marissalikestoread 's review for:

Eva's Eye by Karin Fossum

5.0

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This crime novel very much reminded me of a Martin Beck novel, because the cop seems like an actual human being - he eats soup and cleans the dishes, he grieves for his wife, and his heart hurts for the victims of crime and their families. The criminal likewise seems fully human and inspires empathy. Nobody talks or thinks too much, but still the reader gets a sense of characters. There's a sex scene and several murder scenes, and Fossum manages to make these vivid but not unnecessarily detailed.
The pacing is terrific. Dramatic things -- meetings, confrontations, chases -- happen often enough, and nothing that happens in this story is predictable.