A review by markhoh
The Man Who Wasn't There by Hans Rosenfeldt, Michael Hjorth

5.0

The man who wasn’t there is the third installment in the Sebastian Bergman series written by Hjorth and Rosenfeldt who are really quite masterful in weaving together a very credible, sequential and thoroughly enjoyable series. This is the first book in this series that I have given 5 stars to as it was a really great read - just the right level of complexity, parallel stories and characters that all come together in logical ways. The story is somewhat tragic in many ways and has some deeply sad undertones as it makes comment around immigration, terrorism and crimes in the name of national security. These are clearly topics that Scandinavian countries grapple with due to the frequency that they turn up as topics in books.

In terms of the characters in this series, I still don’t like the protagonist Sebastian Bergman and to be honest I don’t really go for any of the characters. Billy might be an exception. It’s unusual for me to like a series so much with out a character that I can connect with.

Looking forward as usual to the next one in this series.