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helenahvg's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
mtnest's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
lynguy1's review against another edition
4.0
Cry Wolf by Hans Rosenfeldt is shocking, suspenseful, violent, and heartbreaking and set in and around Haparanda, Sweden. It has aspects of both a crime thriller and a police procedural. Policewoman Hannah Wester starts investigating the death of a wolf and her pup. When human remains are found in their stomachs, the search is on for a body. When a link is made to a drug deal gone wrong across the border in Finland, a task force is assembled and events rapidly escalate.
While Hannah is the main character, the story is told from multiple points of view (POV). Hannah is around 50 years old, sometimes too quick to draw conclusions, but relentless in her investigations, and is experiencing several personal issues. Readers get insights into many of the characters’ personal, professional, and criminal lives without detracting from the investigation. There was an amazing amount of depth to several characters without ruining the flow of the story. I don’t remember ever seeing this much depth in so many characters in a book before. One POV that stood out to me was that of the city itself. This lent a unique perspective to the story and how events can affect a city. I enjoyed the historical information as well.
The opening scene grabs readers’ attention and quickly pulls them into the investigation. The novel is interspersed with police investigations into the crimes, violence, and the personal troubles of various characters in the novel. While the transitions were somewhat abrupt, it seemed to work for me. One thing that was a little different is that readers occasionally got insight into a character’s future life situation. While this was interesting, it could sometimes be distracting to the flow.
The plot is well developed, the pace fast, and the story line is action-packed. The episodic writing style takes a little while to get used to but works for this novel. Descriptive writing gave a great sense of place while twists and turns take readers on the journey. This book is dark, clever, and gripping with great characters as well as a tense and spellbinding story line. Readers should be aware that there are some gruesome details and some chilling and emotional scenes. The ending wasn’t quite what I was expecting. However, the culmination was impactful and raised some questions and threads that could appear in a future book. Themes include murder, double-crosses, drugs, greed, social media effects on police investigations, infidelity, family relationships, and much more.
Overall, this book was suspenseful, intense, riveting, and thought-provoking. If you enjoy international crime thrillers and police procedurals that have strong characters, then this may be the novel for you. While this is the first book I have read by this author, I am looking forward to reading others by him.
Harlequin Trade Publishing – Hanover Square Press and Hans Rosenfeldt provided a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley. This is my honest review. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way. Publication date is currently set for December 28, 2021. This review was originally posted at Mystery and Suspense Magazine.
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My 4 star review of this international crime thriller and police procedural will be posted 3-4 days after it appears in Mystery and Suspense Magazine and about one month prior to the publication date.
While Hannah is the main character, the story is told from multiple points of view (POV). Hannah is around 50 years old, sometimes too quick to draw conclusions, but relentless in her investigations, and is experiencing several personal issues. Readers get insights into many of the characters’ personal, professional, and criminal lives without detracting from the investigation. There was an amazing amount of depth to several characters without ruining the flow of the story. I don’t remember ever seeing this much depth in so many characters in a book before. One POV that stood out to me was that of the city itself. This lent a unique perspective to the story and how events can affect a city. I enjoyed the historical information as well.
The opening scene grabs readers’ attention and quickly pulls them into the investigation. The novel is interspersed with police investigations into the crimes, violence, and the personal troubles of various characters in the novel. While the transitions were somewhat abrupt, it seemed to work for me. One thing that was a little different is that readers occasionally got insight into a character’s future life situation. While this was interesting, it could sometimes be distracting to the flow.
The plot is well developed, the pace fast, and the story line is action-packed. The episodic writing style takes a little while to get used to but works for this novel. Descriptive writing gave a great sense of place while twists and turns take readers on the journey. This book is dark, clever, and gripping with great characters as well as a tense and spellbinding story line. Readers should be aware that there are some gruesome details and some chilling and emotional scenes. The ending wasn’t quite what I was expecting. However, the culmination was impactful and raised some questions and threads that could appear in a future book. Themes include murder, double-crosses, drugs, greed, social media effects on police investigations, infidelity, family relationships, and much more.
Overall, this book was suspenseful, intense, riveting, and thought-provoking. If you enjoy international crime thrillers and police procedurals that have strong characters, then this may be the novel for you. While this is the first book I have read by this author, I am looking forward to reading others by him.
Harlequin Trade Publishing – Hanover Square Press and Hans Rosenfeldt provided a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley. This is my honest review. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way. Publication date is currently set for December 28, 2021. This review was originally posted at Mystery and Suspense Magazine.
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My 4 star review of this international crime thriller and police procedural will be posted 3-4 days after it appears in Mystery and Suspense Magazine and about one month prior to the publication date.
reidisreading's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
A real page turner, very fun and twisty with enough character intrigue to chew on. A good time!
alerycelery's review against another edition
4.0
I liked that the author began the book from the wolf’s point of view, and the interludes where he talks about the city like it’s a woman were cool too. I struggled to keep the names of the people and places straight and although that is a “me” problem (not super familiar with the Scandinavian landscape or language) it still made it difficult for me to follow. I appreciate that the main character is a menopausal policewoman. You don’t see that so often in this kind of story. The ending is set up for a sequel, though I don’t know of one. I enjoyed this book well enough that I’d be interested in reading it if there were one.
sophia_liber's review against another edition
3.0
Me ha gustado la trama y el vivir al minuto lo que estaba pasando en cada momento con cada personaje y ver la diferencia entre la realidad de los hechos y lo que averiguaba o vivía cada personaje por separado.
No me ha gustado tener que volver a releer más de un capítulo para entender quiénes eran los personajes y la relación entre ellos, sobre todo al principio del libro.
No me ha gustado tener que volver a releer más de un capítulo para entender quiénes eran los personajes y la relación entre ellos, sobre todo al principio del libro.
soederbacka's review against another edition
3.0
Väldigt cinematisk med mycket intrig, massvis med karaktärer och berättarperspektiv.
charlottethebookharlot's review against another edition
4.0
In the remote northern town of Haparanda dead wolves reveal a drug deal gone wrong. As police officer Hannah Wester ties to piece together what happened and find the drugs and money that have vanished a deadly female assassin enters the town; hired to locate the money chaos ensues.
I loved the small town setting and the twists and turns that kept coming. Hannah's character and troubled home life was really intriguing and I followed wanting to know more about her and how things would turn out. This was a dark and gripping crime thriller that I would definitely recommend.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book in exchange for a honest review
I loved the small town setting and the twists and turns that kept coming. Hannah's character and troubled home life was really intriguing and I followed wanting to know more about her and how things would turn out. This was a dark and gripping crime thriller that I would definitely recommend.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book in exchange for a honest review
ebokhyllami's review against another edition
4.0
Veldig bra start på en ny serie. Kanskje litt enkelt plott i starten her, men veldig flott karakteroppbygging for videreutvikling. Denne skal jeg (også) følge!