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Red Wolf

by Liza Marklund
Atria: S. & S. Feb. 2011. c.390p. tr. from Swedish by Neil Smith. ISBN 9781451602067. $25.99. F
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As journalist Annika Bengtzon delves into a decades-old terrorist attack, her investigation is thwarted when her prime contact dies in a hit-and-run accident. Not believing in coincidences, Annika finds that the man she was to meet was killed in what is the first of a string of murders believed to be committed by the former leader of an old revolutionary gang that's back in Sweden after bombing a plane at a military base in 1969. Having given up her job as crime editor of the Evening Star in Stockholm after a life-threatening ordeal (in The Bomber), Annika works for the paper as an independent investigative reporter, butting heads with the editor in chief as she pursues her story at all costs and takes desperate measures when she discovers her husband's affair.
VERDICT In the fifth book of her internationally best-selling series (which is not written chronologically), Marklund blends the sociology and politics of contemporary Sweden with a taut mystery, capturing the Scandinavian chill as she builds suspense to an eminently satisfying conclusion. This excellent addition to the Nordic crime scene will also appeal to readers who enjoyed her outing this summer with James Patterson in The Postcard Killers.
Reviewed by Michele Leber, Arlington, VA , Dec 01, 2010
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