I love historical fiction, am utterly intrigued by the Arctic as a setting for a novel and am totally sold on duel timeline stories. It was clear before I even opened this book that it would tick a lot of boxes for me.
I just didn’t appreciate quite how many.
I loved everything about this book – the setting, the time periods, the gorgeous descriptive language, the characters, the mystery. Everything!
Continue reading Book Review: ‘A Woman Made of Snow’ by Elisabeth GiffordI’ve developed a bit of a taste for Scandinavian crime thrillers – so I was very pleased to be introduced to Anne Holt’s writing by Readers First. Thank you to them and Corvus for my review copy. As always, opinions are entirely my own.
The book starts with the assassination of a Norwegian MP in a cafe – an attack in which private investigator, Selma Falck, is also hit. Looking for answers about who killed her friend, Selma works sometimes alongside the police, sometimes with journalists and her own contacts to piece together a puzzle that has far-reaching implications for her country. In doing so, she finds her life in danger again as yet more killings threaten to undermine the stability and peace of Norway…
Continue reading Book Review: ‘A Memory for Murder’ by Anne Holt
