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This Nordic noir is set in Kiruna in the very north of Sweden during the winter, with the Northern Lights swirling over the scene. Rebecka Martinsson, a Stockholm lawyer, is called back to her native town to help defend the sister of a charismatic Christian evangelist who has been brutally murdered. During the course of the novel, we also learn of Rebecka's own painful story and involvement with the sect which caused her to leave.

This is a dark book but it's enlivened by Rebecka's can-do, no-nonsense attitude. She has to deal with the passive and rather useless sister and is soon pressed into looking after her two neglected children. At first, one is not quite sure who the protagonist is because there is also a heavily-pregnant police officer who might be the heroine -- but who fades somewhat as the book proceeds with Rebecka taking the lead. I must say, having lived in Sweden which is one of the most secular countries in the world, I was surprised to find a revivalist movement, which might have been at home in the US Bible Belt, setting up shop in Lapland with folks speaking in tongues. They were only missing snake handling. But whatever, this is a novel.

To be brief, this is a very workmanlike and professional job enlivened by the unusual setting which brought it vividly to life as well as the very appealing protagonist. The villains are not as realistic or convincing but this does not detract from one's enjoyment of the story -- although it is a weakness that prevents the novel from achieving the highest standard.


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Sun Storm Rebecka Martinsson Asa Larsson Marlaine Delargy Books Reviews

If you're a fan of Swedish mysteries, especially in the noir genre, this is a book for you. The novel gets off to a lurid start. A man has been murdered and mutilated inside a church in the small town of Kiruna. His eyes have been gouged out and his hands cut off, and he has been stabbed over and over again. We find out shortly about his charismatic nature, his authoring of a best-selling religious book, and how he has been the central force holding his church together.

Rebecka Martinsson, an attorney practicing in Stockholm, receives a call from an old friend named Sanna, the victim's sister. We get the idea that something has distanced Rebecka from Sanna but, nevertheless, Rebecka travels to Kiruna to offer Sanna some help - both emotional and legal.

In Kiruna, where Rebecka has history, she is not welcomed. The three pastors of the church where the murder occurred are distant and unwelcoming to both Rebecka and the police who are investigating the crime. The police are puzzled. According to everyone they talk to, the victim was beloved and had no enemies. Yet, the manner of his murder is personal and someone hated him enough to mutilate his body.

Rebecka is drawn towards helping Sanna but she also remembers vividly the problems she had when she lived in Kiruna. The atmosphere in Kiruna is dark and secretive and Rebecka must set boundaries in order to keep herself physically and emotionally safe.

I enjoyed the page-turning aspect of this novel and the exciting action. However, there was something to be desired in the denouement. It seemed to be over-kill (no pun intended). I love the atmospheric darkness of the cold and often barren Swedish landscape. Living in the sub-arctic of Alaska myself, I can identify with the Swedish winters and the cold. Asa Larson captures the ambiance of the arctic winter and one can almost imagine a frigid air arising from the pages.
I purchased this novel because of all the glowing reviews. I truly wanted to love the piece but a third way thru, I struggled to maintain interest. The characters are unsympathetic and by the time you reach the ending (Spoiler alert!), you are unsurprised that there were many guilty parties. Of course there were. They were all such jerks to begin with. The victim seems such an uninteresting individual that you are unmoved about his death and his sister is illustrated as such a ditz, one wonders why she would deserve such fealty from the heroine. Finally, the heroine is portrayed as such a high strung, unlikeable character that you find yourself not cheering her on.
This Nordic noir is set in Kiruna in the very north of Sweden during the winter, with the Northern Lights swirling over the scene. Rebecka Martinsson, a Stockholm lawyer, is called back to her native town to help defend the sister of a charismatic Christian evangelist who has been brutally murdered. During the course of the novel, we also learn of Rebecka's own painful story and involvement with the sect which caused her to leave.

This is a dark book but it's enlivened by Rebecka's can-do, no-nonsense attitude. She has to deal with the passive and rather useless sister and is soon pressed into looking after her two neglected children. At first, one is not quite sure who the protagonist is because there is also a heavily-pregnant police officer who might be the heroine -- but who fades somewhat as the book proceeds with Rebecka taking the lead. I must say, having lived in Sweden which is one of the most secular countries in the world, I was surprised to find a revivalist movement, which might have been at home in the US Bible Belt, setting up shop in Lapland with folks speaking in tongues. They were only missing snake handling. But whatever, this is a novel.

To be brief, this is a very workmanlike and professional job enlivened by the unusual setting which brought it vividly to life as well as the very appealing protagonist. The villains are not as realistic or convincing but this does not detract from one's enjoyment of the story -- although it is a weakness that prevents the novel from achieving the highest standard.