I discovered Anne Holt in Swedish (translated from Norwegian) and really started to enjoy her work then. For some strange reason, I’ve not read the first two of this series, so hands have now been slapped and the said books purchased. This third ‘episode’ can be read as a standalone but you do miss certain references and influences from past cases.

Anne builds up that tension and then wraps the loosest of threads together which is always thrilling. Cold cases too are exciting as you just know they’re going to throw up more issues, and secrets. Quirky detectives are my thing too so there’s a lot here to enjoy. Slow start but once you hit that Scandi ice hits…you go flying

Top marks for the translator too. Something I always like to mention as it’s how these stories get out into the wider world. And there are a lot of people who would miss out if that didn’t happen!

Lots of threads interwoven, cold cases but with a modern day you tube angle that really worked for me. Tension on many levels. This might be the last in the series but there’s more of Holt to enjoy!