Autumn Killing
Detective: Malin Fors
Time: Present
Setting Linkoping, Sweden
Genre Scandi-Noir
This is the third in the Malin Fors series. Ostensibly its about solving the murder of a wealthy lawyer but as much as anything it is about Fors' descent into alcoholism and the increasingly strained relationship with her teenage daughter and her daughter's father.
Kallentoft plaits together three narratives in working towards his conclusion. Besides the straight plot of the criminal investigation, As in the earlier novels he uses a device of the murder victim observing Fors and her colleagues at work and also employs a sequence of flashbacks, primarily into the perpetrators history but mixing it with that of the original victim. Throughout the novel Kallentoft also explores the reflections on events past and present of a number of characters.
The underlying ARC about Fors' problems is paralleled by an exploration of the difficulties many of her colleagues face in their personal lives.
Rating A+
Previously read novels in the series
Midwinter Sacrifice
Summertime Death
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