Pros & Cons
Pros
Sten's series is somewhat reminiscent of louise penny's inspector gamache books with a picturesque evocative setting, multidimensional characters, and lush descriptions of meals. Thomas is extremely likeable.
Viveca sten writes with authority. Nicely done, always entertaining. Just a nice pleasant book.
Am downloading second book in series. Thank you amazon for making kindle unlimited. There were several uses of the word ‘suddenly’ and a double up of three paragraphs toward the end of the kindle version.
Cons
The author starts with a bold move, a *. You know when you flip through a few more pages to see if anybody says anything witty or perceptive or if there are any exciting words. The book spends a lot of time describing how the characters take the ferry... Read More
Highlights
Quality
It was delightful not grisly like the girl with the dragon tattoo series but still all i could want in a murder mystery
It was a light summer read i was entertained and satisfied
The story is well written but moves along very slowly and i almost gave up with the pace
Im mildly in love with the scandinavian countries so i was happy that sweden is the spot where this book takes place
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I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book
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Just got this writers other book
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The landscape and seascape may enchant however little time to enjoy them is left while searching for answers to preserve the living and protect the island’s destination reputation
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I enjoy twists and turns but this had too many plots and false starts
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I would have preferred a simpler storyline and less yada yada from nora
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While there was lots of investigation details it seemed like a lot of obvious questions went unasked
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If you are looking for a lot of action this is not the book for you
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The who done it was kind of disappointing as was the end of the boook not resolving the maritl question