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    In the Shadow of Power
    In the Shadow of Power
    In the Shadow of Power
    Audiobook9 hours

    In the Shadow of Power

    Written by Viveca Sten

    Narrated by Angela Dawe

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    What do the new arrivals on Sandhamn Island have to fear? Their own secrets—in this gripping novel of suspense by the bestselling author of In the Heat of the Moment.

    The new summer house on Sandhamn Island is an architectural dream for its owner, Carsten Jonsson. It’s a nightmare for the locals. The venture capitalist has flouted local traditions, property lines, and the natural beauty of the coastline. He’s also too wealthy and arrogant to heed the anonymous warnings to leave. The threats escalate when his guest lodge is burned to the ground and an unidentifiable corpse is found in the charred ruins.

    Detective Inspector Thomas Andreasson isn’t sure if it’s murder or a tragic accident. Until his friend attorney Nora Linde is drawn into the investigation. Nora’s emotional investment in Carsten’s fragile and fearful wife, Celia, is yielding a new level of suspicion: that the Jonssons are hiding more than anyone can imagine. Now Thomas and Nora must sift through the ashes of a puzzling crime and step into the shadows of a powerful family, whose deadly secrets are coming to light on Sandhamn.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    TranslatorMarlaine Delargy
    Release dateOct 22, 2019
    ISBN9781799748854
    In the Shadow of Power
    Author

    Viveca Sten

    Swedish writer Viveca Sten has sold almost four million copies of her enormously popular Sandhamn Murders series. In 2014, her seventh novel, the hugely successful I maktens skugga (In the Shadow of Power), was published in Sweden and cemented her place as one of the country's most popular authors. Her Sandhamn Murders novels continue to top the bestseller charts and have been made into a successful Swedish-language TV miniseries, which has been broadcast around the world to thirty million viewers. Sten lives in Stockholm with her husband and three children, but she prefers to spend her time visiting Sandhamn to write and vacation with her family.

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    • 5/5
      This might be the most intense mystery yet in the series, especially with the family and abuse elements. But it’s a good one, as always. And manages to end on a beautiful note despite all the carnage. I feel that Viveca Sten is at her best when she focuses on the lives of modern Sandhamm residents, as she does in this model, rather than weaving in historical subplots as in some previous installments.
    • 3/5
      In this installment, Thomas ponders his future--will he seize an opportunity or remain on the force? A man chooses Sandhamn to build his monstrosity home, infringing upon other people's right-of-ways. When a building which housed his construction workers goes up in flames and a charred corpse turns up in the ashes, the team including Thomas goes in to investigate. No persons matching the victim's description appear missing, but with so many persons apparently withholding information, the situation lacks clarity. Nora, living on Sandhamn, attended the party the night of the fire, but her efforts to befriend the family fail. A newer investigator Aram played a key role in this installment. Margit stayed behind most of the time, only appearing in briefings and at the station. I put my finger on what did not work for me in this story. With the mystery not told from the perspective of a single person, the reader witnesses too much action first-hand. While the reader does not necessarily know the identity of the person committing the crime, more of the story needs to come from the detective or from Nora. Readers must wait until the next installment to learn Thomas' decision.
    • 3/5
      I enjoy the Sandhamn Murder series because of its setting in the Swedish Archipelago, and its strong cast of characters. Over the series arc, the mysteries have become more sophisticated and suspenseful. But despite that, this seventh book was my least favorite. To begin with, it opens 5 years after the end of the previous book, and cliffhangers from that book have been neatly resolved “off camera.” I had to pause and make sure I hadn’t skipped a book. The murder mystery initially appeared to focus on an unidentified arson victim, but attention quickly transferred to the building’s owner, a newly-arrived outsider mixed up in shady business dealings and generally up to no good. Identifying the victim and the arsonist seemed to take a back seat, which just felt wrong. In the author’s note, Viveca Sten acknowledges that this book was difficult for her to write due to personal circumstances at the time. The 5-year time lapse also coincides with the time between published books, which makes me wonder whether the decision to bring her characters up to the present day was a function of the delay, or a convenient way to move beyond certain plot developments. Either way, I think I’ll just write this book off to Sten’s circumstances during the creative process and move on to the eighth book, which was recently released in English.