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A review by markhoh
The Silent Girl by Hans Rosenfeldt, Michael Hjorth
4.0
I try to savour the different Nordic noir series that I read by only allowing myself to read one of each series a year. It has both advantages and disadvantages - one disadvantage being that I tend to forget the salient aspects of the previous stories that often link the series together. Hence, when it came to reading ‘The Silent Girl’ - fourth instalment in the Swedish Sebastian Bergman series it did take me a little while to get back into the headspace of where the last book had left off.
The Sebastian Bergman series are co-authored by two well known Swedish writers, Michael Hjorth (Wallander screenplays) and Hans Rosenfeldt (creator of Nordic Noir TV series, The Bridge). The books follow the Riksmord Unit - kind of like the top brass Swedish homicide team. Over the course of the books the side stories of each of the team members threads through which is kind of what interests me most about this series. Setting doesn’t feature much in this series - it is primarily character and plot driven.
‘The Silent Girl’ was a good read - nothing too amazing - feels like a four star read for my generous rating system. It follows a fairly well worn kind of plot and the authors add enough interest to keep the pages turning. I found it interesting that following the resolution of the crime, there were another few chapters really devoted to the characters and following their own individual and collective storylines. The book ends on a bit of a cliff hanger with Sebastian seemingly about to drop a bombshell to Vanya and Billy’s post trauma evolving from shooting to kill in a previous instalment.
I will certainly be reading the fifth book down the track although I’m not even sure that it has been translated to English as yet....
The Sebastian Bergman series are co-authored by two well known Swedish writers, Michael Hjorth (Wallander screenplays) and Hans Rosenfeldt (creator of Nordic Noir TV series, The Bridge). The books follow the Riksmord Unit - kind of like the top brass Swedish homicide team. Over the course of the books the side stories of each of the team members threads through which is kind of what interests me most about this series. Setting doesn’t feature much in this series - it is primarily character and plot driven.
‘The Silent Girl’ was a good read - nothing too amazing - feels like a four star read for my generous rating system. It follows a fairly well worn kind of plot and the authors add enough interest to keep the pages turning. I found it interesting that following the resolution of the crime, there were another few chapters really devoted to the characters and following their own individual and collective storylines. The book ends on a bit of a cliff hanger with Sebastian seemingly about to drop a bombshell to Vanya and Billy’s post trauma evolving from shooting to kill in a previous instalment.
I will certainly be reading the fifth book down the track although I’m not even sure that it has been translated to English as yet....