I did not expect this to read so quickly.

112. The Black Path – Asa Larsson

Somehow, this third entry in the Rebecka Martinsson series made a mining-related murder compelling enough that I read a lot of paragraphs about financial crimes and corrupt business practices in Uganda and how rich people do things and was still continuously interested. Even when Rebecka was mooning over her old boss Mans and analyzing his every word in emails that were one line long, I was still interested enough to stay up and finish the last couple hundred pages in one night. I think that says a lot for the series and the translation being effective.

There are a lot of good chapters with Anna-Maria and Sven-Erik from the police to move things along though. They’re really great detective characters and always have funny insights and definitely aren’t mooning over anyone, they’re a bit more bent on action.

One of the characters they didn’t get to talk to, and who didn’t seem to like talking at all, but was the reason for the title and very interesting, was Ester. She seemed to be a bit psychic, seeing people’s deaths or other parts of their life if she touched them. She was the main mining executive’s half-sister and lived on his property mostly weight lifting after previously having some success with painting. She was quite unexpected.

 

Also quite unexpected, Ozma.