Kill

Harald Fors #3

by Mats Wahl, Angelika Kutsch (Translator)

Die ganze Stadt steht unter Schock: Einen Tag, nachdem Kommissar Fors von unbekannten Tätern brutal überfallen und bestohlen wurde, ereignet sich in der Schule eine Schießerei, bei der drei Kinder ums Leben kommen - erschossen mit Fors' gestohlener Dienstwaffe. Die Ermittlungen gehen mühsam voran, bis entscheidende Hinweise eingehen, wer Fors die Waffe entwendet hat. Doch hat die Polizei mit den drei Jugendlichen, die Fors zusammengeschlagen haben, auch den Amokschützen?

Genres: Young Adult, Crime, Thriller, School

320 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Mats Wahl (1945-2025) was a Swedish author. He has published 43 books but also written several plays for the theatre, TV programs, novels and movies. Vinterviken (in English: The Winter Bay) is one of his most famous books, which is also a film.

Reviews

[jas · Rating 1 out of 5]

The only reason this book gets one star is because the writing itself is very easily readable. The content however…Apart from having to read the N-word several times sometimes on the same page, Wahl has not created any female characters of depth. Almost every single time one reads about a woman in this book it is about her desirability in relation to a male character. It was infuriating to read and I’m sorry to my 13 year old self for having to be bombarded with this much sexism and racism at such a young and impressionable age.

[Kira Sephan]

well
written
storyline,
suprising
end,
great
charakterdeelepment

[Astrid Podsiadlowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was school literature for my son who is 14. I think it is a very good account of what can happen if children are bullyied and about violence in a school context. As it is written like a crime story it is also very appealing to read. Unfortunately it leaves some questions open in the end, for example what happens with the child who was behind all the dynamics that unfolded. My son was also not really convinced that the actual killings could have happened like they were described in the end.