Roseanna

"He looked tired and his sunburned skin seemed yellowish in the gray light. His face was lean with a broad forehead and a strong jaw. His mouth, under his short, straight nose, was thin and wide with two deep lines near the corners. When he smiled, you could see his healthy, white teeth. His dark ha......more

Clásico de la novela negra nórdica. Es muy realista y enseña a la perfección los detalles de una investigación. Esto hace que la acción sea lenta, pero así es en realidad. Classic Nordic crime novel. It is very realistic and perfectly teaches the details of an investigation. This makes the action slo......more

So first off, this has nothing to do with that Toto song. Just thought I’d get that out of the way right off the bat. This was published in 1965 and was the first in a series of ten books about Swedish police investigator Martin Beck. When the body of a woman who was raped and murdered is pulled out......more

I liked it a lot. Very Scandinavian. I say this because (like other Scandinavian books) they treat crime as something done by insane people who are to be pitied, not loathed or hated. They also are very methodical and relentless in their pursuit of criminals. This took place in the sixties, and that......more

When I finished Roseanna again last night I thought I should write a review talking about how rare it is for me to reread a book, and how Sjöwall & Wahloo have conjured something exceptional from me as a reader. When I started thinking about how rare it is for me to reread, however, I realized what......more