Book Review-Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

I just finished the third book in the Millenium Series, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. (By the way, if you haven't read the series, it is called the Millenium series because the name of the magazine which figures prominently in the plot is Millenium.)

As with the other books, it is fast paced and exciting. I enjoyed it quite a bit, although there were one or two times where the action slowed and I wondered why that particular section was added to the book. The ending was quite satisfying, although I felt that there were many loose ends. Sadly, the author passed away shortly after delivering the manuscript for the third book.

If you, too, have enjoyed reading this series, you might try the Kurt Wallender Series by Henning Mankell. Mankell is also Swedish, and also writes dark, gritty, suspenseful tales.


Book review titles

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo By Larsson, Stieg Translator Murray, Steven T. Translator Keeland, Reg 2008-09 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307269751 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title An Indie Next Selection In this European publishing sensation, a crusading journalist joins forces with a 24-year-old pierced and tattooed genius hacker to investigate the whereabouts of a missing woman from one of the wealthiest families in Sweden. …More

The Girl Who Played with Fire By Larsson, Stieg 2009-07 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307269980 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The electrifying follow-up to the phenomenal bestseller "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" features Lisbeth Salander, the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker, as the focus and fierce heart of its story. …More

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest By Larsson, Stieg 2010-05 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307269997 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Lisbeth Salander is ready to fight back. "[The trilogy] is intricately plotted, lavishly detailed but written with a breakneck pace and verve . . ["Hornet's Nest"] is a tantalizing double finale--first idyllic, then frenetic . . . Larsson has made the literary moods of saga and soap opera converge--with suspense as the adhesive."--"Independent." …More

Faceless Killers: A Mystery By Mankell, Henning Translator Murray, Steven T. 1997-03 - New Press 9781565843417 Check Our Catalog Early one morning, a small-town farmer makes the horrible discovery that his neighbors have been brutally attacked during the night. An old man is dead, and his wife lies dying before the farmer's eyes. The only clue is the single word she utters before she dies: "foreign". In charge of the investigation is Inspector Kurt Wallander, a local cop whose personal life is a shambles. His family is falling apart, he's gaining weight, and he's drinking too much, but he is tenacious and level-headed in his sleuthing. Still, things get complicated when he has to deal with an eruption of violent antiforeigner sentiment, as well as a tough-minded - and very attractive - female district attorney, as he searches for the killers. …More

The Dogs of Riga: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (2) By Mankell, Henning 2004-04 - Vintage Books USA 9781400031528 Check Our Catalog Second in the Kurt Wallander series. On the Swedish coastline, two bodies, victims of grisly torture and cold execution, are discovered in a life raft. With no witnesses, no motives, and no crime scene, Detective Kurt Wallander is frustrated and uncertain he has the ability to solve a case as mysterious as it is heinous. But after the victims are traced to the Baltic state of Latvia, a country gripped by the upheaval of Soviet disintegration, Major Liepa of the Riga police takes over the investigation. Thinking his work done, Wallander slips into routine once more, until suddenly, he is called to Riga and plunged into an alien world where shadows are everywhere, everything is watched, and old regimes will do anything to stay alive. …More

The White Lioness: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (3) By Mankell, Henning 2003-05 - Vintage Books USA 9781400031559 Check Our Catalog Third in the Kurt Wallander series. The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch up with him. But when his alibi turns out to be airtight, they realize that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complex--and dangerous. The search for the truth behind the killing eventually uncovers an assassination plot, and Wallander soon finds himself in a tangle with both the secret police and a ruthless foreign agent. Combining compelling insights into the sinister side of modern life with a riveting tale of international intrigue, The White Lioness keeps you on the knife-edge of suspense. …More

(These are just the first 3 in a series of 10 books)