![]() ![]() As much fun as the novel is to read, Adler-Olsen also has something to say about contemporary life, creating an underlying thematic structure which carries a powerful kick as the novel comes to its conclusion. It is also genuinely heart breaking in places without being sentimental warm and often very funny, to top it off. Very exciting with its unusual plot, and filled with characters with whom the reader will identify, the novel is complex but not so dependent on odd details that the reader gets lost in complications. That’s how things had gone until the day when a murder case pierced his armor.”Īs close to perfect as a mystery can get, award-winning Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen’s first novel to be translated into English has something that will entertain everyone. Twenty-five years on the police force and ten in the homicide division had hardened him. Every day a crime in a new guise, gradually making less and less of an impact on him. “Every day he listened to people’s lies and excuses. ![]()
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