by Cecilia Ekbäck
Swedish Lappland, 1717: The two daughters of Maija stumble upon the body of a killed man on the Blackåsen mountain. Everyone thinks that the killed man has been mauled by a wolf, but Maija believes that he has died by the hand of a man. One of the few settlers on the mountain has to be the murderer ...
DNF. beautifully written, just not for me. maybe I'll pick it up sometime when I am less stressed and can just immerse myself in the book
Reading this book is kind of like being in a hypnagogic trance - one foot in the dream world, one in the waking world, and a general sense of being unsettled. I've never read a book with such a heavy noir vibe that was set in the countryside - let alone the Swedish countryside circa the 1700s. But i...
The atmosphere of this novel is so dark, and foreboding, her writing so incredibly detailed. I felt the cold, the hunger as the settlers face one of the coldest winters ever, and the fear as things are happening that are not easily understood. It is easy to fall back on superstitions, cries of witch...
People say that there is evil on Blackåsen. Perhaps in Maija and her husband, Paavo, had known that, they wouldn't have swapped homestead with their uncle and uprooted the family to travel from Finland to Swedish Lappland. But then, Maija has her own secrets that she wants to hide from. Cecilia Ekbä...
Historical murder mysteries with unusual protagonists in the role of detective? Ordinary, bring it on. The pacing was a bit off in places and the varying points of view were intriguing but the mystery could have been more tightly plotted. I wouldn't pass it up though: it's an intense historical and ...
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