Stella Blómkvist - the mysterious author and the character - is back. Murder Tide, translated from Icelandic by Quentin Bates and published by Corylus Books, as the other books in the series, is since over a week out in the bookstores.
I am on tours with this edition house for few years already and I haven´t been disappointed. Also, I am very much interested both in Stella Blómkvist-series and the unique take on Icelandic everyday life therefore I was delighted to discover her new adventures.
As in the previous books, the main female investigator character shares the same name with the author´s, adding, as usual, an addition layer of suspense and mystery to the story. Until the end of the story - concise and eventful, as usual, we may have solved some crime mysteries, but the biggest mystery of them all: who exactly is Stella Blómkvist - the author - is left again for another time.
Murder Tide overwhelms the reader in the first minutes with a lot of events that may need - or not - a follow up later on. There is a bizarre medium who met Stella´s late mother in a weird dream and need her help, and a young lady looking for her father, and this is just the beginning. Stella´s personal life interferes, because how else can a good investigator solve the main cases unless their life experiences are extensive enough to have taught about life.
I loved both the story pace and the brevity as well as the complex maze of daily social and political interactions and influences. Despite the high complexity of the episodes, the characters personalities were not neglected, with unforgettable and extravagant even presences.
Murder Tide did not disappointed and now I am left with the hope that there will be another book in the series soon.
Rating: 5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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