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Jan 17, 2016emerge rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Grisly but well written cop drama about the hunt for both a serial killer & rapist. Although the author is German, it's set in Copenhagen so qualifies as Scandinavian noir. The MC is a detective threatened by political intrigue at work & his own self destructive habits. It's an old & overused trope but you can't help rooting for Lars as everything crashes & burns around him. As an aside, this is one of the best translations I've read with none of the stilted dialogue & awkward phrasing so prevalent in books translated for the North American market. Not for the faint hearted.