Olycksfågeln - Camilla Läckberg

A string of suspicious deaths points to a potential serial killer who has turned his eye toward Fjällbacka and her dark forests, where two children vanished decades before.A local woman is killed in a tragic car crash, but it isnt a clear-cut drunk driving case. The victims blood contains high alcohol levels, yet she rarely drank a drop. Meanwhile, a new television series begins shooting in Fjällbacka, and as cameras shadow the stars every move, tempers start to flare. When a drunken party ends with an unpopular contestants murder, all eyes turn to the cast and crew. Could there be a murderer among them? The ratings spike as the country tunes in to a real life murder mystery.Detective Patrik Hedstrom finds himself increasingly unable to focus on the strange circumstances of the first case, but what if that holds the key to a series of other unsolved cases across Sweden? Under the unforgiving media spotlight, Patrik tackles his most challenging investigation yet.

Published: 2006-05-15 (Bokförlaget Forum)

ISBN: 9789137129129

Language: Swedish

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages

Goodreads' rating: -

Genres

Cultural Sweden European Literature Scandinavian Literature Crime Mystery Thriller Fiction

Reviews

Aloysius rated it

Ik heb getwijfeld tussen drie en vier sterren. Dit is zon boek dat ik 3,5 ster zou geven als het mogelijk was. Ik vond het mysterie wel verrassend. Ondanks dat ik het boek eerder heb gelezen, kon ik me weinig van het verhaal herinneren. Al wist ik tegen het einde wel weer wie de dader was. Toch wist ik het niet meer zeker, dus bleef ik toch lezen om te zien of ik gelijk had. Deel 4 eindigt ook weer met een mooie cliffhanger voor deel 5. Ik ga echter eerst nog even het tussendeel lezen. Maar dat is gelukkig niet zo dik. Ik vind dit echt een leuke serie, omdat het niet alleen om de misdaden draait, maar ook om het privéleven van de personen. Al vond ik dat Erica nu niet zon grote rol had.

Teodorico rated it

Encore un très bon Camilla Läckberg ! L'histoire est prenante, les indices arrivent au fur et à mesure de l'intrigue pour nous permettre de nous faire notre propre idée du tueur, et les personnages sont toujours aussi intéressants. Ce n'est pas mon préféré de la série (cf Le Prédicateur) mais L'Oiseau de mauvais augure est néanmoins très bien. J'ai hâte de découvrir L'Enfant allemand !

Morrie rated it

Er, this should be titled "The Stranger" in English, instead of the Swedish, but I think it's the fourth book. Anyway, this one wasn't particularly good. I guessed the murderer early on and the reveal seemed dull. Maybe it was because I was reading the British edition, but it didn't seem to pack as much of a punch as the American translations?Also, what the hell is up with Swedish crime novels that are anti-misogyny but are weirdly misogynistic at the same time? I felt this way about the Millennium trilogy as well. The women in these books only ever want babies, pretty much, and Patrik calls the female officers in his station "girls" (RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGEEEEEE) and the book's a lot about how he doesn't understand Erica's feelings because she's so sensitive because she's a woman and he's a man. But at the same time, Lackberg is eager to mark the differences between Patrik, who is "liberated and progressive", and the characters who are women-haters (so hateful that they're like one-dimensional, comical farces). However, even Patrik succumbs to thoughts like how he wasn't sure if he could work if his wife were the boss of him. It's like Lackberg is trying, but can't quite escape the framework of the sexism she was brought up with. What am I supposed to say? Valid attempt? Try harder?Uh, mind you, none of this will stop me from still actively reading this series. I don't know why. They're like crack. I'm just also keeping my criticisms in mind.