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Satellite People by Hans Olav Lahlum

lenilinnea's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

marko68's review against another edition

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5.0

“Satellite people… They are individuals who for whatever reason move in the more or less fixed orbit around another person. It is a phenomena and that can be found in many relationships and all levels of society.” p121

This is the second book by Hans Olav Lahlum in the K2 series (Detective Inspector Kolbjørn Kristiansen), and continues his homage to Agatha Christie in true whodunnit style with a little Nordic Noir flavouring. Lahlum absolutely has done the genre proud and in Satellite People has established himself as a solid writer of classic closed room investigations.

Set in the year 1969, Satellite People (I actually love the premise that this term is based on as in the above quote - really made me reflect), commences with the death by poisoning of the wealthy and notorious Magdalon Schelderup, at a dinner party with ten dinner guests. In a systematic and procedural approach to elimination, K2, once again with the aid of super sleuth Patricia, unravels a mystery that weaves together questions that have been unanswered for decades.

As in Lahlum’s first book in this series, The Human Flies, the WW2 Norwegian Resistance movement comes to light with mysteries resolved and put to rest.

A really enjoyable read. I’m going to give this one 5 stars.

aclockworksub's review against another edition

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3.0

I found this book to be slightly disappointing. I did not like how the detective was written nor his relationship with the women in the novel. Perhaps reading the earlier book(s?) in the series would make me like him more, but I'm not interested in finding out.

sofiareilima's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.0

zoer03's review against another edition

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5.0

What a gem really great characters and intriguing murder mysteries. Agatha Christie but darker and sinister

lidiainthebooks's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

kimmeham's review against another edition

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4.0

Nok en overbevisende krimroman fra Lahlum. Spennende forgreininger tilbake til andre verdenskrig også i denne boken som gir et ekstra krydder til selve krimgåten. De siste drøye hundre sidene er også en pageturner uten like, med svært dramatiske vendinger. Dog er K2 sine stadige tilnærminger etter kvinner på gal side av 20-årene noget creepy.

rudrafelix's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

m_bbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

olemagnus_hoi's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0