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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780312327682
ISBN number: 0312327684
Label: St. Martin's Minotaur
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: February 06, 2007
Publishing house: St. Martin's Minotaur
Release Date: February 06, 2007
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Winner of the Swedish Crime Academy Award for Best Crime Novel, The Princess of Burundi introduces American readers to a crime writer who has quickly become an international sensation.
This spellbinding new thriller opens when a young father fails to show up for supper on a snowy night just before Christmas. His is not the only sinister disappearance, and before the final breathtaking climax, a secret killer terrorizes an entire frightened town.
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The Princess of Burundi was a rather dull and plodding police procedural.
None of the characters were particularly compelling or well drawn. The detectives seemed pale imitations of other Swedish police characters and all possessed a "sameness" that made it hard to distinguish one from the other. As for the plot, plodding: no real mystery at all.
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The Princess of Burundi ranks up with the best of the Scandinavian mysteries I've read--including Henning Mankell's. It's almost in the same category as the magnificent classics of Sjowall and Wahloo.
I particularly liked the treatment of the family of the primary murder victim. It showed a group of flawed characters but with realism and empathy. Eriksson also skillfully captures the interplay among the police investigating a series of vicious killings. Although the subject is somber and quite dark, he leavens it with some humour and some pointed commentary on contemporary Swedish politics and society.
Finally, an extra shout out for the title--clever, mystifying but also relevant to the story.
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I took a chance on this author and book, having read all of Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallender series, and all of Karin Fossum's books. This book kept me turning the page and was hard to put down. It is definitely a fine piece of work, and I recommend it highly to those who love dark and psychological mysteries.
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I ordered this book because I saw the 2nd book (Cruel Stars of the Night) in Borders and thought it would be best to read the first; Princess of Burundi.
I highly reccommend this book to anyone who enjoys crime novels. Eriksson's writing is very addicting; he really is able to draw you into each of the character's lives as well as the overall plot. Once I started, I had a hard time putting it down. I look forward to reading more novels from Eriksson.
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A top-notch crime/police procedural in the order of Menkell, in that, characters you can feel and touch.
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