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# The Shadow Killer: A Thriller (The Flovent and Thorson Thrillers, 2)

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## Customer Reviews

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    A brisk and complicated thriller
  

*by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2018*

The second book featuring Flovent and Thorson (

  
The Shadow District: A Thriller (The Flovent and Thorson Thrillers)









  
  
    
   is the first) has Indridason taking readers back to the spring, 1941 as the Battle of the Atlantic was costing British shipping dearly and the Americans were arriving in Iceland establishing a forward operating base.  Iceland was undergoing rapid and tremendous change the result of the so many outsiders (and so much currency) - the changes not always for the better.  One such change was the murder of a traveling salesman whose death - under suspicious circumstances - led Flovent and Thorson to investigate.  Whether the crime was one of passion or the victim was unintended (a poor soul at the wrong place at the wrong time), or whether the victim was somehow involved in espionage given the new importance of Iceland to the war makes for a complicated case.Indridason vividly captures the "zeitgeist" of wartime Iceland from the internecine rivalries between Tommies and Yanks, to what is politely referred to as "the Situation" as the Icelanders refer to the increasing number of young women who get pregnant from British or American servicemen, to the more subtle changes as more and more people leave the countryside for the cities and the increased opportunities the occupation provides.  I miss his strong prose describing the dangerous beauty of Iceland as was done in hie Inspector Erlendur thrillers (

  
Jar City: A Reykjavi­k Thriller









  
  
    
  ,

  
Silence of the Grave (Reykjavik Murder Mysteries, No. 2)









  
  
    
  ), the plot is complicated enough to keep you guessing (and constantly questioning your assumptions of whodunnit and reassessing those guesses), with a brisk pace and numerable plausible suspects.  As much as I miss Inspector Erlendur, I am genuinely growing to like Flovent and Thorson more and more, and look forward to Indridason's next book.For those unfamiliar with "nordic noir" I can think of no better author to start with than Indridason - _The Shadow Killers_ will not disappoint.  Recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Thoughtful Writer
  

*by F***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2018*

I love this new series by Indridason.  I love his writing and characters. His storytelling seems effortless.  I think of Indridason as a great humanist because his lead characters are very caring and their lives are haunting. These are not thrillers with comic book characters dashing about in fast cars. These are slow, thoughtful crime investigations and the point of the novels seems to me to be the evocation of a time when the outside, modern world came crashing onto an isolated, traditional island society causing havoc and upheaval and unintended consequences. The British and American military occupation of Iceland during WWII is obviously a sore point with the Indridason and no one is left untouched by the greed and corruption of sex and power. But in the hands of a masterful writer, the human spirit shines through it all.

### ⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A disappointment...
  

*by G***L on Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2018*

"The Shadow Killer: A Thriller (The Flovent and Thorson)", is the second in a two-book series by Icelandic author, Amaldur Indridason. The first book, "The Shadow District" was published in 2017, was a solid 4 star read. It combined a good time/setting - Iceland in 1944 and 2015 - with interesting characters. Indridason is a noted Scandi-author with the "Inspector Erlendur" series. Unfortunately, "The Shadow Killer" is a "shadow" of the first book in the "The Flovent and Thorson" series.Again, Indridason begins his book with an interesting characters and setting. Set in World War 2, Iceland is occupied by British and American forces. and the soldiers are everywhere, changing societal norms. Young local women are dating the soldiers and, in many cases, going against their family's values. The term, "The Situation", was coined to describe the war-time occupation woes. But, if Indridason begins his book in a promising way, the book ends as a mess. A young man is found in another man's apartment in Reykjavik, shot dead execution-style. Who is the victim? And why was he murdered? Local policeman Flovent is brought in to look into the murder. He's aided by Canadian military-cop, Stefan Thordarson, assigned to the case by military authorities. The plot dissolves into a confusing mess. Two separate plot points never merge and, as a reader, I still haven't figured out how the book ends. Who killed who, and why? What did the German relatives of the main suspect do to get involved? Why did a side-plot of a romantic trio get tacked on? What's the truth of an uncovered pre-war Nazi-like program of social engineering?Okay, so why's this book - the second after a well-written one - so poorly written? Did the author simply lose interest in his plot and characters and just give up making a coherent book? Was it the translator? I certainly don't know, but I am disappointed.

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