Victim Without a Face – Stefan Ahnhem
Victim Without a Face is the first book in the Fabian Risk series from Swedish writer Stefan Ahnhem. I stumbled across this series when I was in the library last week.I found it was, when I was looking through the new releases, and the book , The 9th Grave caught my eye.
Once I saw the book was a Swedish mystery novel I figured it would be something I would like. However, I saw it was the second book in the series. Since there are only book two in the series, I figured I should go back and start with book one. Checking the library catalog I discovered book one , Victim Without a Face was checked in at the branch of the library I was in. So I checked it out!
Guess what I was correct, not only did I like it, it may be the favorite book I’ve read this year! The only bad thing is I didn’t check out The 9th Grave. So I’ll have to get it on my next trip to the library.
About Victim Without a Face
In Victim Without a Face Detective Fabian Risk and his family have moved back to Risk’s hometown and into a firestorm. Risk is scheduled to start his new job in a month, but upon his arrival in town, his new boss asks him to help on a new murder case. He’s asked to help is because the victims were in Fisk’s class at school.
Soon there’s a second murder and once again the victim is one of Fisk’s classmates. Since both victims had bullied the same student, were their murders revenge? But when the killings continue the question becomes: Has the motive, changed to the elimination of all of the class? Catching the killer becomes frustrating as he appears to always be one step ahead of the police! So, can Risk stop the killer before he reaches his goal?
Bottom Line
In my opinion, Victim Without a Face is awesome.. Therefore, I give it a 5-star Rating. I liked everything about the book. While the book is fairly long, close to 600 pages, Ahnhem’s storytelling kept me turning the pages at a rapid clip. Hell,I just didn’t want to put the book down.
I also thought the character development throughout the entire book was top-notch, not only Fabian Risk, but all of the minor characters such as, Dunja Hougaard a member of the Copenhagen police force, and others as well.
So I’ll leave you with the words of Tony Parson,Author of The Murder Man….
”As good as any thriller to come out of Scandinavia over the last ten years. Stefan Ahnhem is more gripping than Jo Nesbo, blacker than Stieg Larson, and more bleakly human than Henning Mankiller. This is high-octane Scandinavian crime that knows where all the bodies are buried”
So Check it Out! As for me I just checked out The 9th Grave from my library and can’t wait to return to the world of Fabian Risk!!
Links for the Further Exploration of the Books of Stefan Ahnhem
Author Website
Goodreads
Facebook
Twitter
Amazon
Book 13 of 2018