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Nora's newest case focuses on a money laundering scheme. The defense attorney for the primary suspect Andreis is sharp so she knows she needs solid evidence to put him away. Andreis physically abuses his wife Mina. She knows leaving him will put her life and her child's life at risk if he finds her. Even her parents are in danger. Nora helps Mina move to Freya's Haven, a safe house. Thomas, of course, warns Nora of the danger she might be in and investigates tips she finds which help solidify th...
I just never got into this book. The others in the series were strong in a sense of place, and I felt like I was on or near Sandhamn. I enjoyed that. This book's action bounced between war-torn Bosnia, not a pleasant to be and the trials and tribulations of a battered woman who was always in danger, which is also not pleasant. The body count was quite high in this novel, and we got quite graphic descriptions of bones breaking, knives cutting and death. None of this is why I read the previous eig...
I have been a huge fan of this series, but the books seem to have been getting darker and 'In Bad Company' just seemed a black and miserable story. I read the 1st third, then just skimmed to the end, as I was finding it both tedious and upsetting. I agree with other reviewers that the Bosnian chapters did not help the flow, understanding of the character or plot at all. Just padding, and it was long enough. I just received book 10 today, so I'll see what that is like. I can only hope it is a bit...
Though this book might support victims of domestic violence, the inserted flashbacks to war experiences in the childhood of the violent crimial suggest without any foundation that war trauma in childhood causes violent and criminal behaviour in adulthood. In addition, the author allows herself some "liberties" (as she calls it) in describing the Swedish criminal justice trying to make this story more or less plausible. However, this approach only results in an image of criminal justice character...
Contrived plot line The Sandhamn Murders series has had some difficult to read, but generally entertaining stories, but unfortunately this one was not one of her best. That is not to say that the book was without merit, as it certainly is, as it will open the eyes of many to the horrors of domestic violence, along with the tragic senselessness of civil war. These are extremely important and relevant issues, and much of what was written was pertinent and emotionally moving. The problem with the b...
Very good. Slow to start but good gripping story.
I first started reading the Sandhamn Murders series a few years ago and have really enjoyed each of the books I have read. I like the characters of prosecutor Nora Linde and her best friend DI Thomas Andreasson both individually and when they’re spending time together as friends or discussing a case. I also like learning about life in Sweden through the descriptions included in these books.Unfortunately, “In Bad Company” is my least favorite of the books in this series. I was disappointed in how...
I have been enjoying all the Sandhamm Murders Books, so when this came out, I just bought it (usually I'll borrow, then buy, but I've been enjoying all her books). Well, this is my least favorite :( It is not the writing, the suspense, but I just can't enjoy books about DV. Nora is the lead in this story because, well, there isn't a murder to get Thomas involved (or will there be a murder??). The focus is on Mina a battered woman with a young baby. Nora is trying to get Mina to help get Mina's h...
Andreis Kovac came to Sweden from Bosnia as a child to escape the war. Involved in the drug trade, his high-powered lawyer has managed to keep him out of jail but now evidence has come to the Economic Crimes Authority confirming tax fraud. Before prosecutor Nora Linde can file charges, he is arrested for beating his wife. Mina claims that Andreis loves her, but the beatings have become more frequent and she fears for her life. When she is released from the hospital, Nora arranges for her Mina an...
After nine books in the “Sandhamn Murders” series, the author could have made herself comfortable and kept writing the same story again and again, so it is much appreciated to see that she keeps reinventing the series with new characters and new approaches to the mystery genre. Some instalments ago there was a temporal jump in the main characters’ lives and now, after several books in this new timeline, there’s a veer from the more traditional police procedural mystery to a suspense/thriller wit...
In Bad Company is the ninth instalment in the Sandhamn Murders series, featuring prosecuting lawyer Nora Linde and set on Sweden’s idyllic vacation island of Sandhamn. Chief Prosecutor of the Office against White Collar Crime Nora Linde is facing perhaps the most complicated case of her career: getting one of Stockholm's biggest drug lords, Andreis Kovač, convicted of financial crime - tax evasion, to be exact - as they simply can't convict him for his drug trafficking or money laundering offenc...
Swedish attorney Nora is trying to get a depraved Bosnian-born criminal convicted, but first she must get his frightened young wife to testify that he beats her up. Alternate chapters flash back to his childhood in war-torn Bosnia, but if they were supposed to make me feel sympathetic, it didn’t work. I found this novel extremely disturbing; violent abusers are one of my off limits subjects, and the threat at the end was very unsettling. If all this isn’t a problem for you, this is a well writte...
I read this for the 2021 Popsugar Challenge prompt "a book published in 2021". The book was published in Swedish before, but the English edition just came out January 2021. I have been following this series for years so I had pre-ordered it several months ago. Followers of the series know that it features a pair of long time friends, a police officer and a lawyer. In this one, the lawyer is the main protagonist with her policeman friend coming in and out with information and a last minute save.
Nora Linde with the Economic Crimes Authority is looking into a case involving drug trafficking, tax evasion, and possibly domestic abuse. A Serb named Andreis Kovač has been under investigation by the Narcotics Division. Andreis’s wife Mina whom he hits constantly has been approached by Nora who’s trying to persuade her to cooperate with the police and have her husband arrested. But Mina insists she tripped on her vacuum cleaner and fell. An engaging read. Would recommend. Thank you to Viveca S...
And back to 5* in this instalment for me. Only her last book was a 4* for me-the remainder of this set have all been easy 5*. A tremendous series and always terrific translations done as well.This was another intriguing tale and held my interest all the way through. I do look forward to each and every one of her stories. This also left us with a little cliffhanger as well, which she doesn't usually do, so we may well be hearing more from this particular set of bit-players in her story. I've no i...
Another excellent addition to the Sandhamn Murders series!Viveca Sten never disappoints and this solid mystery kept me guessing.Great characters and tightly knitted plot.Highly recommended.Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
Always enjoyI,always enjoy this series,however this one was different. Tough subject matter, the aging of the main characters and the parallel lives of the main characters,didn't seem as engaging as previous works by this author . I can't say I didn't t like it,it just felt like everybody was in a tough place in life.
I begin on a positive note: I did not know that In Bad Company was book #9 in a series. I found out before I had finished, but I am pleased to report that the novel easily stands on its own. The novel (and presumably, the series) is set in Sweden, on an archipelago called Sandhamn Island. The story begins peacefull enough: A Lovely young lady, Mina Kovac, is keeping one eye on her infant son Lukas while she sets the table for dinner. She has prepared her husband Andreis' favorite meal, and has s...
🌅Compelling tale of fear and violence in the Stockholm archipelago🤕This is only the second or third book I've read in Sten's Sandhamn series and it was just as thrilling and captivating as the previous. Though it focuses on Andreis, one violent Bosnian immigrant/wife beater and Mina, his terrified, classic Swedish beauty wife, it goes much further. Flashbacks to Andreis' traumatic childhood in Bosnia and his family's harrowing flight from the Balkans give his violent character some context.The t...
Disturbing MysteryThis is a story centered around the worst form of domestic violence for Mina, a young mother and her Lukas her 4 month old baby. Her husband Andreis is an incredibly dangerous drug dealer leading an operation with his even more violent brother Emir. Four story lines alternate from chapter to chapter. First there's Mina's where Andreis takes out his anxieties by beating his wife and then refusing to let her escape. The second story line revolves around wartime atrocities in Bosn...