Gain Areias Movediças (Berger Blom #1) Narrated By Arne Dahl Rendered As Print

each abandoned crime scene, there is a hidden clue, a tiny metal dog, almost invisible to the human eye, Someone is sending Detective Sam Berger a message, Someone who knows that only Sam will understand the cryptic trail, When another teenage girl disappears without trace, Sam has to convince his superiors that they are dealing with a serial killer, As the police continue the hunt for the latest victim, Sam is forced to unearth longburied personal demons, Sam has to understand darkly personal messages before time runs out,

This is an exciting, fast paced book that has an intricate plot and a strong character base, I quite like reading Swedish police procedural books and this one did not disappoint, As usual, there are plenty twist and turns, It has a gripping plot line and I was not expecting the cliffhanger, This is a very well written book and I have no hesitation recommending this book,

I would like to thank NetGalley, Random House UK, Vintage Publishing and the author Arne Dhal for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Im a huge lover of Scandinavian crime so I was thrilled to be approved to read Watching You, I had no expectation as Ive not read anything by him before, so I was hoping for greatness!

Watching You started out really well, as you would expect with a solid and gruesome premise.
There were plenty of twists and turns along the way, some that were more shocking than others, There is a great sense of momentum at the beginning of the book and I was intrigued right from the beginning,

I really liked Sam, Typically, he is a flawed and tormented lead detective, Im drawn to characters like him so I definitely enjoyed his journey during the course of Watching You, I also loved the camaraderie he shared with one of the other characters in the book,

I found that towards the end I was less interested though, It seemed to become detailheavy and lost its way a little for me personally.
In saying that though, its an enjoyable read, Nothing new in the Scandinavian crime genre, but still a good read,
Recommended if youre a new convert to Scandinavian crime thrillers! Mit dem Einstieg in das Buch habe ich mich eher schwer getan, denn man landet ohne große Erklärungen mitten in dem Fall.
Man weiß nicht so wirklich worum es geht und die Personen kennt man erst Recht nicht, Meiner Meinung ist das bei einem Thriller nicht so geschickt,

Es hat gutSeiten gedauert bis ich mich in dem Geschehen zurecht gefunden habe und dann auch mal ein wenig Spannung aufkam.
Hier hatte ich dann wirklich Hoffnung, dass mich das Buch nun endlich gepackt hat, aber leider war die Euphorie schnell wieder vorbei, Es gibt leider so wenige Spannungsmomente, auch wenn mich die Handlung öfter mal überraschen konnte,

Über weite Strecken dominierte bei mir leider die Langeweile und die Geschichte konnte mich einfach nicht packen, Zu den beiden Ermittlern konnte ich auch keine Verbindung aufbauen und so richtig haben die beiden für mich nicht funktioniert, Außerdem war mir vieles in der Geschichte zu sprunghaft und ich hatte Probleme manchen Abläufen zu folgen,

Dies war mein erster Dahl, Ich bin leicht enttäuscht und hatte mir doch ein wenig mehr versprochen, Da der Schreibstil jedoch generell gut zu lesen und der Fall an sich auch interessant, würde ich wieder etwas von ihm lesen, I imagine this is the first of the series, mainly because it seems as though Detective Sam Berger has left the police to become a private investigator, with his partner who helped to work this serial killer case of disappearingyear old girls and because things are left hanging in a major way suggesting only part of the case is resolved.
This is a twisted and dark ScandiNoir featuring a melancholic Sam Berger who leads a team into a farmhouse thought to be where a missing girl, Ellen, is being held.
The scene becomes a nightmare as the place is booby trapped with knives that seriously hurt a police officer, Ellen is not there although there is evidence she was tortured in the basement and a tiny cog is the only clue, Sam is convinced there is a serial killer on the loose but cannot convince others, like his boss, Detective Superintendent Allan Gudmundsson,

Sam has an exwife, who took their two children, Marcus and Oscar, out of Sweden, He has a traumatic backstory from his schooldays that still haunts him today, He is obsessed with timepieces, clocks and expensive watches, such as his Patek Philippe, which was stolen, The police procedural that this novel begins with shifts considerably as Sam and his partner find themselves forced to work the case off the grid.
It becomes apparent there are a string ofyear old girls deemed to have been victims of the serial killer, However, when it comes to tangible evidence, it is all a case of ghosts in the machine, nothing can be proved, In a case that tests Sam and his partner to their limits, as it becomes clear that the killer is tracking them and has them in his sights.
This is a story of revenge, the security services, and a killer determined to settle scores,

Arne Dahl has written a dark, disturbing, thrilling and fast paced novel with some terrific twists, It is well written with an intricate and complex plot, The narrative is gripping, full of suspense and tension, His central character is haunted, with enough darkness and complications to sustain a series, I loved the major role of clocks and watches in the plot, both gruesome and interesting, I found the book highly entertaining and absorbing as a read, Highly recommended to readers of crime fiction, Many thanks to Random House Vintage for an ARC, Berger amp Blom. Vay vay vay. Farkında olmadan yeni bir seriye başlamışım, Hem de ilk kitaptan.
Kitapla ilgili ilk söylemek istediğim şey çevirisinde sorun var, İsveççe çevirmenleri yeterince başarılı değil, Bu konuyla ilgili acilen bir çözüm bulunmalı, Ya da belki de İngilizceden Türkçeye çevirisi yapılmalı, Çünkü kesin olan bir şey varsa o da İsveççenin zor bir dil olması, Hangi yayınevinden okursam okuyayım İsveççenin çevirisi gerçekten kötü oluyor, Onun dışında kitap gayet akıcı sonu gayet güzel, Olay örgüsü gayet başarılı, Hele o sonu yok mu Gerçekten çok kritik bir yerde bırakılmış, Seri olduğu sonuna kadar hissediliyor, Zaten çok sevdiğim bir yazar olduğu için Dahla kıyak geçtim, Bu zamana kadar okuduğum tüm kitaplarını beğenmiştim, bunu da beğendim, Bu kitabı polisiye seven tüm kitapseverlere tavsiye ediyorum, Özellikle seri katil polis kovalamacasını seven herkes bu kitabı sever, Bu seriyi sonuna kadar okuyacağım, I hadn't head of Arne Dahl before this book had been offered to me, Turned to be a really nice surprise,

A young girl disappears and there is no trace of her anywhere, Otheryear old girls have disappeared also and it's a case that Detective Sam Berger and his team are cased to solve, One night whilst entering a farmhouse it becomes clear that the place is booby trapped and a man goes down, It's a shocking moment that leaves the police officers nervous as the farmhouse is searched for any clues that might lead to the missing girl.


As the investigation goes on events lead to thoughts of a serial killer being on the loose, Berger is convinced that this is the case though he has a tough time convincing his superiors, So much so that Berger, together with a partner, has to move away from the rest of his policing team and effectively work alone in tracking down the killer.
Dahl has written a frantically paced, stylish thriller that totally had me hooked, Yes, it was a little over the top at times and well plausibility was somewhat stretched but that didn't matter as I really enjoyed it and couldn't stop reading for the most part.
I loved Berger's character and that of his sidekick I won't say who, find out for yourselves! and the way they worked together, Second guessing one another's moves and trying to preempt what the other will do, And the tie in with clocks and timepieces was fascinating,

Watching You is a high octane thriller that had me, . well . . thrilled. I'm very much looking forward to the next instalment in what could potentially be a great series, Highly recommend.

Thank to you those for my ARC, I loved this one it was just the kind of twisty story I love with a couple of smartly drawn main protagonists, plenty of mystery, completely gripping and really right up my street.


It is a “serial killer thriller” that also sets up what I hope will be a long running series as I am at this point very attached to Sam as a character and just as attached to his erstwhile partner in crime whos name I wont give you right now so as not to spoil the plot but individually they allow for a lot of fun reading and together even more so.


The underneath mystery of it is shadowy and dangerous, I loved how the various strands came together slowly over the course of it, especially within the setting which was clearly drawn and atmospheric.
It fairly raced along, perfectly paced, until those final fairly horrifying moments, A big bang of an end which made me crazy in a good way means that I will actually be willing to kill for the next novel

This doesnt have that usual feel that you get from Nordic crime, it has a quite individual tone that sits well between Nordic Noir and British based crime thrillers this served to make me feel all the more at home with it, not sure how much kudos for that sits with the translator Neil Smith but Id guess its at least a bit so he deserves a shout out.


Overall an excellent thriller that will have me reading the back catalogue and indeed looking forward

to all future books, Gripping, clever and unexpected.

Recommended. I loved Dahl's Intercrime series, but this book is far more conventional, even a bit tired, There are some great twists that are so out there that they're practically Uturns in the first half but then things settle into one of those tales where a traumatic event in childhood is played outyears later, a premise which always makes me sigh in disbelief.


What I loved about the Intercrime series was the slick plotting and, especially, the rounded characterisations of the team with their banter and individualism here the characters don't stand out in any way, and there's no chemistry or humour to make them real.


Overall, I would describe this as solid rather than brilliant: it doesn't break the mould in any way but delivers a pacy and twisting story.


Thanks to the publisher for an ARC via NetGalley, Εξαιρετικός Dahl για άλλη μία φορά. Με πολύ ανανεωμένη γραφή,μας συστήνει δύο βασικούς νέους πρωταγωνιστές και δύο τουλάχιστον πολύ ενδιαφέροντες συναδέλφους τους,οι οποίοι μπλέκονται σε μια ιστορία μεγάλου πόνου,ψυχικού και σωματικού,αλλά και μεγάλης προδοσίαςμε Π,όπως λέει και ο Σαμ Μπέργερ. Στους φίλους και οπαδούς τολμώ να πω,του συγγραφέαθα πρότεινα να το ξεκινήσουν χωρίς να διαβάσουν αναλυτικές κριτικέςγια να μπουν σελίδα σελίδα σε αυτόν τον παρανοϊκό κόσμο,και να χτύπησει η αγωνία κόκκινο χωρίς καμιά ιδέα για το τι ακολουθεί. Thank you NetGalley for this advance copy,
Im a long time fan of Scandinavian thrillers and of course Arne Dahl is one of my favorites, His books are not suitable for people who like an easy read, No, from page one on, you are thrown into the story and only slowly you will get a grasp of what is really going on.
This story has almost as much layers as there are pages in the book, with the layers becoming more and more intriguing,
Whats so clever with Dahls writing is that you have to fill out part of the story for yourself, Its not that every little part is explained in detail and most of all, Sam the main character doesnt rely completely on computers and other technical stuff.
He uses his own instincts, his own brain, and he needs both in this story, It is fastpaced but yet not the sort of pace that leaves you thinking was this it
I really loved the very tiny pieces of information the author feeds us which so neatly lead us to the big story behind it.

And yes, there is a cliffhanger So please Mr Dahl, I hope to find your next book soon! Οκ, τα Σκανδιναβικά μπορείς να τα πεις μακροσκελή, περιττά, υπερβολικά Χολιγουντιανά, όμως δεν παύουν να σου υπενθυμίζουν πόσο σου αρέσει το διάβασμα,
Το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο ξεφεύγει από τα κλισέ που ανέφερα παραπάνω, με ένα γαμάτο και απρόβλεπτο μυστήριο να καλύπτει τα πάντα. Ανατρεπτικό και πρωτότυπο, με στοιχεία πιο κλασικού νουάρ παρά του γνώριμου σκανδιναβικού μοντέλου. Αρκετές ασάφειες στο τέλος μου φάνηκαν να υπήρχαν μόνο και μόνο για να teaseάρουν ένα σίκουελ, όμως αυτό δεν με κάνει να ανυπομονώ λιγότερο.
Arne Dahl, ένας από τους καλύτερους και πιο αξιόπιστους στο είδος!
Υ. Γ. : Ε η μετάφραση ήταν τέλεια, από την εκφραστικότητα ως και την επεξήγηση των ιδιωμάτων!.