All Books Considered

The Living and the Dead (Halland Suite #3) by Christoffer Carlsson,  Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles Blurb from Goodreads : On a cold, snowy winter's night in 1999, Sander and Killian leave a house party together, in a small town in rural Sweden. The very best of friends, they imagine they will remain so forever. The next morning, each is a key suspect in a murder. Each has something they want to conceal from the police. And from the other. The hunt for Mikael Söderström's killer will take over twenty years. It will see a detective leave the force forever. And it won't end until a second body is found, and the tight-knit community's secrets are finally brought to light... My Review: The latest installment in this excellent series (you can read my reviews of the first two books HERE and HERE ) does not disappoint!  I liked the time period as I am almost the exact age as the main characters.  A...

Under the Storm by  Christoffer Carlsson, Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles Blurb from Goodreads : On a cold November night in rural Sweden, a farmhouse burns to the ground. Inside, a young woman is found dead—murdered. To the people of Marbäck, the fire becomes a before and after. For ten-year-old Isak, it sets in motion something he cannot control, igniting his future into an inferno. The police immediately focus their attention on Edvard, the boyfriend of the murdered woman and Isak’s beloved uncle. After a quick investigation, Edvard is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, and Marbäck believes it can return to its innocence. Vidar, the rookie officer who first responded to the fire, prides himself on having helped solve the murder. Little does he know this will become the defining case of his career and that it will drive him to the brink of professional and personal disaster—and link his fate to yo...