A well paced story with good depth.
A deeper story than the description portrays. Well developed characters and of the style that includes all the information you need to solve the mysteriey but embedded deep enough you won't feel bad for not catching on earlier (if at all). A good pace that both gives good background on the people, places, and events while keeping the story moving forward.
Favorite quotes from the book:
Unreliable paper boy. Inflicting serious gaps in my general knowledge.
it only rained twice every autumn in Bergen: from September to November, and from November to New Year.
Ellen Gjelten lived on the second floor of a recently renovated block of flats together with a tame great tit called Helge.(A favorite quote because at the time I thought (hoped?) 'tame great tit' might be a Norwegian term that didn't translate, it isn't but should be)
Helge didn’t answer. The one-winged bird blinked twice and scratched its stomach with a foot.(A favorite quote because it clears up the above and the detail and so few words gave me pause and made me smile)
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