My rating: 4 of 5 stars
SWEDISH REVIEW
Guldkocken är galan för alla som räknas i Stockholms krogvärld - och journalisten Solveig Berg är på plats. Men kvällen slutar i kaos. Hennes chefredaktör blir skjuten av en okänd gärningsman.
Polisen leds in på ett villospår och Solveig tvingas ut på en farlig jakt på sanningen. Hon konfronteras med mörka krafter i lyxkrogarnas slutna rum. Ju djupare hon gräver, desto farligare blir det.
Skandalfotografen Lennie Lee är tillbaka i Stockholm efter att ha varit borta i tre år. Han befinner sig på botten, men får en oväntad chans att återta sin förlorade plats i rampljuset - om han spelar spelet rätt.
STHLM Grotesque är en fristående fortsättning på STHLM Confidential, Hanna Lindbergs internationellt uppmärksammade debut. Arenan är denna gång den glittriga krogvärlden där jakten på status överskuggar allt. Det är en modern thriller om att fly sitt förflutna för att bli någon annan i ett samtida Stockholm.
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Journalisten Solveig Berg är på plats för den stora krogvärdsgalan, Guldkocken. Vad hon inte väntade sig var att hennes chef skulle bli skjuten. Var hon gärningsmannens verkliga offer eller tog han fel? Solveig börjar gräva och inser att det döljer sig mörka hemligheter i krogvärlden...
Sthlm Grotesque är min typ av kriminalare, jag gillar att handlingen är satt i krogvärlden, där rivaliteten är så stor att mord inte är uteslutet. Solveig Berg är en intressant sympatisk karaktärer och boken gav mig mersmak och jag vill definitivt läsa första boken i serien samt fler böcker.
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"The Golden Chef" is the gala for everyone who is counting in Stockholm's restaurant world and journalist Solveig Berg is of course there to cover it. However, the evening ends in chaos. Her chief editor is shot by an unknown perpetrator.
The police are sidetracked and Solveig is forced into a dangerous pursuit of truth. She is confronted with sinister forces in the dark world of luxury restaurants. The deeper she digs, the more dangerous it becomes.
Scandal photographer Lennie Lee is back in Stockholm after being gone for three years. He is at the bottom, but has an unexpected chance to regain his lost spot in the spotlight - if he plays the game right.
I have not read the first book in the series, STHLM Confidential (yet), but Sthlm Grotesque was easy to get into since the book story is stand-alone. However, there are connections to the first book, but it just makes me even more eager about reading the first book.
Journalist Solveig Berg is in place for the big gala, Guldkocken ("The Golden Chef"). What she did not expect was that her boss would be shot. Was she the perpetrator's actual victim or did he shoot the wrong person? Solveig begins to dig and realize that in the restaurant world are the dark secrets that in the end could kill her...
Sthlm Grotesque is my kind of crime novel. I like that the story is set in the restaurant world, where the rivalry is so great that murder is not ruled out. Solveig Berg is an interesting and sympathetic character and the book left me with a taste for more and I definitely want to read the first book in the series as well as more books.
ENGLISH REVIEW
"The Golden Chef" is the gala for everyone who is counting in Stockholm's restaurant world and journalist Solveig Berg is of course there to cover it. However, the evening ends in chaos. Her chief editor is shot by an unknown perpetrator.
The police are sidetracked and Solveig is forced into a dangerous pursuit of truth. She is confronted with sinister forces in the dark world of luxury restaurants. The deeper she digs, the more dangerous it becomes.
Scandal photographer Lennie Lee is back in Stockholm after being gone for three years. He is at the bottom, but has an unexpected chance to regain his lost spot in the spotlight - if he plays the game right.
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I have not read the first book in the series, STHLM Confidential (yet), but Sthlm Grotesque was easy to get into since the book story is stand-alone. However, there are connections to the first book, but it just makes me even more eager about reading the first book.
Journalist Solveig Berg is in place for the big gala, Guldkocken ("The Golden Chef"). What she did not expect was that her boss would be shot. Was she the perpetrator's actual victim or did he shoot the wrong person? Solveig begins to dig and realize that in the restaurant world are the dark secrets that in the end could kill her...
Sthlm Grotesque is my kind of crime novel. I like that the story is set in the restaurant world, where the rivalry is so great that murder is not ruled out. Solveig Berg is an interesting and sympathetic character and the book left me with a taste for more and I definitely want to read the first book in the series as well as more books.
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