What Sara said. A lot to like here. ( )

A random selection - in a review for The Dark by Emma Haughton, which was redeemed only by descriptions of the Arctic winter, this Greenland police novel was recommended and was only 99p on Amazon, which was all the persuasion I needed! And apart from the brevity of the story, at only just over 200 pages, I did enjoy reading about Detective Maratse and learned a lot about Greenland, the largest island in the world, and loved the chilling descriptions of the Arctic conditions:

An iceberg bigger than a shopping mall blocked their view of the mouth of the fjord. Gaba directed the driver around it. The cold air peeled off the iceberg in thick, heavy layers, and the spotters on the deck and the roof shivered in the breath of ice. Petra’s hair turned white at the tips, and Maratse felt the familiar tickle in his nose, as the temperature dropped.

The storyline reminded me a lot of The Chestnut Man, with a Lincoln Rhyme-esque invalided police officer working as a freelance detective alongside a young female sergeant. The daughter of the First Minister is murdered just before a big election, but is her death about politics or a baser crime altogether? Retired detective Maratse, who has recently moved to the Minister's remote hometown to recover from his injuries, is called in to assist the police, much to his relief.

I enjoyed my visit to Greenland (although I struggled with the place names!) and will definitely read more of Maratse's cases. ( )

An excellent Police procedural set in Greenland, atmospheric descriptive you could almost feel the cold as you read intelligent, with terrific characters, not the greatest mystery as I guessed the baddie despite the plot twists. However once started I simply could not put it down and fortunately there are lots more books featuring the two main characters to enjoy.
Totally recommended. ( )