Sometimes you don’t have to know what the book’s about to be interested in it; this is one of those cases, since the first sentence it was impossible to stop reading.
When Veum is asked to take care of the house for holidays, I doubt that he would think that his life would change so much within a few minutes; from finding a body at the pool to having to stop a disaster within a few days of difference. He has been away for personal reasons but now he will have to return to work as a Private Investigator if he wants to find the truth.
Reading one of the Gunnar Staalesen books is a sign that the book will be complex and very interesting; you can’t stop reading and wanting to know more about the story. Believe me when I say that this book will not be different; how can a man in a pool be related to a missing case and a environmental disaster?
Veum will not have an easy case in his hands, no one is ready to talk or to help him in the case, not even the police. But, it’s not difficult to like Veum; because he knows his faults and doesn’t try to be perfect, for me that’s the best way a character can be described, no one is perfect, you only have to accept it! But this will be a complicated case and he will have to be quick to solve the case before it’s too late.
I loved this story, I was a little bit confused sometimes with all the characters involved in the plot, but when the case is solved everything will be forgotten, this is how good the ending is; everything will fit perfectly.
Are you ready for the “Bitter Flowers”?