by the similarities between the two plots. Which got me wondering if there were similarities in all of them, and as I had a number of the books to hand, I thought I'd read them in order and se...more
'Unknown' is Mari Jungstedt's third novel featuring Detective Superintendent Anders Knutas, set on the Swedish island of Gotland.
The story gets under way when a horse is found decapitated in a field, its head having been taken away. Whilst the police are investigating, a young female student working on a Viking artifact archaeological dig is found dead, hanging from a tree with her stomach slit open. Neither the police inquiries, nor the investigations of the returning journalist, Johan, seem to...more
The story gets under way when a horse is found decapitated in a field, its head having been taken away. Whilst the police are investigating, a young female student working on a Viking artifact archaeological dig is found dead, hanging from a tree with her stomach slit open. Neither the police inquiries, nor the investigations of the returning journalist, Johan, seem to...more
I rarely read mysteries, but this one intrigued me when I read the blurb while processing it at the library. Lots of characters, murders, takes place on the island of Gotland off the coast of Sweden. Some history, archeology, and geography in the background of the story.
I ended up liking this well enough -- plenty of suspense, heightened by the stylistic strategy of moving back and forth between characters and subplots. Tied up nicely at the end.
I ended up liking this well enough -- plenty of suspense, heightened by the stylistic strategy of moving back and forth between characters and subplots. Tied up nicely at the end.
I happened to pick this up in an English bookstore in Stockholm - and I'm glad I did! Like a cross between Mankell and SJ Bolton. Ancient Nordic ritual, murder, love - great! This book kept my attention while movers packed our apartment around me, and that speaks volumes!
After having spent the last week of May in Stockholm, I did find it a little hard to believe that it was such a hot summer in Gotland!
After having spent the last week of May in Stockholm, I did find it a little hard to believe that it was such a hot summer in Gotland!
Best yet in this series. I get a little tired of Knutas missing points, and think he may be headed for retirement (or at least needs a vacation). I like that he's surrounded by strong characters, and the Johan-Emma story line was actually likeable this time around. I'd recommend this to anyone who likes mysteries, even if you're not familiar with the earlier books.
Excellant third book by Jungstedt. This book was a story about ritualistic serial killings and archival thefts, though that doesnt become apparent until later in the book. there was multiple murders and twists and turns as well as the ongoing side stories of Detective Knutas and Johan a journalist from previous books. This, I believe was the best of the three books I have read by this author.
Jul 29, 2011
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This is the second book I have read by this author--they are set in Gotland, an island off the coast of Sweden, and there is a TV reporter and a police officer as two main characters, who circle on discovering the source of a series of murders that happen over a period of time. I did not love the story line, but the characters I liked alot.
Jungstedt is another of a long list of fine Scandinavian mystery writers. In this book, the body of a horse is dscovered in a field with no head. Soon a young woman archaeologist disappears from a dig of an ancient Viking encampment. Soon she is found hung in a nearby woods. It's good, even very good, but not great.
After reading the first Steig Larsson, I needed some less hyped Swedish crime novels. Picked this one off the new book shelf. The mystery centers around an old Nordic cult - beheaded horses, drinking blood, ritual murders. Not quite enough there to sustain my interest, but I finished it. Can't wait for the new Henning Mankell to come back onto the hold shelf for me.
Mar 30, 2009
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The references to the Norse Mythology were very interesting. The archeology digs were central to this book, and the previous civilizations that inhabited the island would be interesting to research. Had trouble figuring out who the murdered was. A good read.
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Tried this author a second time, still think this type of crime novel is done better by the others. Also, I don't know what it is with this writer and the gratuitous cruelty to animals that featured prominently in both of the books I read.
This was an interesting story, but kind of unsatisfying; the writing just seemed a bit flat, somehow. I always wonder if that's the author's fault or the translator's. The plot seemed kind of sketchy too; that has to be the author's problem.
Anders Knutas is a police investigator on Gotland Island in Sweden. Murder of a horse and its decapitation startle everyone. Then we have human murders of a ritualistic bent.
The book was pretty good til the last chapter. It had been very detailed up til that point and then leaves several story lines with no completion. That drives me crazy when they leave you hanging. Also with it being a Swedish book the names were hard for me to read and figure out how they are pronounced.
Jungstedtin tyyli ja tapa kirjoittaa ovat hyviä ja tempaavat mukaansa. Juoni on hyvä ja kiinnostava, sekä kirja on myös nopealukuinen. Hyvä kirja.
This was a very enjoyable read. The plot was fast-paced and the characters believable. This modern tale mystery is interwoven with Viking mythology. The author balanced the history and the mystery well.
Buenísimo , solo pequeña debilidad al comparar con las otras dos historias , en que no deja cabos sueltos . Pero entretiene
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Mari Jungstedt is a Swedish journalist and popular crime fiction author.
Jungstedt worked as a reporter on Swedish national public radio and television, and was an occasional presenter on TV4's daily talk show Förkväll.
Her first three novels are set on the island of Gotland and feature Detective Superintendent Anders Knutas and the journalist Johan Berg. Two of her novels were filmed for Swedish TV...more
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Jungstedt worked as a reporter on Swedish national public radio and television, and was an occasional presenter on TV4's daily talk show Förkväll.
Her first three novels are set on the island of Gotland and feature Detective Superintendent Anders Knutas and the journalist Johan Berg. Two of her novels were filmed for Swedish TV...more
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