Didn't enjoy it as much as the first book but it was a classic and decent take on police procedures. I still think the pacing in these books are good and we uncover little by little in a good pace

3,5/5 stars

This better second book, after Misterioso, was written in the pre-dawn of the current century and it has to be read with that awareness. It is Swedish, and so I think that awareness must also include the residual shock surrounding the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986, a crime without a certain perpetrator. It is a police procedural, serial killer novel of the kind I have been reading since finding David L. Lindsey's Mercy 25 years ago. So many have been written, and (since the

Meandering, slow, predictable first half that picks up speed in the second half. Twists and somewhat breaks the mold but stays a little bit to true to the genre, to become something out of the ordinary.

Stockholm's A-Group, tasked with investigating crimes with international connections, are following the trail of an American serial killer, who appears to have murdered a Swedish citizen in New York and taken his seat on a flight to Sweden. The routine investigation of a warehouse break-in appears to throw up links to the killer, and the team have to pull together all the lines of enquiry to try to track down a vicious and ruthless killer.This was an enjoyable read, combining a police procedural...

I thought that the first eighty odd pages of history and establishing of the unsympathetic characters was far too long and tedious, the story took a long time to develop and gain momentum but once it did it was riveting. Being a police procedural in style I can easily see how this story could translate successfully to the small screen (BBC4 has picked this title and series up and I believe it has already screened).I like hearing the behind the scenes banter and theorising; the blackboard of what...

''Bad Blood'' is, in my humble opinion, one of the best books of ''A-Gruppen'' (or ''Intercrime'') saga even though it is only the second installment in the series. The elite team of policemen is facing a unique, for the Swedish standards, case involving an American serial killer known as ''The Kentucky killer'' who, according to strong evidence, is in the country wreaking havoc to the local community. This novel stands out, mainly, for the terrifying villain who uses a special instrument of tor...

Another great police procedural from Mr. Dahl. I am enjoying the slow building rapport between the team of investigators first introduced in the beginning novel in the series 'Misterioso'.

After a gap of 5 years I have finally picked up book 2 in ths Swedish police series. Set in Sweden the events of book 1 are fresh in the memory of Paul Hjelm and the other members of the elite A team set up to investigate the crimes in the first instalment.Here , whilst unsure whether any new major crimes will arise a sudden call is received from the FBI that a renowned serial kiler, with a unique signature murder, had killed a Swedish art critic in Newark airport and was on a plane to stockholm...

The second in Dahl's Swedish special crime team novels, and pretty good. While there is a lot to groan about, the interesting plot and humor (when it works) more than make up for the odd moments and mistakes about America.The plot involves the 'Kentucky Killer' traveling to Sweden. Since this was written pre-9/11, the ease with which K (as he is called) goes through the airports can be excused, even it gave me pause. What also stopped the flow for me was Dahl referring to Kentucky as being in th...

Bad Blood is the second in the Intercrime series by Scandinavian crime writer,Arne Dahl. In this novel, we meet again the team of police officers featured previously, getting to know a little more of their characters and what “makes them tick”. They are an interesting, flawed and varied set of personalities, who gel into an effective crime- solving force.Their task this time is to find the American serial killer, nicknamed the Kentucky Killer. This is a particularly unpleasant murderer, who uses...

Take the late (and very great) Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series, move them to Sweden, particularly Stockholm, bring them into the world of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, change all of the names of the characters to Scandinavian names and you have the Intercrime series of Arne Dahl. Well, sort of. (No one is Ed McBain except maybe Evan Hunter.) But we have a group of detectives, all with particular talents who are assembled together in the Intercrime Group. None are perfect but they do h...

Be careful what you wish for…Paul Hjelm and the team have had very little to do since they wound up their last case in The Blinded Man. 'Violent crimes with an international character' seem to be in short supply. And Paul is bored...'What they needed was a robust serial killer, of a robust, international character, thought Paul Hjelm as he slid back into his orgy of self-pity.'Be careful what you wish for! Even as Paul thinks this, a serial killer is on his way to Sweden - a killer who tortures

Book Info: Genre: Suspense/Thriller/Noir CrimeReading Level: AdultRecommended for: those who like darker crime thrillers, those who like Scandinavian crime novelsBook Available: August 13, 2013 in Hardcover and Kindle formatsTrigger Warnings: torture, murder, infidelity (flashback to first book), child abuseMy Thoughts: This is an absolutely brilliant book, like the first one. Again I am not surprised to find that Arne Dahl is a bestseller and very well-known elsewhere in the world. While it is

A review copy was provided by Gill Hess in return for an honest reviewI should start by saying that I haven't read the first book nor have I seen the TV series. It usually really irks me when I discover that the book I'm reading is part of a series but it didn't really effect my enjoyment of this one.The blurb on the back sounded really interesting and I couldn't wait to get into it. I was expecting a roller-coaster like thriller but that wasn't what I got. The first half of the book

In this 2nd book in the 'Intercrime' series, the Swedish detective squad is on the trail of a vicious serial killer. The book can be read as a standalone.*****Stockholm's Intercrime Unit A squad deals with serious crimes that extend beyond Sweden's borders. As this book in the Nordic crime series opens, the team hasn't had a case in quite some time and is concerned about being split up. Before that happens though, the FBI calls Unit A leader, Detective Superintendent Jan-Olov Hultin, to report t...

I have absolutely no idea how I came by this book, just randomly found it on my Kindle. But why not - I do frequently enjoy nordic thrillers and have read another by this author that was pretty good. Not having read the first book in this series featuring an elite Swedish police unit dealing with serious crimes that go beyond Sweden's borders, I wasn't familiar with the characters but got to know them well enough as they are faced with the unprecedented threat of an American serial killer with a...

3.5/5 It's no secret to faithful readers that I'm a crime fiction fan. I always enjoy discovering new authors in this genre. Arne Dahl's latest North American release is Bad Blood. This is the second book featuring his recurring characters, the members of the A-Unit of the Swedish Intercrime Team. The team is notified by the FBI that an American serial killer has eluded authorities and is on a flight to Sweden. Once the plane lands, the killer manages to again escape and the inevitable wait be...

Bad Blood is book two in the Intercrime series by Arne Dahl. Detective Paul Hjelm and Detective Kerstin Holm of the Intercrime team caught a case of the death of Swedish literary critic. The plane ticket of the murdered victim was stolen, and the request by FBI to help in finding a serial killer Detective Paul Hjelm and Detective Kerstin Holm realise that the murderer is coming to Stockholm. The readers of Bad Blood will continue to follow Detective Paul Hjelm and Detective Kerstin Holm to see i...

The second book in the A-Unit series opens just about a season after Misterioso’s conclusion. Dahl does a nice job of summarizing the previous novel without giving away any plot points, but covers just enough of a re-cap that readers starting with this second novel in the series would not be overly lost. Like its predecessor, this novel falls more into the police-procedural sub-genre of the mystery/thriller. Accordingly, its opening pages are fairly slow paced. But this pacing completely changes...