The Darkness
by Ragnar Jonasson – 309 p.
The Darkness
is first in a new series by Scandinavian noir author Jonasson.
Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdottir of the Reykjavik police is
forced into early retirement. She wheedles a half-hearted verbal
agreement from her boss to investigate one last cold case, one that
has haunted her for many years, that of a drowned young Russian woman
that no one really cared about. I simply could not dredge up a lot of
empathy for put-upon Hulda. The author kept explaining what a strong,
capable woman she is, but I felt she was just whiny and unsure of her
every move. I also did not care for the way this book sets up the
series, which I don't intend to read. Too bad.
