El detective Jan Fabel se enfrenta a un nuevo asesinato: Ha aparecido el cuerpo de una mujer en una playa de Hamburgo con un mensaje en la mano: "He estado bajo tierra y ya es hora de que vuelva a casa". Unos días más tarde, se encuentra a un hombre y una mujer asesinados en un bosque con los nombres de Hansel y Gretel escritos en sus manos. El asesino está jugando a reproducir los cuentos de hadas de los hermanos Grimm en cada asesinato y Jan Fabel vuelve a tener ante él a un psicópata: uno que va a adentrarse en los miedos más ocultos se la infancia de todos nosotros.

I liked the concept and would love to actually have read the book within the book instead. I think my main problem with this is I didn’t really like any of the main characters. The author tried to make me like them but I didn’t. I found them to be 2 dimensional caricatures. I like ‘The Devil Aspect’ so much better. ( )

Terrific storyline. ( )

http://bogbrokken.blogspot.dk/2012/09/craig-russell-mord-er-ikke-noget.html ( )

This is the second book in a series of books with detective Jan Fabel. The hunt is on for a serial killer who is exploring the deepest fears hidden in old fairy tales. With each new crime is a grisly reference to folk stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. The killer is a monster we all learned to fear in childhood.

As with other books I have read that are part of a series this one can be read as a stand alone. The book does refer back to the previous one so you can get a gist of what has happened to the characters before hand. Jan Fabel the main character is a really nice guy and I could get to quite like him a lot in further books.

The crime itself was quite clever being based on the stories by the brothers Grimm. I didn’t work out at all who was commiting the crimes and I thought the twist on the final pages was quite clever, although as I was turning those final pages I could see it coming !

A first class read which kept me on the edge of my seat till the very last page and I would highly recommend this book. ( )