Review: The Living and the Dead (Halland Suite #3) by Christoffer Carlsson, Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles

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.  And the book really captured that time.  I wasn't sure where the mystery/crime solving was going and I was enthralled.  Definitely give this series a try - I hope it becomes a TV series!

The Living and the Dead came out today, December 2, 2025, and you can purchase HERE!  

Sander had tried to accept the responsibility imposed upon him; he wanted to be the man he needed to be, but he no longer knew how.

He had no language for it, and without language you become paralyzed. Everything becomes either/or, no conclusion, you come to a standstill.