Pierwsza powieść Jamesa Thompsona o fińskim policjancie Kari Vaara była mniej więcej typowa, klasyczna, z dość realistyczną zbrodnią i bohaterami, którzy faktycznie mogą istnieć, byli rzeczywiści. Jednak potem autor zaczął odjeżdżać w stronę totalnej fikcji, w ciągu chwili robiąc ze zwykłego policja...
I received this book through LibraryThing's Early Reviewer's program. The fourteen story collection of “Helsinki Noir” is the latest installment of the Akashic Noir Series, focusing around the Finnish capital. Edited by expat James Thompson, also a contributor, the stories range from dark and brut...
«Seguramente um dos melhores policiais do ano.O livro é extraordinário... Foi com enorme prazer que desfolhei as 296 páginas de um policial marcante e enriquecedor.(...)Na minha opinião este é um livro de obrigatória leitura.»Ver opinião completa aqui: Opinião As lágrimas de Lúcifer|Livros e Marcado...
James Thompson, Amerykanin na stałe mieszkający w Finlandii, stworzył postać Kariego Vaary w jednak bardzo amerykańskim stylu. Pierwszy tom, “Anioły śniegu”, może jeszcze da się nazwać kryminałem “tradycyjnym”, drugi jednak wędruje niebezpiecznie w kierunku czystej akcji (“Jezioro krwi i łez”), by w...
Inspektor Kari Vaara stanął kiedyś naprzeciw człowieka uzbrojonego. Musiał zabić, lub zostałby zabity. Akcja skończyła się roztrzaskanym przez kulę kolanem, które na zawsze wykluczyło go z funkcji patrolowego. Jednak za skuteczność został odznaczony medalem i pozwolono mu wybrać sobie nagrodę. Stwie...
Much like the first book in this series, one of the crimes being investigated was too graphically detailed for my taste but I did like the insight into the Finnish culture and the country's experiences during World War 2.
James Thompson did it again with Lucifer's Tears - after his debut novel, Snow Angels, I wasn't sure whether LT would live up to the hype and admittedly that might have been why I held off reading it until book 3 came out (that and the fact that some other reviews hinting and an ending that while no...
POSSIBLE SPOILERS...POSSIBLE SPOILERS...POSSIBLE SPOILERSI must say that I have had a really rough time with reviewing this book. This is my second review. I have even gone outside to others to seek feedback. Here is why...I, on average, read over 400 books per year. In those 400 books, I would say ...
Synopsis: The Sufia Elmi case left Kari Vaara with a scarred face, chronic insomnia, a constant migraine, and a full body count's worth of ghosts. Now it's a year later, in Helsinki, and Kari is working the graveyard shift in the homicide unit, terrified that his heavily pregnant wife will miscarry...
Let me start by saying how hugely disappointed I am in myself for not being able to finish this one. I really enjoyed the first two books in this series and I will definitely stick with this author on his next book. Back to Helsiniki White; it is soooooo dark, it is sooooo political, it is soooooo...
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