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Red as Blood by Lilja Sigurdardottir and Quentin Bates (translator) (view source)
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The range of characters is broad, including a lesbian police detective, and I enjoyed the police procedural aspect, especially when the police were having to work hard to stay completely undercover, so that no one would suspect Flosi had called them in to help find his wife. I wasn’t always sure I liked Arora as I read, nor did I really understand her purpose in the story, but I think she grew on me as the book went along and as the financial questions loom larger, her role seemed more important. There are twists and turns as you read, and although I’d had a small suspicion of what might be going on, I did get a surprise at one point, and I enjoyed the growing tensions in the story.
I hadn’t read any Icelandic fiction before, and it was an interesting style to read. I suppose it sits with the Scandi/Nordic Noir genre, though it didn’t feel quite as bleak to me as that sometimes can be. The book did leave me slightly unsettled however, and with things still up in the air. The bulk of the case is solved at least, but Arora still hasn’t found her missing sister, so I imagine there will be another book in this series, if not more. It was a good, engaging read, and the quick chapters make it perfect as a pick-up and put-down story for the beach.
You might also enjoy another Icelandic writer [[I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir]] or this Nordic Noir book [[Bitter Flowers by Gunnar Staalesen]].
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