Good start to an improving series

This is an interesting scandi noir novel. Gunna gives his protaganist an authentic voice, a sense of purpose and an appropriate number of flaws to keep things interesting.

Varg is quick witted and gritty and Gunnar Staalesen has him reflecting on his circumstances and the environment in which he inhabits enough to make it worth the read. Varg also has a Marlowe mouth which works for me. The book gives a great sense of place and its had me on google earth to check out the lay of the land.

For what its worth, for me, the plot in this one is a little so so, but it was still interesting enough to keep me engaged. This audiobook got me interested in the series and the subsequent audiobooks have built on Varg's story and I have really enjoyed the plot lines. Varg is not the brilliant holmes detective but he has contacts, he follows through, he understands the lay of the land and he has handy intuition.

This audiobook, like all the audio books in this series is brilliantly read, I cant see how it couldn't be done better, the label says by Colin Mace (I might look up what else he has read).

Varg is Marlowe-esk, Gunnar Staalesen isn't Chandler, but he doesn't need to be, he has his own unique voice and i am stoked that I came across this series of books and thoroughly recommend them.



Gunnar Staale

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