Stefan Tegenfalk

Tredje och avslutande delen i triologin om Walter Gröhn och Jonna de Brugge tar Walter till Frankrike för att söka efter själtransplantatet och Jonna till Serge och Jörgen för att söka efter Brageler's mördare. Oj, det här var en röra med många, många olika story-trådar; miljarder små-detaljer som inte har mycket med handlingen att göra; en Jonna som, trots att hon skall vara väldigt klipsk, bara gör dumma val; och en Walter som, när Säpo tar över, inte är det minsta intresserad av vad sanningen egentligen är ("strunt i det, sluta tänk" är ungefär hans budskap till Jonna). Och så blir det ingen upplösning i slutet heller, bara några små vinjetter som förklarar vad som hände med allt och alla - snipp, snapp, snut, och så var sagan slut. Reine Brynolfsson är dock en lysande berättare och om någon nödvändigtvis vill läsa de här böckerna, så rekommenderas ljudböckerna å det varmaste.… (altro)

Detective Walter Gröhn and his assistant, Jonna de Brugge, continue the search for the baddie from the last book, Leo Brageler, and discover that a secret society is keeping him prisoner to get hold of a drug Brageler developed. Unfortunately, this second part of the trilogy, although it has an interesting premise and probable characters, moves at a glacial speed and scenes that should be over in a few pages drag on for what feels like forever. In addition, we find out that Brageler's group were working on a project to make soul transplants possible. Yes, I said soul transplants. In a contemporary police procedural. Huh? The book then ends with the beginning of the next book, with the person who was the guinea pig in the soul transplant experiment, so now I have to read that one too, just to see if perhaps Tegenfalk can tie the whole thing together somehow. The audio version is extremely well read by Swedish actor Reine Brynolfsson, so I was at least enjoying his portrayal of the characters.… (altro)

Detective Walter Gröhn and his assistant, Jonna de Brugge, end up with a very perplexing case when several gruesome (well, it is a Swedish mystery after all...) murders are committed by different people, all without any memory of having killed and all with traces of a mysterious drug in their blood. Although the plot is somewhat unlikely, the characters are excellent, both baddies and goodies. There is a lot of talk about the different departments of the Swedish police force and procedure, so if you like that, this may be your thing. Beware though, that this is the first of a trilogy and the second book picks up immediately after the first one ends. I'm serious, book one ends with "we know who the baddie is, but he's gone missing" and book two starts with "this is where the baddie went." The Swedish audio-version is read by Reine Brynolfsson who, in addition to being an excellent actor, turns out the be an excellent narrator.… (altro)