Rebecka Martinsson! The final chapter!

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The Sins of our Fathers (Arctic Murders #6) by Asa Larsson 

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The illusive, troubled Rebecka Martinsson! Previously a successful solicitor in Stockholm, now she’s moved back to the prosecutor’s office in Kiruna. Rebecca’s living in her grandmother’s old house next door to her uncle Sivving. 

Currently Rebecca is having troubles at work. Troubles with her acting boss Carl Van Post, troubles with her friend Police Inspector Anna-Maria, and troubles with her love interests, particularly Kristen Erikkson.

Van Post has relegated her to closing out the backlog of minor crimes—over one hundred and fifty. Something someone without Rebeka’s seniority could easily have done. It’s a pointed move by Van Post.

When a man is found dead in a freezer from a heart attack and its determined the body is that of a man who disappeared over fifty years ago, Rebecka is given the task to clear it away as the statute of limitations has been reached. Only it turns out the man was murdered. The body is that of a former Olympic boxer who’d disappeared. Then two other bodies are found nearby. The island on which the body is found belongs to the family who’d fostered Rebecka’s mother years ago. A quandary! Does Rebecka declare herself as having a prior connection to the family. No! Because to Rebecka it’s irrelevant, but under Swedish law, Rebecka is seen as being part of that family! Fascinating!

So Rebecka ends up illegally working a case that has far reaching tentacles into the community, hints of thuggery, tax evasion and the Russian mafia. Wow! 

Then there’s her relationship with Krister which is a time bomb waiting to go off. Even though Krister is having a steady relationship with Marit, a former gold triathlon winner. Marit is perpetually checking her blog follower numbers and commenting on her and Krister’s social life. Krister is more than uncomfortable about that!

The last Rebecka Martisson novel by Larsson! I’m very sad to see her go.


A Mobius ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.

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