The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen

The Gingerbread House

Hammarbyserien #1

Carin Gerhardsen with Paul Norlén

255 pages first pub 2008 (view editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
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A reader who craves the unsettling claustrophobia of an ordinary home suddenly invaded by murder will relish how the book juxtaposes the chaos of a detective’s domestic overload—five kids and an abandoned dinner—against the meticulous unraveling of a killer whose vendetta stitches together seemingly random lives in modern Stockholm.

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In a short space of time, several bestial murders occur in central Stockholm. When criminal investigator Conny Sjöberg and the Hammarby police begin to suspect that there’s a link between the murders, Sjöberg goes completely cold. There is a kille...

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Community Reviews

3.4
based on 312 reviews

Moods

dark: 76%

tense: 66%

mysterious: 61%

sad: 52%

emotional: 33%

adventurous: 9%

challenging: 9%

hopeful: 4%

informative: 4%

reflective: 4%

relaxing: 4%


Pace

36% of readers chose fast
63% of readers chose medium
fast
medium

Plot or character driven?

35% of readers chose Plot
52% of readers chose A mix
11% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

18% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
56% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

17% of readers chose Yes
47% of readers chose Complicated
35% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

41% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose No
8% of readers chose N/A
Yes
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

21% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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