A Mysterious Review of Strange Bird by Anna Jansson. A Maria Wern Mystery.
Review summary: This is an incredibly uneven crime novel. In many ways it is more social commentary than mystery, and the two are not terribly well integrated or even well differentiated. Though the storyline here is creative, it isn't all that engaging, especially since it is easy to predict from very early on how it will all play out in the end, that is whodunit and why. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Strange Bird
Anna Jansson
A Maria Wern Mystery
Stockholm Text (August 2013)
Publisher synopsis: As the bird flu pandemic reaches Gotland Island, panic spreads among the inhabitants who are frantic for an elusive cure. In the desperation that rises, the hunt for scapegoats begins, and extremist and anti-immigrant groups gain ground.
Meanwhile, nurse Sandra Hägg makes a gruesome discovery at the health clinic where she works — a discovery that will cost her life. Soon Detective Inspector Maria Wern is assigned to solve the murder.
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