Still Waters (Sandhamn Murders), by Viveca Sten
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Still Waters (Sandhamn Murders), by Viveca Sten
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On a hot July morning on Sweden’s idyllic vacation island of Sandhamn, a man takes his dog for a walk and makes a gruesome discovery: a body, tangled in fishing net, has washed ashore.
Police detective Thomas Andreasson is the first to arrive on the scene. Before long, he has identified the deceased as Krister Berggren, a bachelor from the mainland who has been missing for months. All signs point to an accident—until another brutalized corpse is found at the local bed-and-breakfast. But this time it is Berggren’s cousin, whom Thomas interviewed in Stockholm just days before.
As the island’s residents reel from the news, Thomas turns to his childhood friend, local lawyer Nora Linde. Together, they attempt to unravel the riddles left behind by these two mysterious outsiders—while trying to make sense of the difficult twists their own lives have taken since the shared summer days of their youth.
Still Waters (Sandhamn Murders), by Viveca Sten - Amazon Sales Rank: #120965 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-01
- Released on: 2015-10-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.00" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 434 pages
Still Waters (Sandhamn Murders), by Viveca Sten About the Author
Swedish writer Viveca Sten has sold almost four million copies of her enormously popular Sandhamn Murders series. In 2014, her seventh novel, the hugely successful I maktens skugga (In the Shadow of Power), was published in Sweden and cemented her place as one of the country’s most popular authors. Her Sandhamn Murders novels continue to top the bestseller charts and have been made into a successful Swedish-language TV miniseries, which has been broadcast around the world to thirty million viewers. Sten lives in Stockholm with her husband and three children, but she prefers to spend her time visiting Sandhamn to write and vacation with her family.
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193 of 202 people found the following review helpful. Finally- a traditional mystery By JZS Although a lifelong mystery reader, I had always shied away from Scandinavian mysteries. I tended to think in terms of “Scandinavian Noir”- grim, claustrophobic and cold. However, I’ve become quite fond of some over the past several months so was delighted to see a translation of Vivica Sten’s first Sandham mystery available as an Amazon Kindle First pick.I enjoyed “Still Waters” a lot. Not the least bit “Noir” (paranoid, seedy, dealing with corrupt officials, etc.), it was refreshing to read a modern true mystery novel that did not involve slavering serial killers murdering in bizarrely gruesome ways. Part traditional mystery, part police procedural, the book is well written with interesting, believable characters. I found the main detective, Thomas Andreasson, very good company with a strong “cast of supporting players”. Since this is a murder mystery of course there are murders :) But they are not excessively gruesome. There is little foul language and no graphic sex scenes. And although most of the book takes place on islands of the Swedish archipelago, events take place in summer months so no time was spent in snow and ice :) (For those geographically challenged as I am, the archipelago are the islands are off the east coast near Stockholm in the Baltic Sea.)On the downside, there were a few things that I found a bit tedious. First of all I thought the “who-done-it” was apparent fairly early on which made the “why-done-it” not too difficult to figure out. This made much of the investigation uninteresting. And I became irritated with the best friend’s marriage to a jerk which took up a lot of the story but since this is the first in a series, I suppose some foundation is necessary. Keeping track of Swedish names- particularly location names- was a little difficult. This may bother some US readers but I actually enjoyed it.I’m looking forward to the rest of the series becoming available in the U.S. I recommend this especially to those like me who are tired of the psycho serial killer stories that seem to have taken over the mystery field :)
109 of 113 people found the following review helpful. A leisurely, charming book that's perfect reading for a day in bed By Whistlers Mom This entertaining, not-very-demanding book was the perfect companion for a day in bed drinking tea-with-honey and recovering from bronchitis. It's the perfect "beach read" since that's where much of the action takes place. The island of Sandhamn is a popular resort near Stockholm, Sweden. Like all neighborhoods with vacation homes, there's long-standing conflict between the "summer people" and the year-rounders. Now there's also conflict between families who've owned summer homes on the Island for generations and the wealthier new-comers who are snapping up old family homes from inheritors who can no longer afford to maintain them.Although this is a mystery, it won't have you on the edge of your seat. It's a leisurely, detailed (sometimes too detailed) look at life in modern Sweden with a couple of murders on the side. The charm lies in the characters, who are for the most part believable and likable. Thomas Andreasson is a cop with strong ties to the Island. As seems to be the norm for fictional detectives today, he has faced tragedy - in his case the death of a child from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the subsequent break-up of his marriage. His childhood friend Nora is a lawyer married to a doctor with two young sons. While Thomas' life is a wreck, Nora's seem almost too good to be true and that proves to be the case.Sweden is frequently held up as a model country - a worker's paradise where there is no racism, sexism, or poverty and the government provides generously for all citizens. In gentle, but inexorable fashion, this author makes it clear that Sweden is no different from any other place. The workers may be entitled to lengthy Family Leave and four weeks of vacation, but their supervisors still have an eye on the bottom line. There are irritating in-laws, disappointing children, and harsh parents. Doctors are accustomed to being treated with deference at work and sometimes expect the same treatment from their families. Cops resent being thwarted by civilians and bossed around by bureaucrats with no knowledge of police proceedures. In the short summers, the weather is gorgeous, but there are mosquitoes. Swedish mosquitoes! Who knew? It's just a country with nice scenery and a preponderance of good-looking blondes and the same problems that all of us deal with.The absence of wide-spread poverty doesn't mean that people are satisfied with what they have. Two of the disaffected are cousins Krister and Kicki Berggren - both middle-aged, bitter, and alone in the world. He works in the liquor industry; she's a croupier in a casino. Both think they've gotten a bum deal in life and are looking for an easy way to even the score. "Sandhamn. That's where the money is." Kicki tells her friend enigmatically, but demanding money from strangers can be risky business as both cousins soon learn.While Thomas and his colleagues try to find a killer, Nora is facing a personal crisis of her own. A happy wife and mother, she's miserable at work. When she has a chance to improve her situation, she runs into the brick wall of gender expectations. She's sacrificed for her husband, but he feels no obligation to rearrange his life to accommodate her needs. Does she stay or go?Nora's enviable life looks to be taking a turn for the worse, but Thomas' life has no way to go but up. Immersing himself in his demanding job masks, but can't do away with the emptiness he feels. Still struggling with guilt over his child's death and his unresolved relationship with his former wife, he is none-the-less starting to long for companionship. Two attractive women enter his life. I figured he would end up with one of them, but toward the close of the book, he seems to be gravitating toward the (to me) less suitable one. She's also the more aggressive one, and Thomas is an unusually passive hero. Maybe that's his charm.I wasn't surprised to learn that this is the first book in a successful series. The author has a talent for creating characters that the reader quickly comes to care about, but it reads like a first book. There's a little too much of everything - details, plot twists, and local history. It also has the feel of a book that's intended to initiate a series. While the murders are solved, some of the personal issues are left hanging. It appears that Ms. Sten was trying to get us sufficiently invested in Thomas and Nora that we would want to read more about them. In my case, at least, she achieved her goal.It's leisurely until the last few chapters, but I was never tempted to give up. The characters of Thomas and Nora and their friends and colleagues and families are intriguing enough to keep me reading. I wanted to find out what happens to them. And I enjoyed learning about a country that seems at once exotic and very familiar. Human nature is the same all over the world and this author knows people and what makes them tick. Given the strength of the characters, I can see how this morphed into a popular television series.This book was translated from Swedish and it's a good, readable translation, aside from the irritating use of the phrase "get ahold." How did that get past the editor? I was amused to find myself imagining the characters speaking English with the charming, sing-song accent of Scandinavians. And I suspect that English-speaking Swedes use the British "biscuits" rather than the American "cookies." But overall, it's a good book. Not earth-shaking, but entertaining.
33 of 38 people found the following review helpful. Unsatisfying mystery By William C. Mead Still Waters (Sandhamn Murders Book 1). Although I read the whole book and found the story somewhat interesting, and the ending had a bit of suspense, I was unsatisfied when I finished.Somehow, characters in Swedish mysteries seem mostly to be a moody, depressed group. Here, the main investigator, Thomas, is a stereotypical depressed, beleaguered Stockholm detective. He spends a lot of emotional energy on his baby daughter, who died of SIDS, and his failed marriage, which fell apart when the grief and guilt of the couples' loss overwhelmed them. Thomas has a few other nagging problems: overwork, loneliness, and frustration over his delayed vacation. Two of the victims are late-middle-aged alcoholics, disappointed with their bleak and narrow lives. Thomas's long-time friend, Nora, juggles motherhood of two young boys, legal work,and a selfish, tyrannical husband.Partly as a result of all this angst, the plot is slow moving. In this case, the police are stumbling in the dark for the entire book. The personal problems likewise drag onward with little advancement during the book. I'm left with the impression that this long book is one episode in a (potentially) endless series of long books.On the plus side (for my tastes), there are no sexual scenes and the profanity is not too frequent. Although people get murdered, those events are treated from a distance and there is little on-stage violence.*** Spoiler warning ***The police never do solve the crime: even as the murderer confesses in her suicide note, the police are still without suspect(s) and motive.I didn't guess the murderer, and when it was revealed, I can see why. Although there was a carefully dropped clue along the way, the perpetrator was completely unbelievable. The motive, too, strained my credulity.There are two subplots that advance in tiny steps, and are completely unresolved when the book ends.*** End Spoiler ***Unless you are a patient, easy-to-please reader, I'd recommend that you read something else.
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