Corgi Books Lifetime

LIZA HAS TRAVELLED, AS HAVE I , BEFORE SETTLING DOWN. IT GIVES ONE A MEANS OF COMPARISON OF THE PLACE ONE WANTS TO LIVE, AND THOSE ONE HAS VISITED. LIZA OBVIOUSLY LIKES HER OWN COUNTRY. SHE TELLS US WITH BENEFIT OF HER EXPERIENCES THE GOOD , THE BAD , ETC, IN SWEDEN. AS SHE SEES IT. THIS IN TURN GIVES US AN INSIDE INTO THE SOUL OF THE COUNTRY. APART FROM ALL THIS HER STORIES ARE FASCINATING AND LEAVES ONE WANTING MORE , EACH PAGE. THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE. DREADFUL THE WAY SHE MAKES ANNITA OUT TO BE SUCH A WIMP , STANDING UP (OR NOT ) TO HER WOMAIZING HUSBAND. ( BUT THIS IS THE STORY). I WANT MORE BOOKS OF HERS. KLAUS IRRGANG

This well-paced highly readable thriller is the sixth novel featuring the investigative journalist,Annika Bengtzon. When a popular police officer is found murdered at his home, and his four-year old son missing,his wife is suspected,and her conviction seen as a foregone conclusion.Bengtzon,however, has other ideas,and painstakingly,and at some risk to herself, undertakes her own investigation. The thriller aspect of the novel is set aside the portrayal of the turmoil in the life of the troubled Annika.Her marriage is over, and some suspect her of having set fire to her own home. The author displays a Sweden where the police, justice ,and government are rather too prone to look after their own interests, rather than serving justice itself. Marklund at her best. Highly recommended.

I've just finished reading "Lifetime". I was disappointed. The story is disjointed and undistinguished. If you can manage to make it through the first 320 pages, the last 50 pages finally pull the novel together. This is not the caliber of Liza Marklund's other Annika Bengtzon series novels which I loved. I've read all of her English translated crime novels, whether they were done in the US or the UK, and loved them all: "The Bomber"; "Exposed"; "Vanished"; "Prime Time", "The Red Wolf", "Last Will". She is an excellent writer. I had eagerly awaited "Lifetime". I had to force myself to read the entire book. Don't judge Liza Marklund's work by this book if you have not read her other books. Read the others. They are terrific. Translations of "A Place in the Sun", a sequel to "Lifetime", and "Borderline", which takes place a few years after "Lifetime", are forthcoming. I'm not sure yet what I'll do about reading them.

never thought any one would lure me away for Henning Mankell or one of my favorite Icelandics, but hey, love how fast, modern and yet deeply complex the heroines of Lisa Marklunds web of reporters, photographers and editors are as they take on murder in a way the police can't.

Another very enjoyable thriller from Liza Marklund, but here's a warning for anyone starting out on her books: read them in order, as she often gives spoilers of plot points and the denouement of previous novels. Lifetime starts at the very point where Last Will ends, and there are a lot of spoilers for that.