Kellie P. (irishlass) -
Helpful Score: 3
I really enjoy the writing style of this author. Her characters are fully developed and the story kept me reading way past bedtime. However, I was pretty disappointed with the ending. It didn't wrap much of anything up for me. Not sure I would read another book by this author if it has another ending like this one. I almost felt like I wasted my time reading it.
gsisk reviewed The Indian Bride (Inspector Sejer, Bk 4) (aka Calling Out for You) on + 193 more book reviews
One of the best psychological mysteries I've read in a while.
Gunder Jomann, never married, decides to go to India to find himself a wife. He succeeds, but on the day she is due to arrive, his sister has a terrible car accident. He sends a friend to pick up his wife, but the friend cannot find Poona at the airport. Later, Poona is discovered having been beaten to death in a meadow, not too far from Gunder's home.
A witness points the finger to a young bodybuilder, but was it really him? Others were around the same location at the same time. Everybody knows a little something, but nobody is really talking, because nobody wants to accuse a neighbor outright in this little village.
Fantastically dense characters and the story is very touching. Don't expect a neat ending.
Gunder Jomann, never married, decides to go to India to find himself a wife. He succeeds, but on the day she is due to arrive, his sister has a terrible car accident. He sends a friend to pick up his wife, but the friend cannot find Poona at the airport. Later, Poona is discovered having been beaten to death in a meadow, not too far from Gunder's home.
A witness points the finger to a young bodybuilder, but was it really him? Others were around the same location at the same time. Everybody knows a little something, but nobody is really talking, because nobody wants to accuse a neighbor outright in this little village.
Fantastically dense characters and the story is very touching. Don't expect a neat ending.
Judith L. (jlautner) reviewed The Indian Bride (Inspector Sejer, Bk 4) (aka Calling Out for You) on + 106 more book reviews
In these Inspector Sejer mysteries, the characters - victims, perps, others - involved in the case tend to get more ink than do the detectives. Thus we get to know Gunder Jomann, who took a vacation in India with the goal of finding a wife - and succeeded. Unfortunately, a series of events leads to her death in her new country, Norway, before she even gets to the house of her new husband.
Inspector Sejer and colleague Skarre narrow down the time of her murder and discover several people who could have done it. Through careful investigating as well as an instinct about personalities, the two find their man.
Sejer comes across as compassionate, quiet, old-fashioned, and a bit of a loner. He is intelligent and thoughtful (in spite of his thinking that dogs "can't love") and determined. There are moments of humor intertwined with what is really a heart-breaking story.
Inspector Sejer and colleague Skarre narrow down the time of her murder and discover several people who could have done it. Through careful investigating as well as an instinct about personalities, the two find their man.
Sejer comes across as compassionate, quiet, old-fashioned, and a bit of a loner. He is intelligent and thoughtful (in spite of his thinking that dogs "can't love") and determined. There are moments of humor intertwined with what is really a heart-breaking story.
