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128 reviews for:
The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator
Joakim Palmkvist
3.2 AVERAGE
128 reviews for:
The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator
Joakim Palmkvist
3.2 AVERAGE
Way too long to get to the real meat of the story. I have no doubt that these two absolutely killed the girl's father and I am shocked they only got 18 years. What terrible people and she deserves to lose her money and child.
This book took me nearly half a year to finish. I had to restart it because I had put it down so long. For a true crime murder story, it was dry and incredibly boring to read. You knew the ending the entire time, the book was repetitive, and it was written almost completely in a 3rd person narration of listing facts.
Very detailed and clear timeline of the events surrounding the investigation and outcome of the Murder of Goran Lundblad.
I was a little concerned that reading a book which had been translated would fog the details of the investigation and things would be lost in the transition into the English language, but I was pleasantly surprised.
I was unaware of this true crime and only purchased the book as it was a kindle deal of the day book, but the synopsis intrigued me.
I was a little concerned that reading a book which had been translated would fog the details of the investigation and things would be lost in the transition into the English language, but I was pleasantly surprised.
I was unaware of this true crime and only purchased the book as it was a kindle deal of the day book, but the synopsis intrigued me.
The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator was my first true crime read from outside the U.S. or U.K.
The story of the murder of Göran Lundblad by his daughter, Maria, and her boyfriend was heartbreaking. Killed in Förlösa, the police didn't have Lundblad's body or the evidence to prove his murder. This crime of greed went unsolved for quite some time and if it hadn't been for Therese Tang, a Missing People volunteer, this murder case would have probably have gone unsolved.
I enjoyed reading both Lundblad's story but also Tang's story. It's amazing that there are volunteer groups out there like Missing People and the amount of cooperation between Sweden's police departments and this organization truly help to solve missing people cases that could have gone unsolved forever.
The story of the murder of Göran Lundblad by his daughter, Maria, and her boyfriend was heartbreaking. Killed in Förlösa, the police didn't have Lundblad's body or the evidence to prove his murder. This crime of greed went unsolved for quite some time and if it hadn't been for Therese Tang, a Missing People volunteer, this murder case would have probably have gone unsolved.
I enjoyed reading both Lundblad's story but also Tang's story. It's amazing that there are volunteer groups out there like Missing People and the amount of cooperation between Sweden's police departments and this organization truly help to solve missing people cases that could have gone unsolved forever.
The case itself was fascinating but I could've done with less emphasis on some of the people involved. It was feast or famine. Either there were a lot of pertinent details that grabbed my attention or it was a slog of pages about someone's personal history. I also really appreciated the explanations of Swedish law and culture, and ultimately wanted to know the outcome of the case so I kept reading.
It was an interesting case, but I felt like it could have been shortened up a bit some of it didn't seem like it was necessary for the main storyline.
Maybe it’s just the fact that I don’t really read true crime, but I found that this book went around in circles too many times for my tastes. Granted, I like going in a straight line, but this would tell you about one detail in regards to December 2012, then they would move on to things that happened in 2013, and then out of nowhere it is like ‘oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that this happened in December 2012’. Meh.
3.5* interesting , learning about a capital crime in another country. I think the story got a bit bogged down in Therese Tangs story , but recovered overall
2.5*
I think the moral of this story is if you want to murder a man do it in Sweden.
Even if you report the person missing ages after the fact and are the only suspect as the case drags on for years, the police will let you go on living in the victim’s house completely unimpeded. They’ll even give you plenty of time to hide or burn all of his belongings, won’t check your burn pile for potential evidence, and won’t bat an eye at your incredibly suspicious behavior and copious money transfers.
And if your victim happens to be your family’s mortal enemy? Don’t worry about it. They’re going to search with cadaver dogs, but’s it’s not like they’re actually going to check YOUR land. Searching the prime suspects property who happens to be the mortal enemy of the victim with the best motive for his murder? Don’t be ridiculous.
As long as you don’t tell everything to a pretty volunteer on the first date in hopes of getting laid, you’ll be absolutely fine.
And even if you do confess to the murder in intimate detail and give investigators all the evidence they need to convict you, I doubt you’ll get that much prison time.
I think the moral of this story is if you want to murder a man do it in Sweden.
Even if you report the person missing ages after the fact and are the only suspect as the case drags on for years, the police will let you go on living in the victim’s house completely unimpeded. They’ll even give you plenty of time to hide or burn all of his belongings, won’t check your burn pile for potential evidence, and won’t bat an eye at your incredibly suspicious behavior and copious money transfers.
And if your victim happens to be your family’s mortal enemy? Don’t worry about it. They’re going to search with cadaver dogs, but’s it’s not like they’re actually going to check YOUR land. Searching the prime suspects property who happens to be the mortal enemy of the victim with the best motive for his murder? Don’t be ridiculous.
As long as you don’t tell everything to a pretty volunteer on the first date in hopes of getting laid, you’ll be absolutely fine.
And even if you do confess to the murder in intimate detail and give investigators all the evidence they need to convict you, I doubt you’ll get that much prison time.
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
An interesting true-crime story that is told in something of a confusing, overly-detailed-in-places, nonlinear narrative style that can be a little tough to follow at times. In spite of that, I found it interesting to learn about the legal system and LEO procedures in Sweden.