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Under the Storm
Under the Storm: A Novel | Christoffer Carlsson
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A farmhouse mysteriously goes up in flames with someone trapped inside and a community is never the same in the aftermathboth a page-turning whodunit and a deeply touching coming-of-age story by one of Swedens top criminologists and a rising star in Scandinavian crime fiction (Kirkus Reviews) The quintessential crime novelI cant recommend it highly enough.Angie Kim, author of Happiness Falls Carlsson is the finest crime writer we have in Sweden.David Lagercrantz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl in the Spiders Web and other novels in Stieg Larssons Millennium series On a cold November night, a farmhouse burns to the ground. Inside a young woman is found deadnot from the fire but murdered. To the people in the rural community of Marbck, this becomes a reference point: a before and after. For ten-year-old Isak Nyqvist, it sets in motion something he cannot control, igniting his future into an unpredictable inferno. The police focus their attention on Edvard Christensson, the boyfriend of the murdered woman and Isaks beloved uncle. After a quick investigation, Edvard is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison and Marbck believes it can return to its innocence. Vidar Jrgensson, the rookie officer who first responded to the fire, prides himself on helping solved the murder. Little does he know this will become the defining case of his career and that it will drive him to the brink of professional and personal disasterand link his fate to young Isak's. A celebrated author and professor of criminology, Christoffer Carlsson digs deep into the psyches of ordinary people and shows how one crime can haunt a community for decades. A #1 international bestseller, Under the Storm is already a modern classic of Scandinavian crime fiction and demonstrates why many regard Carlsson as one of the great crime writers of his generation.
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Cathythoughts
Cathythoughts
Under the Storm: A Novel | Christoffer Carlsson
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#12Booksof2024 DAY 4. This was my favorite crime book of 2024. Great characters, story and writing.

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BarbaraBB So good to know, I have this one on my shelves as well, based on @batsy ‘s review. Missing her here! 3d
TrishB Made a note of it! @BarbaraBB me too. 3d
Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB @TrishB Yes it was a @batsy recommendation and I miss her here too. 3d
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Andrew65 This sounds a must read. Stacked. 3d
Tamra Stacked! 3d
Cathythoughts @Andrew65 @Tamra I hope you will enjoy whenever you may get there 😁 3d
sarahbarnes Loved this one, too! 3d
Andrew65 @Cathythoughts Thanks 😊 3d
Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes I loved Blaze Me A Sun too. I must look out for more by him. 👍🏻😁 2d
sarahbarnes That one is on my list after reading this one! 2d
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ImperfectCJ
ImperfectCJ
Under the Storm: A Novel | Christoffer Carlsson
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This Scandinavian thriller is deliberate, quiet, with a feeling of a lot of space, a lot of gray sky, and this sense that in an environment where the climate is harsh and where we rely on fellow humans for reassurance, when something not-reassuring happens, it upends everything. I suspect this happens elsewhere, too, but the Scandinavian thrillers I've read seem to focus on this more than those from North America where the focus is on punishment.

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sarahbarnes
sarahbarnes
Under the Storm: A Novel | Christoffer Carlsson
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A smart page turner of a crime novel. I think actually my first Nordic Noir? I‘ll definitely read his other book, and may have to add this genre into the mix more often. 🧐 Thanks @batsy for the #CampLitsy nomination!

batsy So pleased to see this worked for you and @Cathythoughts ❤️ I need to get on it! 8mo
Cathythoughts I thought it was great ! Thankyou @batsy I trust your taste in books completely ❤️ 8mo
BarbaraBB You and @Cathythoughts loved it and @batsy nominated it? Sounds like a must read for me! 8mo
sarahbarnes I agree with you @Cathythoughts! 😊 @BarbaraBB I think you would like it. @batsy I think you‘ll find you made a great recommendation! 8mo
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Cathythoughts
Cathythoughts
Under the Storm: A Novel | Christoffer Carlsson
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An excellent crime book and so much more , great storytelling and substance. This is my favourite book so far this year. @batsy

Tamra Best of the year? That is high praise - I‘m going to stack it. I hope I can borrow the audio. 8mo
batsy Wow! Great review and high praise. So glad this author works for you, Cathy 💜 8mo
Cathythoughts @Tamra @batsy It‘s just my favourite kind of book. Literary crime. I‘m in heaven … dark , yes. But all of life is here. I learned a lot about life from this book too. High praise for this one. I must look up more of his writing. (edited) 8mo
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Cathythoughts @Tamra It‘s so interesting what we read or listen to. I love to read crime, couldn‘t listen. I listen more to books I‘m not too sure about but have to read ( for one reason or another ). I can watch and love a romantic comedy ,but couldn‘t read one 🥱 boring 😑. ❤️ (edited) 8mo
LeahBergen I like literary crime, too. 👍 8mo
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen 👍🏻❤️❤️❤️ It‘s good. 8mo
sarahbarnes So glad to hear this! I just picked it up from the library. 😁 8mo
Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes Oh I look forward to your thoughts 👍🏻❤️ 8mo
BarbaraBB That‘s quite the recommendation! Stacking! 8mo
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Decalino
Decalino
Under the Storm: A Novel | Christoffer Carlsson
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Set in a small Swedish town in the 90s and early 2000s, this unusual and reflective crime novel follows Vidar, a police officer, and Isak, who is a child when his beloved uncle Edvard is accused of murder. Everyone knows Isak's family, knows his grandfather was violent and untrustworthy, knows Edvard got into trouble. Isak feels the weight of this knowledge, while Vidar is troubled by the unknowns. A sad and troubling look at identity and justice.

Cathythoughts I just finished this one. I loved it. ❤️💔 8mo
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Cathythoughts
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“Old people say pightle, instead of yard. Isak has recently noticed this, how old people sometimes talk a little different, using words he‘s not used to. He likes the way they sound. Edvard often says that words are one of the links we have to those who are no longer with us. “

I see this as I get older. Words my mother and father used to use , I find myself using them now too.
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lazydaizee The meanings of some words have changed since we started using the internet. Spam used to be a tinned meat product, now it means unwanted emails. 8mo
Tamra So true! There are words periodically that pop into my mind from my grandparents, like davenport & soda pop. 😁 It‘s fun to think about and always brings happy memories. They also had quirky words they mispronounced as part of a rural accent, despite my grandmother being a teacher. 😂 8mo
Cathythoughts @lazydaizee I know ! When I say .. I must go to the shop for a few messages … my granddaughter is bewildered by my use of the word … What Granny 🤷🏼‍♀️ 8mo
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sarahbarnes This is on my list after seeing @batsy nominate it for Camp Litsy. 😁 8mo
Cathythoughts @Tamra I love those quirky old words , they are part of a way of being and talking … 🥰 your local accent. 8mo
Cathythoughts @sarahbarnes Yes ! @batsy put me onto this one 👍🏻😁 8mo
Cathythoughts @Tamra Your grandmother 🥰🥰🥰 8mo
batsy This is so true! 💜 And @sarahbarnes I knew @Cathythoughts would get to this sooner than I would 😁 and so glad you're liking it, Cathy. 8mo
sarahbarnes I may have just put in for a copy at the library @batsy 😁 8mo
batsy @sarahbarnes 🤗 8mo
Cathythoughts Thanks @batsy Of course it all started with Sjowall/Wahloo and then Henning Mankell ❤️ .. but there‘s been nothing to compare sinse. When I saw you recommending this book , I thought I‘d better have a read. Thanks so much Suba ❤️ really enjoying. 😘 8mo
batsy @Cathythoughts My pleasure, Cathy! 💜 I should bump him up the list. I too love Sjowall and Wahloo and need to continue the series. 8mo
LeahBergen I find that, too! The odd time I‘ll find myself using one of my Nan‘s words or phrases and it makes me laugh. 😆 8mo
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen I know , and it happens so unconsciously… interesting ❤️ they are part of us. 8mo
CarolynM Such a lovely observation 🥰 and so true. I once had a work colleague who, like me, had spent a lot of her childhood with her grandparents. We used to laugh about the old fashioned expressions we both used and the odd looks we got from others when we did. 8mo
Cathythoughts @CarolynM It is a lovely observation. All the old fashioned expressions and memories ❤️ 8mo
MemoirsForMe Sp true! I have many of those old expressions in my vocabulary now too. 8mo
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Cathythoughts
Cathythoughts
Under the Storm: A Novel | Christoffer Carlsson
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On to my next Christoffer Carlsson for a Saturday afternoon relaxing read.

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Decalino
Decalino
Under the Storm: A Novel | Christoffer Carlsson
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"They say death takes you. It's an old expression, from the time back when death was an actual character you could meet in the Marback forest or along the road."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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