By: Carin Gerhardsen
THREE out of FIVE stars
my thoughts:
Okay so here's the thing, this is a Scandonavian/Nordic mystery. Gerhardsen was recommended to me because I am a big fan of Stieg Larsson. They have the same publisher and editors, fancy right! If you've never tried Scandonavian/Nordic mystery, DO IT!
Gerhardsen has a terribly big topic. Bullying. It's no joke anymore. This is a real topic that is truly affecting so many. Let's be honest everyone is picked on at some point in their lives. That's maybe what makes some bullies bullies, they have to take it out on someone. Lets make it just a touch more real. Many of the scenes that are in this book happened to the author.
This book has the twist that they bullied aren't going to take it anymore. The one that got bullied has the last laugh. Yeah, there is murder involved. Let's just say a few of the characters... I might have agreed that they got what they deserved. Thank goodness this is just a book review, right?!
Conny Sjoberg (I can't make my o do the fancy dots that are supposed to go on top) the lead detective on the case has multiple crime scenes but can't seem to find a link. They link that he does find though is found upon because who would harbor that much hurt for that long?
Oh the twists!!!
the run down:
In a short space of time, several bestial murders occur in central Stockholm. When criminal investigator Conny Sjöberg and the Hammarby police begin to suspect that there’s a link between the murders, Sjöberg goes completely cold. There is a killer out there whose motives are very personal, and who will not be deterred.The Gingerbread House by Carin Gerhardsen is the first in the Hammarby series, thrillers with taut, suspenseful plots and unexpected twists and turns. This haunting novel explores schoolyard bullying among young children and the effect it has on them when people look the other way. Many of the scenes in this book are self-experienced and based on Gerhardsen’s own childhood. Urban settings and strong portraits of authentic characters are crafted in depth and detail, insuring the books will linger in the reader’s mind long after the finish.The Gingerbread House is written in the same tradition as the Sjöwall / Wahlöö crime novels, and has been described as a book version of the tv series The Wire. It is not only published by the same publisher as Stieg Larsson’s The Millennium Trilogy, but by the same editorial team.
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