Friday 16 March 2018

Will Dean

A dark, unsettling story and a very impressive debut novel.



Dark Pines

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My review -


In a refreshing departure from the fashion for maverick detectives solving crime mysteries, here the main protagonist is a newspaper reporter. Tuva Moodyson is in the small town of Gavrik to be close to her dying mother. The town is in the dark pines of Utgard Forest and the whole story feels claustrophobic and enclosed. Modern murders take the same form as unsolved murders from twenty years ago. Tuva wants to find the truth because that’s what she deals in.

I found the characters really interesting, both good and bad. Tuva is a great protagonist as she’s young, keen, yet dogged by guilt about her mother. I found the pace of the story good and the ending very exciting. I highly recommend this to people who enjoy mystery stories but want a change from the usual police procedural. A great and confident debut novel.

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