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Hot weather, dry humor and audacious murder! Yes, indeed, at the Savoy. Politically motivated perhaps. The authors sure are. You can easily tell when they are preaching instead of narrating. A little too pushy for me at times. Not enough to be a real killjoy though. Beck and his team do what they do best. Sigh, grumble, ponder, speculate and investigate. Also nice; the comeback of a number of characters, small and not so small, from previous books. Like one (not so) happy family. So yeah, great read, again. Looking forward to the next one, although I am getting slightly worried about S&W's increasing social commentary..

smemmott's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

riikka_s's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

3.75

felicitydisco's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Odd but interesting, as usual for this series!

senkahawke's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

zaisgraph's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Crime novels are my favorite and this just wasn't the tea for me. Maybe all the hype and build-up I have read online about the series, after buying this book blind, raised my expectations way too much. Perhaps I have read the weakest entry in the Martin Beck saga, I really don't know. This is as straight forward as they come and it really disappointed me. It's like I read a filler episode of a series, maybe this is one of them. Any excitement I have about reading more is greatly diminished. There were a few challenges I have had with the book, the Swedish names for food, places and people's names became a chore to research one by one, most specially the pronunciation. In any case this was a pleasant and unremarkable read but if you are a detective freak this is as mild as an iced caramel macchiato.

pepsipepe's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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