It took my a month to read the book, but not because it was a hard read. It also looks at how people who are perceived as being different are treated, both as children and as adults. The book also does an interesting job of exploring the expectations families put on children, and how when they may not live up to those expectations - either by circumstances, or by choice - parents can be cruel in response.
It’s snowing out, Christmas is approaching, and there’s both a sense of urgency and a sense of calm in the book. Erlendur spends the duration of the novel staying in the hotel where the murder took place, taking his meals, meeting with his daughter, and of course, investigating the crime. This story definitely has a more claustrophobic feel than the previous two books. While a woman does play a prominent role in the investigation, the story involves the murder of a man who was formerly a renowned choirboy. I said in my last review that I was hoping this author wasn’t committed to having women always (only?) be the victims of the crimes his detective investigates, and I got my wish with this one. That sounds like an insult, but I don’t mean it that way at all.
I’m enjoying having something somewhat easy to read in between more substantial books. People who like mysteries set around Christmastime.ĭetective Erlendur is called to investigate a murder that took place at a hotel a week before Christmas. Red (and my first actual BINGO – all the colors!)
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