Lead Review

• Book: Unhinged
• Location: Norway, Oslo
• Author: Jørn Lier Horst, Thomas Enger

Review Author: tripfiction

I do love a good writing duo. This is no. 3 in the Blix and Ramm series. The book opens with DCI Alexander Blix in police custody, having to explain why he shot someone. Emma Ramm, a journalist with whom he works on cases, saw what happened.

The story then moves back over the events that led to this point. Sofia Kovic who reported to Blix has been shot at close range. Blix’s daughter Iselin has been renting a room on the top floor of Sofia’s house and is at home when she hears the tell tale sound of a gun being fired and has to escape down scaffolding on the outside of the building. For now, she is safe and gives her statement to the police.

She flags to her father that Sofia seemed to be working on police files but it transpires that the relevant documents and her computer are missing. They perhaps prove to be integral to what is going on.

This is a well crafted story that has wheels within wheels and some unexpected twists and turns, shocking at points. The characters are nicely defined and there is certainly sense of the city and its surroundings.

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