Another Time, Another Life, Leif GW Persson
Another Time, Another Life, Leif GW Persson
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Another Time, Another Life
The Story of a Crime (2)

Author: Leif GW Persson

Narrator: Erik Davies

Unabridged: 16 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/13/2012


Synopsis

In 1975, six young people stormed the West German embassy in Stockholm, taking the entire staff hostage. They demanded the immediate release of members of the Baader- Meinhof group being held as prisoners in West Germany, but twelve hours into the siege, the embassy was blown up, two hostages were dead, and many others were injured, including the captors. Thus begins Leif GW Persson’s Another Time, Another Life.
 
The story, based on real events linked to the still-unsolved assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme, p icks up in 1989, as the seemingly unrelated stabbing death of a civil servant is investigated by officers Bo Jarnebring and Anna Holt. Under the supervision of their cantankerous, prejudiced, and corrupt superior, Evert Bäckström, the case gets surreptitiously swept under the rug, and the victim is tied to a string of sex-related crimes, despite evidence to the contrary.
 
Another ten years pass before the confounding truth about the murder victim is unearthed. Just as Lars Martin Johansson, a friend of Jarnebring’s, begins his tenure as the head of the Swedish Security Police, he inherits two files from his predecessor, one of which is on the murder victim—who turns out to have been a collaborator in the 1975 embassy takeover. Revealed now are not only the identities of the other collaborators but also the identity of the murderer: an intelligent, capable lawyer a heartbeat away from the top position in Sweden’s Ministry of Defense. With masterfully interlaced plotlines pulled from the darkest corners of political power and corruption, Another Time, Another Life bristles with wit, insight, and intensity.

About The Author

Leif GW Persson has chronicled the political and social development of modern Swedish society in his awardwinning novels for more than three decades. Persson has served as an adviser to the Swedish Ministry of Justice and is Sweden’s most renowned psychological profiler. He is a professor at Sweden’s National Police Board and is considered the country’s foremost expert on crime. He lives in Stockholm.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas

I may have done this the wrong way around and reviewed the English translation first; Another Time, Another Life. Tellingly, the GW books of the second trilogy has the subtitle "Story of a crime", very much associative of Sjöwall/Wahlöö's "Novel about a crime". And the heritage is tenderly seen to b......more

Goodreads review by Steve

I enjoyed it. It's a solidly constructed and satisfying detective story, which takes place over 25 years. No high speed chases, no shoot'em ups, no daring do -- just good Sherlock Holmesian deduction. "Logical, my dear Detective Chief Inspector Holt," or something like that. Good brainwork and excel......more

Goodreads review by Vilo

A murder mystery by a Swedish crime expert/profiler, this novel gives the feel of a real case with all the complexities, office, national and international politics and their effect on the investigation, and personalities involved. Might be too methodical and slow for some, but fascinating. I will d......more

Σαφώς καλύτερο από το πρώτο και με λιγότερο μπέρδεμα της ιστορίας. Δίνει απαντήσεις σε ότι έμεινε ανοιχτό στο πρώτο βιβλίο.......more

Goodreads review by Ken

Why do I read him. I don't like the way he writes. He talks garbage half the time. I won't read any more of his books.......more


Quotes

“A dark, politically charged thriller . . . Red herrings—perhaps better, Red Brigades Herrings—ensue, as Persson unfolds a carefully plotted story . . . A practiced, Larsson-worthy procedural.”
Kirkus
 
“Exceptional . . . Persson writes with a sure hand and sharp insight. His detectives are human, interesting, and fallible . . . Another winner from Persson. If anything, it’s even better than the first book. Fans of Scandinavian crime fiction will eat it up.”
Library Journal
 
“While the documentary-style narrative is a bit of a departure from what Scandinavian crime fans have come to expect, it works quite well here (better than in Between Summer’s Longing and Winter’s End). In fact, this may be just what fans of Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson are looking for.”
Booklist (starred review)

“An astonishing novel. Once again, Persson has written a masterpiece of a crime novel. Spectacular and thrilling, arrogant and titillating, entertaining and well written.”
—Västerviks-Tidningen
 
“A whopper of a thriller.”
—Jyllands-Posten
 
“A masterly political thriller that plays in a league of its own.”
—Aftonbladet