Sun and shadow ake edwardson audiobook
Die Schattenfrau
May 31, 2011
Very enjoyable Swedish mystery - wonderful characters and an interesting plot with great twists and turns
I read my first Åke Edwardson book, Death Angels, a couple of weeks ago, and while I loved the characters and thought the plot was well-done, the delivery of it all and conclusion/explanation definitely fell short for me. That book is in the first in Edwardson's Inspector Erik Winter series, and since there were so many things I liked about it, I decided to try the second one before making my mind up about the author.
Verdict: I'm so glad that I did! The Shadow Woman had all the positives of Death Angels - great mystery and wonderful characters - while missing the negatives - feeling completely out of the loop and an abrupt ending. Winter is wonderful and I loved him just as much as I did before; his team appears again in this book and is just as well-written. I am predicting a romance between two of the characters and keeping my fingers crossed that it happens, because it would definitely be an "opposites attract" situation.
Best of all, of course, is that the mystery is actually a good one! One of my Goodreads updates halfway through was: "This book might have an amazing and mind-bending plot ... I'm still too confused to be sure." Having now finished the book, I can happily tell you that it did indeed have some terrific twists and turns - some that I started to guess towards the end and others that caught me *completely* off guard! Edwardson makes the reader just confused enough to make it interesting and keep you guessing, while leaving enough hints to make you eager to read on and see if what you're piecing together might be right. As with Death Angels we're given different POVs throughout the book, though Winter's is the main one. This includes the victim(s)' and perpetrator(s)', though these are obviously quite obscure and don't always make sense when you read them, gaining new meaning as you get further in
What greets Chief Inspector Winter and his team when they arrive at a crime scene appears as a stage setting, grotesquely symbolic in its composition. While Winter trawls ads in men's magazines in search of the suspect, a trail from the clues left by the killer leads into the cult world of the gothic, a riddle of nightmares, of good versus evil, of sun and shadow.
Like his fellow countryman Henning Mankell, Åke Edwardson is a successful figure on the international mystery scene and a brilliant discovery for lovers of intricate, psychologically charged, and stylish crime novels. With Sun and Shadow, Edwardson introduces readers to detective Erik Winter, the youngest chief inspector in Sweden, who wears sharp suits, cooks gourmet meals, has a penchant for jazz, and is about to become a father. He's also moody and intuitive, his mind inhabiting the crimes he's trying to solve. In this atmospheric, heart-stopping tale, Winter's troubles abound--and a bloody double murder on his doorstep is just the beginning.
"An intriguing look at life in a distant part of the world." --Chicago Tribune
Åke Edwardson is one of Scandinavia's most successful crime writers. He has won numerous awards, including the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award three times.Sun and Shadow: An Erik Winter Sun And Shadow (Inspector
I read my first Åke Edwardson book, Death Angels, a couple of weeks ago, and while I loved the characters and thought the plot was well-done, the delivery of it all and conclusion/explanation definitely fell short for me. That book is in the first in Edwardson's Inspector Erik Winter series, and since there were so many things I liked about it, I decided to try the second one before making my mind up about the author.
Verdict: I'm so glad that I did! The Shadow Woman had all the positives of Death Angels - great mystery and wonderful characters - while missing the negatives - feeling completely out of the loop and an abrupt ending. Winter is wonderful and I loved him just as much as I did before; his team appears again in this book and is just as well-written. I am predicting a romance between two of the characters and keeping my fingers crossed that it happens, because it would definitely be an "opposites attract" situation.
Best of all, of course, is that the mystery is actually a good one! One of my Goodreads updates halfway through was: "This book might have an amazing and mind-bending plot ... I'm still too confused to be sure." Having now finished the book, I can happily tell you that it did indeed have some terrific twists and turns - some that I started to guess towards the end and others that caught me *completely* off guard! Edwardson makes the reader just confused enough to make it interesting and keep you guessing, while leaving enough hints to make you eager to read on and see if what you're piecing together might be right. As with Death Angels we're given different POVs throughout the book, though Winter's is the main one. This includes the victim(s)' and perpetrator(s)', though these are obviously quite obscure and don't always make sense when you read them, gaining new meaning as you get further in
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Kindle Book
Release date: April 25, 2006
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ISBN: 9781101141816
Release date: April 25, 2006
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ISBN: 9781101141816
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Release date: April 25, 2006
Sun and Shadow - (Chief Inspector Erik Winter Novel) by Ake Edwardson (Paperback)
About the Book
What greets Chief Inspector Winter and his team when they arrive at a crime scene appears as a stage setting, grotesquely symbolic in its composition. While Winter trawls ads in men's magazines in search of the suspect, a trail from the clues left by the killer leads into the cult world of the gothic, a riddle of nightmares, of good versus evil, of sun and shadow.
Book Synopsis
Like his fellow countryman Henning Mankell, Åke Edwardson is a successful figure on the international mystery scene and a brilliant discovery for lovers of intricate, psychologically charged, and stylish crime novels. With Sun and Shadow, Edwardson introduces readers to detective Erik Winter, the youngest chief inspector in Sweden, who wears sharp suits, cooks gourmet meals, has a penchant for jazz, and is about to become a father. He's also moody and intuitive, his mind inhabiting the crimes he's trying to solve. In this atmospheric, heart-stopping tale, Winter's troubles abound--and a bloody double murder on his doorstep is just the beginning.
Review Quotes
"An intriguing look at life in a distant part of the world." --Chicago Tribune
"On a par with P. D. James." --Helsingborgs Dagblad "A rich, psychologically satisfying tale.... Readers looking for a gritty, well-paced, thoughtful thriller will appreciate Edwardson's masterful novel." --I Love a Mystery
About the Author
Åke Edwardson is one of Scandinavia's most successful crime writers. He has won numerous awards, including the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers' Award three times.
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