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The Hermit
The Hermit | Thomas Rydahl
2 posts | 4 read | 1 reading
WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD – previous winners include Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbø, Karin Fossum, Stieg Larsson and Arnaldur Indridason WINNER OF THE DANISH DEBUTANT AWARD WINNER OF THE HARALD MOGENSEN PRIZE A car is found on a deserted beach on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura. On the back seat lies a cardboard box containing the body of a small boy buried in newspaper cuttings. No one knows his name, and there is no trace of a driver. The last thing an ailing tourist resort needs is a murder, and the police are desperate to close the case. The island is rife with rumours about the reclusive Erhard. Two decades of self-imposed exile from his wife and children have left him alienated and alone, whiling away his days in a drunken haze, driving an old taxi to get by. This unlikeliest of detectives determines to solve the crime himself – and he has nothing to lose. But how can one old man, cut off from the modern world, solve a murder whose dangerous web of deceit stretches far beyond the small island? And what if the killer forces Erhard to confront his own long-buried past?
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Aimzjay
The Hermit | Thomas Rydahl
Mehso-so

Enjoyable enough as I was reading the book while on holiday in Fuerteventura so I could picture where I was etc.
The story was middling. Got a little lost and confused and the ending, in my opinion was not worth the wait. No suspense here really and I felt the story was muddled.

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carstenodgaard
Eremitten | Thomas Rydahl
Mehso-so

So-so.