Saturday, September 01, 2012

Riding the crucifix

I've read Swedish thrillers before, but this one reads more like serial killer stories written the other side of the Atlantic. Arne Dahl (pseudonym of Jan Arnald) challenges his peers Michael Connelly, Thomas Harris and Jeffery Deaver et al. quite easily, but the debut - Ont Blod - flip flops somewhat somehow somewhere.

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In the harsh face of stardom

This was tamer and kinder than I remembered. The rock escapism of this fictional band called Stillwater is delightfully smoothed over what ...