The Ice Beneath Her: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (567 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0425284328 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Ice Beneath Her is Camilla Grebe’s solo American debut. . With her sister Åsa Träff, she has written five celebrated crime novels, two of which were nominated for Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year. Camilla Grebe was born in 1968 in Alvsjo, Sweden. Grebe is also the co-author of the popular Moscow Noir trilogy
“Impressive A tour de force that lifts its author to the front rank.”—Publishers Weekly
Petra said Character-driven, dark Scandinavian crime fiction. A young woman is found beheaded in the house of a controversial CEO of a clothing chain. The identity of the woman is unknown. The businessman, Jesper Orre, has simply vanished.The story is told from three fist-person perspectives:The investigating DI, Peter Lindgren, a disillusioned and despondent man about to hit the big 5-0 whose only true commitment has always been his job.A former profiler, Hanne, who is asked back to assist with the investigation when similarities to a crime from a decade ago are found. Hanne has been diagnosed with early-ons. "For those who love Scandinavian noir" according to Jill I. Shtulman. So many readers I respect love Scandinavian noir and I thought I’d give it a try. I freely admit that the opinions expressed here may not be the fault of the author, but instead, of this reader.The city of Stockholm serves as a character here – endless nights of excruciating darkness and cold and in the midst of this, a gruesome murder-by-beheading. Chapters alternate between a commitment-phobic, self-destructive police detective, a behaviorist consultant who is experiencing early onset dementia and a woman who is in the throes of an af. E. B. MULLIGAN said The Ice Beneath Her by Camilla Grebe, Elizabeth Clark Wessel (Translator). An experienced writer but a disappointing storyteller. I found it long and drawn out. All first person narration multiple narrators which makes it difficult to know who is speaking, The transitions are non-existent. Everyone is depressed and I can't distinguish one personality from another. The crime GRUESOME (a woman is found beheaded), but, for a mystery there is more about relationships and self analysis than solving the crime. The depiction of Sweden is evocative.Murdering Emma's cat was the final straw.On the other hand Kirkus gave it a starre
Two months before, Emma Bohman, a young clerk at Orre’s company, chanced to meet the charming chief executive, and romance swiftly bloomed. In search of a motive, Lindgren and Olsson turn to the brilliant criminal profiler Hanne Lagerlind-Schön. Once a valued police asset, now marooned in unhappy retirement and a crumbling marriage, she’s eager to exercise her keen skills again—and offer the detectives a window into the secret soul of Jesper Orre. Then one staggering misfortune after another followed, leaving Emma certain that her runaway lover was to blame and transforming her confusion and heartbreak into anger. Now, pursuing the same mysterious man for different reasons, Emma and the police are destined to cross paths in a chilling dance of obsession, vengeance, madness, and love gone hellishly wrong.Advance praise for The Ice Beneath Her “Impressive A tour de force that lifts its author to the front rank.”