In the firmament
of Scandinavian noir writers, Åsa Larssen’s star shines the brightest. Larsson has three likeable detectives,
and of the three Rebecka Martinsson is the most compelling. Rebecka isn’t a detective
at all, but a tax attorney working her butt off in Stockholm.
In Larssen’s
first book Sun Storm, Rebecka is
called back to her home, the northernmost town of Kiruna. Think about
“northernmost” and “Sweden” and you get a sense of the frozen exoticism of this
land of forests, rivers and wolves, polar night and the Aurora Borealis.
Rebecka is an
unlikely detective: she’s unqualified as an investigator, she hovers somewhere
between introverted and autistic, and if that weren’t hard enough, she left
Kiruna years ago under a cloud of disgrace. Yet it’s Rebecka who solves the
case. In Larsson’s next books: The Blood
Spilt and The Black Path, Rebecka
continues as a reluctant but gifted investigator.
With Larsson’s
series, we have a fascinating detective, and great, twisty plots, but I have
other reasons for worshipping Åsa Larsson. Larssen sees deep within the
human heart and records shame, longing, loneliness, love and comfort. Here’s an
example: “She had put the tray of coffee and sandwiches down on the floor. Then
she crept up behind him, kneeling on the bed. His hips between her thighs. She
had let her dressing gown fall open and pressed her breasts and her cheek
against his back while her hands caressed his firm shoulders. ‘Astrid’ was all
he said. Troubled and suffering. Filled her name with apologies and feelings of
guilt. She had fled the kitchen. Switched on the radio and the dishwasher.
Picked up Baloo and wept into the dog’s fur.”
The landscapes
are gorgeous: “At quarter past three in the morning it begins to snow. Just a
few flakes at first, then more and more. Above the dense clouds the Aurora
Borealis hurls herself recklessly across the heavens. Writhing like a snake.
Opening herself up to the constellations.”
And I love her
endings. Endings are the devil, but Larssen finishes her stories with a
10-point land. Each one leaves me breathless.
Although each
novel is a stand-alone, I recommend reading her books in order. And then you,
too, will worship at the altar of Åsa Larssen.

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