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In this 5th book in the 'Fjällbacka/Patrik Hedström' series, Swedish crime writer Erica Falck is faced with the possibility that her mother was a Nazi sympathizer during WWII. The book can be read as a standalone.*****In Fjällbacka, Sweden two teens break into the house of Erik Frankel, an elderly man who collects Nazi memorabilia. They're shocked to discover his badly decomposed body. Coincidentally true crime writer Erica Falck, looking through belongings of her deceased mother, Elsy, finds so...
I felt that Lackberg walked a fine line with this one. By putting Patrik at home instead of at the police station she made the book more domestic than crime. On the other hand she turned Erica into a temporary sleuth and successfully ran two separate mysteries until they became one. It worked for me.As with all good series I have an attachment by now to all of the main characters and it is good to see them changing and developing. Anna in particular has made huge progress and I loved the moment
I'm generous giving this a 3. Closer to a 2.5 star because these novels (Lackberg series) are not as much crime or mystery genre anymore as they are continuing character minutia tracts. The read is 40% character trivia that is basically unrelated whimsy and only on a super wide tangent from any fact or semi-involved relationship that has anything to do with the plot or outcome of the "mystery". A run on sentence but that's what is going on more and more with each progressive Lackberg novel. I do...
My first books by the author. I did not realize this was a series novel, but I don't feel I missed any background diving into #5. Although, I think the author tried to incorporate too many characters into the mix. I was disappointed in the police force forgetting to collect DNA and fingerprints, I guess that's what makes the story so lengthy. Too long in my opinion.
I've read two books by this author and it's only fair to say that she's not for me. However, I don't want to put you off. I've given it a low rating because I have to, to me it was just 'okay', but I knew as I was reading it that many others would think far more of it.I like my crime fiction, and in all sorts of shapes and sizes, but there were just too many tangents here, too many distractons, and to be blunt, too much character contemplation of the navel.Everyone has their own tastes. I am qui...
Quite tiresome and repetitive narrative, a bit obvious in the mystery department and a lot of passages concerning the personal drama aspect of series as a whole - not something a first time reader like myself find interesting.It felt a lot like watching a reeeaaaallllllyyyy long episode of any American police series of your choice, with poor dialogue and - dare I say it? - unintellingent detectives. All in all, it sometimes got me feeling that Lackberg sees her readers as the unintelligent lot.
The Hidden Child is easily the strongest entry in Läckberg's canon to date, and this is largely attributable to the fact that in this novel she has a masterful handle on just about all of her characters. Erica is not sidelined for the first time since The Ice Princess, and Mellberg, now that we've accepted that he doesn't do any actual work, is clearly being groomed into a lovably reformed "middle aged" man in his sixties. First you throw him a dog, and the rest will follow. The crime here is fa...
An intense page-turner. Crime Fiction at its finest.
I was disappointed in this book right from the first chapter when the author had a one year old more advanced than she should have been. On page 80 the author had the medical examiner explain that Erik had been killed by a right handed person standing in front of him who hit him on the right temple. Later in the book, the killer stated that he had dropped the stone bust on the top of Erik’s head. The reactions of her characters were often in excess of the circumstances. The plot was predictable
If in the previous book of this series I said that the personal lives of the characters were not very important, in this one it is all about that. The plot goes around Erika’s mother, her life, her secrets and the possible link between her childhood and a crime that happens in now well known Fallbacka.Maybe I´m now used to read the author or, she is (or was, since this book is not really new) growing up, but I am enjoying a lot the last books of the series. Maybe it is slower than the previous o...
Digital audio performed by Simon VanceErica’s mother has died, and when going through her mother’s possessions, she’s shocked to discover a Nazi medal. She goes to the home of a retired history professor to get information about the artifact, but he’s less than helpful and rather evasive. Two days later he’s dead. And Erica’s husband, Patrik, gets involved in the investigation.This is the fifth book in the series featuring crime writer Erica Falck and Detective Patrik Hedström, in the village of...
