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To the Top of the Mountain

By: Arne Dahl, Alice Menzies - translator
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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After the disastrous end to their last case, the Intercrime team – a specialist unit created to investigate violent, international crime – has been disbanded, their leader forced into early retirement.

The six officers have been scattered throughout the country. Detectives Paul Hjelm and Kerstin Holm are investigating the senseless murder of a young football supporter in a pub in Stockholm, Arto Söderstedt and Viggo Norlander are working on mundane cases, Gunnar Nyberg is tackling child pornography while Jorge Chavez is immersed in research.

But when a man is blown up in a high-security prison, a major drugs baron comes under attack and a massacre takes place in a dark suburb, the Intercrime team are urgently reconvened. There is something dangerous approaching Sweden, and they are the only people who can do anything to stop it.

 Crime Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedurals Thriller & Suspense Crime Fiction Suspense

Critic reviews

Complex…hard-hitting (Declan Burke)
Crime fiction on a grand scale
Dahl’s plotting is deft, his action scenes thrilling and his characterisation brilliant (Paul Connolly)
Dahl appears to possess the customary Scandinavian talent of bagging a slew of literary awards, and in his much-acclaimed Intercrime series delivers crime writing of genuine authority
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Odd , out of world or out of body experiences of some characters gives the story a slight “seen darkly through glass” quality.

It was good to find the A-team back together again and catch up with their personal stories.

The narrator annoyed or irritated me a bit at the beginning of the story, but I soon grew used to his voice and found as the story evolved I found it acceptable.

The story was a bit different from the usual detective stories I have read, but the characters are strong and I would be interested in following them in another case.

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