![]() ![]() ![]() I never thought that I could care less about a character when knowing their whole backstory, but I seriously cared nothing about these characters. In every single point of view (and there were several) there was a 1-3 page info dump on the character’s backstory. Literally, there are zero character arcs, unless you count the exposition of the killer’s negative character arc. If you want to read a book where the characters have no arcs then this is it. ![]() I received this book as a freebie in my grab bag when I attended the Iceland Writers Retreat in April and I was super excited to read my first book by an Icelandic author. With the clock running out and the discovery of another body all but guaranteed, the cops must determine if there is a thread connecting the victims or if the killings are all part of a twisted game. Gunnar and Birkir set a trap for the one they call “the Gander,” but it quickly becomes a wild goose chase as the murderer plays some tricks of his own. As the pattern emerges-all goose hunters, all shot at the break of dawn-Reykjavik policemen Gunnar and Birkir face the terrifying possibility that a serial killer is stalking the idyllic Icelandic countryside. But then a second body, another hunter, is found with a similar fatal wound. When the shotgun-blasted body of a goose hunter is discovered, the police believe they have a list of suspects who may have wanted the victim dead, from his young wife to the caretaker of his property. ![]()
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