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A review by ijon
Blood Eagle by Craig Russell
5.0
This was the first crime thriller I've read in... I'm not certain, but over a decade, for sure, and probably two.
It is set in Hamburg, where I bought and started reading it, and it is exquisite. Russell has a masterful pace, knows Hamburg very, very well, and uses it to great effect, and the character of Jan Fabel is multi-faceted and appealing. I repeatedly had the feeling of "okay, now I know where this is going", only to be pleasantly surprised when that was not it at all.
The murders themselves are very gruesome, so it may not be for everyone. But otherwise, I recommend it without reservation. I suspect I will be reading the other novels in the series at some point too.
It is set in Hamburg, where I bought and started reading it, and it is exquisite. Russell has a masterful pace, knows Hamburg very, very well, and uses it to great effect, and the character of Jan Fabel is multi-faceted and appealing. I repeatedly had the feeling of "okay, now I know where this is going", only to be pleasantly surprised when that was not it at all.
The murders themselves are very gruesome, so it may not be for everyone. But otherwise, I recommend it without reservation. I suspect I will be reading the other novels in the series at some point too.