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???? ?? ???? ? ??????? ???? ??? ?????...???????,???? ??? ?? ????? ???? ????? ???? ??????? ????????? ??? ????????? ?????? ?? ??? ????????? ????. ?? ?????? ???? ?? ???????,? ????????? ?????????? Dahl ?????????? ????? ???? ???????? ?????????, ??? ????? ??????? ???????????? ??? ?? ?????? ??? ??????? ??? ???????? ??? ??? ????? ?????? ???????? ????? ??? ???? ????????? ??? ????????! ?? ???? ??? ?? ?????? ???? ???? ?? ??? ??????????? ??? ?????? ???? ??? ??????? ?? ?? ??????????: ?????????? ???????,?????? ????? ?????? ???? ?????,??????????... ??????? ????? Dahl,???? ? ?????????? ??? ???????-????? ??? ??? ?????????-??? ?????????? ??? ????! ?? ??? ????????? ???? ????????????? ???????? ??? ??? ???????????? ?????????? ???,?????? ?? ?????? ?? ???????? ?? ????? ??? ????? ???? ????? ??? ????????. :? ?????????,??? ????? ??? ???????? ???????????? ??? ???? ??????,???? ??? ?? ???? ???? ??? ????????? ???????. ?????? ?????? ??? ??? ?????? ??????? '???????????'!

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Europa Blues – An Examination of the Forgotten Past

Arne Dahl is one of the best Scandi crime novelists with a huge amount of fans across Europe, as he is not afraid to tackle taboo subjects in his thrillers. Once again he does this in Europa Blues which was written in 2001 but only recently translated in to English that looks in to the dark heart of Sweden, its war neutrality and hiding in plain view. Europa Blues takes us from Stockholm, to Italy and various points across Eastern Europe.

An unknown Greek gangster has only recently moved to Stockholm and is causing problems already, but he ends up being murdered in unusual circumstances by the wolverines of the Skansen Zoo who consume most of him. While elsewhere in the City eight Eastern European women, who have been trafficked in to the sex industry have vanished from a refugee centre outside of the Stockholm. An elderly science professor is murdered in a Jewish cemetery, with tattooed numbers on his arm.

All three crimes are going to be investigated by The A-Unit shortened from the National Crime Investigation Department’s Special Unit for Violent Crimes of an International Nature. A team of detectives that had been busy over the previous year. These experienced and cynical detectives started out investigating three separate crimes with the aid of a colleague who is using inherited money living in Tuscany.

As the investigation deepens and they contact various Police Forces across Europe a bigger picture of what they are investigating becomes a little clearer even if at times a little confused. It is when they have to look deeper in to what happened during the Second World War things do become a little clearer even if it also challenging the long held view of Sweden’s neutrality during the war and that was an enabler with its own fascist problems at that time.

Things start to come together and the picture becomes clear when the Greek gangsters murder is a message to a Milan crime family known as Ghittone makes the murder seem poetic justice if not a little savage. Especially as there seems to be a team of female ninjas who are running across Europe taking revenge on the murder victims and sending various messages.

As the A-Unit investigates further what does become clearer to the team is that everything is related to the war and medical research, and an unknown murder victim with no nose sometime back in the 80s. Through police work across Europe and using modern technology will the answers final arrive even if one of their number ends up having a pistol forced in to his mouth.

For a crime thriller the reader is always asked a few questions, about what do we really care about, would you really care what happened to refugees if they just disappeared, and were removed from the country. It also asks the question of do you really know what your family did during the war; do you have a clear conscience? As well as historic crimes, ghoulish crimes of the present there is still a fair amount of humour in the thriller.

Europa Blues is a further example of why Arne Dahl is considered as one of the best Scandi Crime Writers out there, and I cannot recommend this highly enough.
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EUROPA BLUES is the first of Arne Dahl's books I've been fortunate enough to read and it definitely won't be the last. A combination of a slightly eccentric, dedicated and very determined investigation group full of strong individuals, who work as a team; and a confrontational and some very pointed crimes and their backgrounds, perpetrated for very believable reasons made this novel a stand-out read.

When an unknown Greek gangster is murdered and then disposed of in the wolverine enclosure of a local zoo, the lihood of even identifying him, let alone resolving the questions of why or who killed him seems pretty remote. As does the lihood of working out any possible connections between his death and the disappearance of a number of Eastern European women from a refugee centre outside Stockholm. When an elderly science professor is then murdered in extremely bizarre circumstances, in the centre of a Jewish cemetery, this really does seem a series of disconnected and extremely odd occurrences.

The Intercrime unit (or A-Unit as they are known) is a special unit put together to investigate violent crimes with international aspects. Which is a wonderful creation as whilst the unit might feel feasible, there's much in it's management structures and membership that is most unexpected. And many of the members seem particularly comfortable in that sort of working environment. They are, however, a ruthlessly efficient bunch of cynical, analytical and experienced cops who are not at all afraid to follow a hunch.

Well balanced within the strong characterisation, there's an intricate plot that falls into place seamlessly, incorporating questions and observations about many societal questions along the way. The disappearance of refugee women, the increasing problem of women from struggling economies being lured into sex-trafficking, and the gangsters and organised crime behind it are part of the current day problems explored, as are aspects of more recent European history and connectivity that seem to be an ongoing discussion in many of the Scandinavian Crime Fiction books this reader has been fortunate enough to encounter.

There's a lot to catch up with if you're starting out with this series at EUROPA BLUES as this reader did. It doesn't create a problem in getting into the style and tone of the writing, nor in picking up on the personalities and working relationships of the A-Unit. It may, however, create a stacking problem as there are other books available in this series, with the very distinct possibility that they'll be creeping to the top of the reading pile very soon.

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Today on the deep dive into my to-be-read pile I came across Europa Blues by Arne Dhal. His was a name I had seen come up countless times on Sancdi noir to read. So I guess at some point I must have snatched up a copy of this to dip my toe into his fictional world. Not to mention the fact that his books were turned into a tv show back when that was more of a rarity, so that had to have been good to start with. Once again somehow I managed to get one that is not the start of a series. maybe this is just a bookworm thing we get over-excited by a blurb and before you know it you're walking out the shop with a bag full. Some day I may just learn to check but you know what the plot sounded great and I can always go back to the start at a later date.

Although coming in on book four of the series I quickly got to grips with this group of detectives. There are your usual staples but then again I suppose he too is reasonable for a few of them becoming such. But what it did mean for me at least is that I had a foot in the door so to speak. Whilst obviously on a much grander scale than real life they did seem to have that natural flow of a group of people who've known each other for some time. They have their struggles but you know that when it comes to their job they will all pull together by the end to bring the perpetrators to justice. He has managed to give them a perfect mix of following the science without being afraid to follow up on those little things that itch at the back of the brain. It allows the narrative to have more of a tv feel to a real-world look at policing. Also, maybe in part due to the hydra of a case, it meant that a larger group of people could be involved outside of the unit. So whilst the author bounces us around Europe we get to meet a vast array of the good the bad and the ugly. Ether way Dhal managed to bring each of them to life in a plausible way. His characters feel people you might pass in the street or those you might know.

As for the story it was one I could really get my teeth sunk into, not only spaning multiple countries but also taking us back in time to some of their more troubled pasts. And whilst this might just tread a few boards that have been walked before I think he managed to bring a slightly new direction to it. It helped to have these three supposedly separate cases to work with. It allowed the author to shine a light on a litany of wrongdoings whilst blending in a few more themes or in fact genre to the usual breed. It just goes to show the skill he has as an author. But then again I suppose he is one of the tops of his field so you would kinda hope so. For me, the way he weaves these different strands almost seems to be effortless. As if this was the natural outcome of events set in motion so very long ago. And whilst I may have worked parts out before reaching the gripping climax I was still taken aback by a few moments. And I think that is the key to such works. If I work out every strand before the end it starts to feel a little pointless. But for Dahl, it would seem he to let us at least find the edge pieces to a bigger picture.

Overall, I can clearly see why Dhal has gotten to where is in the literary world. He shows his mastery of the mystery novel. Taking a bit from here and there and delivering a coherent story that at first glance might seem very separate by conclusion fall together a charity shop puzzle. By which I mean whilst we get to see the overall image there are still a few bits missing and not quite wrapped up in a bow. So much real life, you could say. Either way is an author that would be perfectly happy to jump back into his work any time. 3 s Artemis Slipknot66 16

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Exceptional, well-plotted, intelligent quality thriller/police procedural.
Couldn't recommended it more highly.
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