Having read the first Wallander book and very much enjoyed the descriptions of Sweden and the characters, I was looking forward to the second book.
However, it wasn't as good as I'd hoped - and maybe that's because much of it is actually set in Latvia.
When two well dressed dead bodies wash up in a life raft on the Swedish shore, Wallander becomes involved in a confusing Eastern Block/Russian mafia world - one that he's not at all comfortable in and certainly doesn't understand.
The characters are interesting and I'm certainly warming to Wallander himself, the story kept me interested and reading, but it just didn't have the same feel as the first.
I won't be put off, and will return to the series - but I'm glad this wasn't the first otherwise I might not have continued. There are only nine available so I will pace myself and spread them out.
Bought on Green Metropolis.
25th January - 4th February 2009
However, it wasn't as good as I'd hoped - and maybe that's because much of it is actually set in Latvia.
When two well dressed dead bodies wash up in a life raft on the Swedish shore, Wallander becomes involved in a confusing Eastern Block/Russian mafia world - one that he's not at all comfortable in and certainly doesn't understand.
The characters are interesting and I'm certainly warming to Wallander himself, the story kept me interested and reading, but it just didn't have the same feel as the first.
I won't be put off, and will return to the series - but I'm glad this wasn't the first otherwise I might not have continued. There are only nine available so I will pace myself and spread them out.
Bought on Green Metropolis.
25th January - 4th February 2009
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