weimandwords 's review for:

Dark Pines by Will Dean

3.0

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I had high hopes for this book as I enjoy scandi noir but it fell flat for me. The setting was good and well described but I didn’t like Tuva the main character, I found her lacking in common sense and personality. Also for an investigative journalist her attempts at investigation were very poor. Throughout the book there were interesting lines and subjects introduced that were never expanded on or explored which could have made the plot more interesting. The ending was disappointingly predictable, the identity of the murdered was obvious from the very early on.