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The Lion Tail The Fruängen Bureau Book 1 edition by Luna Miller Aidan Isherwood Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks

I really loved this book and it’s because it reminds me of my childhood favorite books by authors like R.L. Stine and Diane Hoh. This book that was translated from its original language of Swedish, is one fast—paced read with endearing characters that will linger in your brain for a while after you are done reading it. It’s got action, it’s got sex, and it’s got suspense which builds and builds until you are at the edge of your bed (or sofa) by the end. It is the story of a 60-ish female sleuth by the name of Gunvor (yes, very Scandinavian!) and her two sidekicks Elin and David who work together to try and crack a mystery involving a man whose wife complains to be acting distracted and strange around her. Gunvor gives Elin and David tasks to keep watch on Gunvor’s client’s husband to see what is causing him to behave mysteriously. Elin and David go to bars around a designated area, dressed in formal attire that Gunvor buys for them, in the hopes of looking matured and classy to try and crack Gunvor’s assignment. In the process, Elin becomes smitten with an older guy who beats up Gunvor’s client’s husband and David witnesses the grisly murder of a woman he’s keeping his eye on and who happens to be associated with Gunvor’s client’s husband.

I give this book five stars because of the way it captured my attention and the very smooth way it flowed as its storyline unfolded. It greatly brings up memories of Diane Hoh’s YA fiction books which has this formula of featuring the antagonist’s thoughts as a whole chapter. The villain’s thoughts are made known to the reader and they are psychotic and dangerous. This is an element of this book that made me want to read more to discover what will happen next, who is the killer going to be, you know? So my closing thought will be: If you grew up on Point Thrillers by Scholastic or if you read a novel by R.L. Stine, then you will understand what I am talking about. I tell you, it is not a regret, it is a must-have for your kindle collection. The characters are endearing themselves and the whole notion of an aged private detective being helped by young people is just cute. Have a great day! Happy reading!!!


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The Lion Tail The Fruängen Bureau Book 1 edition by Luna Miller Aidan Isherwood Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews

★ ★ ★ 1/2 (rounded up)
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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“What did he say? Think. Try to remember. It might be very important.” Gunvor struggles to hide her impatience.

“Something about how even your dreams can be dangerous. About how I should keep my dreams as just dreams. And that if you try to make a dream come true you can mess up everything. You can ruin your life. That’s what he said. That your whole life can be destroyed.”

Gunvor Strom hooked me almost immediately -- she's a feisty woman in her 60s who we meet as she's helping a young woman deal with a handful of teen males harassing her. She's creative, crafty, wily and ruthless in this, and it's a great way to bring in an audience.

We quickly learn that Gunvor is a rookie Private Investigator, forced to leave her career and changing her life after a divorce, she signs on to a Private Investigative Agency and mostly does grunt work -- but does get the opportunity to do some investigative work. As much as she misses her old life, she relishes this new one (although she might like joints that are a little less painful).

Gunvor is assigned to find out what's behind a husband's odd behavior -- the client, his wife, adamantly refuses to accept the idea that he's being unfaithful, but his behavior is different and troubling. Gunvor isn't on the case for long before she decides she could use a few more eyeballs -- so she recruits, oddly enough, Elin (the young woman above) and David -- the ringleader of those harassing her. She's a student, he's unemployed -- and both need something in their life to care about, neither one of them realized that they were interested in investigative work.

Really, this book has two stories -- one is the investigation into this man -- and things get violent shortly after the trio gets to work. It's at this point that the husband talks about the potential of dreams to destroy your life. If anything, this violence causes Gunvor and the rest to work harder -- not long afterwards there's a murder and the number and types of criminal activity that they're investigating grows and grows.

The other story is following the development of Gunvor as an investigator and her two young protégés. Elin discovers sides to her personality that surprise her (and Gunvor, actually), and really comes out of her shell. David, on the other hand, response to the trust and responsibility given him by rising to the occasion and even maturing a little bit. Now, none of these characters grow perfectly or in a straight line -- there are ups and downs to this development == and the suggestion is that this will continue after this book.

Both stories are wholly satisfying and serve each other well. The conclusion is as tense and taught as you can hope for, and at a certain point, you'll forget that the trio you're rooting for aren't the kind of detectives you're used to, all you know is that you're hoping they survive.

This book, time and time again, came so close to wowing me -- the clever twists, the dramatic turns, character development, and so on -- but almost every time that Miller brushed against "great" she ended up settling a few notches down at being really good. Is it possible that if this was written in English, or set somewhere that I understood more than Stockholm that I'd be able to appreciate more nuances and rate it higher? Absolutely. But it wasn't, so I can wish I understood what it means for someone to be from X neighborhood/district versus Y, and missing other things that don't come through the translation as cleanly as they might.

ON the whole, this was just a pleasure to read -- it grabbed my interest from the beginning and never let go. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for the sequels, I can assure you, and I expect most readers will find the book as compelling.

Disclaimer I received a copy of this book from the author.
I really loved this book and it’s because it reminds me of my childhood favorite books by authors like R.L. Stine and Diane Hoh. This book that was translated from its original language of Swedish, is one fast—paced read with endearing characters that will linger in your brain for a while after you are done reading it. It’s got action, it’s got sex, and it’s got suspense which builds and builds until you are at the edge of your bed (or sofa) by the end. It is the story of a 60-ish female sleuth by the name of Gunvor (yes, very Scandinavian!) and her two sidekicks Elin and David who work together to try and crack a mystery involving a man whose wife complains to be acting distracted and strange around her. Gunvor gives Elin and David tasks to keep watch on Gunvor’s client’s husband to see what is causing him to behave mysteriously. Elin and David go to bars around a designated area, dressed in formal attire that Gunvor buys for them, in the hopes of looking matured and classy to try and crack Gunvor’s assignment. In the process, Elin becomes smitten with an older guy who beats up Gunvor’s client’s husband and David witnesses the grisly murder of a woman he’s keeping his eye on and who happens to be associated with Gunvor’s client’s husband.

I give this book five stars because of the way it captured my attention and the very smooth way it flowed as its storyline unfolded. It greatly brings up memories of Diane Hoh’s YA fiction books which has this formula of featuring the antagonist’s thoughts as a whole chapter. The villain’s thoughts are made known to the reader and they are psychotic and dangerous. This is an element of this book that made me want to read more to discover what will happen next, who is the killer going to be, you know? So my closing thought will be If you grew up on Point Thrillers by Scholastic or if you read a novel by R.L. Stine, then you will understand what I am talking about. I tell you, it is not a regret, it is a must-have for your kindle collection. The characters are endearing themselves and the whole notion of an aged private detective being helped by young people is just cute. Have a great day! Happy reading!!!