The Shadow in the Water ist der zweite Teil des gefeierten Diptychons über Justin Dalvik. Der erste Teil, Good Night My Darling, wurde 2007 bei Caravel Books veröffentlicht. Beide Bücher wurden für den Preis der Schwedischen Akademie der Kriminalschriftsteller (Svenska Deckarakademins pris) für den besten schwedischen Kriminalroman des Jahres ausgewählt. Good Night My Darling gewann 1998; The Shadow in the Water 2005.

Fristående fortsättning på God natt min älskade. Spännande men en aning irriterande att varje kapitel klipper av den pågående handlingen och hoppar till ny miljö och andra personer involverade i intrigen. ( )

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I like Scandinavian thrillers, so I'm always looking for new authors. This Swedish author was unknown to me, but I wanted to give her books a try, so I bought this novel.



I was disappointed. Like many Scandinavian books, the story is slow, which I normally don't mind at all, but in this case it is so slow, it just made the book very boring. I don't usually say this, but I was really bored reading this book.



The plot itself wasn't too special either, and the writing was OK to read, but it just couldn't keep my attention. I was so glad when I finally finished the book. I'm not planning to read more books by Inger Frimansson. ( )

Inger Frimansson är duktig på att skildra det psykologiska spelet hos människor så även i denna bok. Helt ok och lite annorlunda kriminalroman. ( )