Started off slow almost couldn't get into it but man am I glad I continued! Great twisty turny book!

I just wanted to get through all the current English translations of these. I’ve fallen out of love with the main characters, who throughout the years are mainly just obsessed with their own hetero partnerships and the creation of children. And I did not get too interested in the murder mysteries because a lot of the time, the dead people were killed because of someone else’s vengeance motive, so this meant that the murder victims were unsavory nasty folks...No no. Not true. A lot of the time in...

Viveca Sten has long been one of my favorite Nordic Noir authors. She writes short, sometimes one-page chapters, containing short, punchy sentences. The style never becomes obtrusive, merely efficient and a good way of telling a murder mystery. The setting for her novels is Sandhamn Island, off the coast of Sweden, close to Stockholm and there is a lot of sailing there. As in previous Sandhamn novels, Nora Linde, lawyer, and Thomas Andreasson, Detective Inspector, are featured, but not in the se...

I’ve been reading the Sandhamn Murders series books in order, and I’ve enjoyed getting to know the two main characters, police inspector Thomas Andreasson and lawyer Nora Linde, as they investigate crimes while also managing the stresses of their personal lives. In the Name of Truth is the eighth book in the series, and although most of the series strengths are present, I found myself less invested in this one than in most of its predecessors. (Although I’m giving the book three stars, it’s some...

I was eagerly waiting for this one, and once I got it, could hardly put it down. I've liked all of Viveca Sten's Sandhamn novels, but this might be the best so far!!

Nora Linde serves as prosecutor in an economic crime case in which a former partner's key testimony will likely indict. She receives threatening emails. Benjamin, an eleven-year-old boy, goes to sailing camp at his father's insistence. Two other boys immediately begin bullying him, but the inexperienced group leader fails to notice. This boy's father, as the reader knows, is the key witness in Nora's case. Thomas first goes to the camp when a girl disappears. When the girl shows up back at home,...

I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway.This is the third in this series that I have read and so far for me, the very best. They have all been good but this one has the tightest plot and a complex and tension producing story. Nora Linde is busy preparing for her wedding to long time companion Jonas and simultaneously managing an important trial that could propel her career to a higher level. Her childhood friend, Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson, has just become involved in the disappearanc...

In the Name of Truth was written by Viveca Sten and translated from Swedish to English by Marlaine Delargy. This is the eighth book in the Sandhamn crime and legal thriller series. The main characters are Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson and prosecuting attorney Nora Linde. I believe this series would be best if it was read in series order. This would provide additional background and show character growth over time.Thomas and Nora are strong main characters with some depth and someone you

Once again we are back with our main characters Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson and prosecuting attorney Nora Linde. The first one is having marital problems and Nora is close to getting married with Jonas and that seems not to be happening.Nora Linde is prosecuting a man for fraud and is ready to wrap up the matter in court when he prime witness fails to deliver.A boy is send to sail camp and he really does not enjoy the experience.A 19 year old boy with a troubled history is in charge of...

459 pages5 starsA very unhappy eleven-year old boy named Benjamin, small for his age and introverted, is sent of to a week of sailing camp by his divorced father. There, he is bullied. At the same time, his father Christian Dufva is due to testify in a case in court against his former business partner. Prosecutor Nora Linde is handling the case. The defendant Mr. Winnerman is a man with a bad drinking and gambling partner who is also in hock to some very bad guys. Meanwhile Thomas Andreasson is

Complex and absorbing!Weave together a plot featuring a court case about embezzlement, a children's summer sailing camp off Sandhamn Island, a stalking pedophile, a runaway girl, a missing boy, a camp leader who suffers from deep insecurities, another couple of boys who would be at home in the Lord of the Flies; then throw in gambling and Lithuanian gangsters and you have one complicated plot for Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson and his friend, attorney Nora Linde to work their way through....

Viveca Sten amazes me in how she plants red herrings early to confuse you into believing certain people are guilty of a crime and then it is the other person. She has several scenarios to work with in creating her story. Scenario 1 was between Niklas Winnerman and his partner Christian Dufva. Winnerman was charged with embezzling 10,000,000 Kroner and bankrupting his business. Scenario 2 was between Nora and Jonas, he had to fly to Bangkok and had a wedding planned on the next Friday. Scenario 3...

Another great book in the Sandhamn series, which again bought together two seperate storylines into one fully rounded story. As background there was character development and updates on both Thomas and Nora's personal lives.This is a great series of books, which never fail to deliver.

Benjamin, aged 11, is signed up for a sailing camp that he really does not want to attend. Sadly, bullies and a lurking pedophile are not the worst of his experiences there--he's disappeared, and Thomas is assigned to the case. Is it the pedophile who is responsible?. Did the bullies go too far? Is his disappearance somehow related to his father's involvement in the criminal trial which Nora is prosecuting? As she does so well, Sten skillfully intertwines several plots and throws in a few surpri...

Complex story line with multiple subplots and many characters, the story was slow to start with but soon picked up speed when a missing boy got Inspector Thomas into the investigation. His best friend attorney Niora too had an important embezzlement case days before her wedding.My first book by this author, it took me some time to track all characters in my mind. The story unfurled with every chapter. A race against time to get to the truth as too many secrets refused to stay buried.A good read

This is the lowest score I've ever given this author. All the previous 7 have easily been 5* reads but I just seemed to get a little worn down by this one for no real reason I can put my finger on. I just wasn't in as much of a rush to pick it up again between times. I was gutted to have to do this but I suppose every author is entitled to a dud, so to speak, and 4* is hardly that, either, just not as good as the others for me.I did smile to myself that once again the story is set around Midsumm...

This is the last book in this series but there is a new one on the way. Yeh, as I will order it so I can continue with this series. I like the locale and it's always nice to transport yourself to exciting new places and this series takes place on the Scandinavian archipelago. This one had some dark themes of bullying and pedophilia. We also see Thomas's marriage start to falter when his wife is away more for her work than she is at home. At the end Thomas thinks to himself "isn't my love enough?...

This book is the eighth book in popular Sandhamn Murder series written by Viveca Sten in Swedish and translated into English by Marlaine Delargy. All the books in the series feature Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson. If you haven’t read the other books in the series, still you can read it as a standalone book.The Story revolves around the Christian Dufva’s family. Christian Dufva’s first marriage with Asa Dufva has fallen apart, and he has married Ninna. Benjamin Dufva is his son from first

I've been a fan of this series for so long that this one was a bit of a dissapointment. In this case there's no murder mystery, but two different plots that we soon realize are intertwined. Part courtroom drama, part child abduction investigation, it was clear from the beginning how both were gonna develop, making the story pretty predictable but entertaining nonetheless thanks in part to the short chapters style typical of the author. The kidnapping happens almost halfway through so it takes a

An Captivating Novel of Deceit and GreedThe children were asleep. A pedophile was searching for his next victim. This main story thread is joined by two other threads. These new threads both involve Christian Dufva. Christian is a partner in the now defunct Alliance Construction. He is the chief witness in the case against his partner, Niklas Winnerman, for the company’s collapse. Nora Linde, a reoccurring character, is prosecuting. The pressure on Nora for a successful prosecution was high beca...