Well I didn’t do badly in writing in January, it over the last week I have been slipping behind. Here’s a short post to try to catch up a little.
Eighteen Below – Stefan Ahnhem (Fabian Risk #3)
Yesterday, I finished my second read for February. It was Eighteen Below by Stefan Ahnhem. It is the third book in the Fabian Risk series. I read books one and two Victim without a Face and The Ninth Grave In 2018. The series has quickly become one of my favorites.
In this install Fabian a member of the Helsingborg crime squad……..
A Pause for some Geography – Where is Helsingborg?
Time out. It, time to learn a little geography’
In the first map I can see Helsingborg in relationship to Denmark. So Helsingborg is at the southern tip of Sweden and is just a bit northwest of Copenhagen. In the second map I see that Helsingor Denmark is just a little southeast of Helsingborg. You’ll see in a minute how that is important.
Back to Eighteen Below
But back to the plot of Eighteen Below. Fabian and his squad mates are chasing a diabolical criminal who has assumed the identity of a Swedish billionaire and liquidated all his wealth. And may be moving on to new victims!
While in the aforementioned Danish city of Helsingor, Dunja Hougaard now a street police officer is in the midst of her own investigation. Dunja is now a street cop because of what happened in a previous book in the series.
Dunja has uncovered a series of murders which have been committed and filmed by a group of people, filmed and put online. As the story develops the murders get more heinous, and the story lines start to intertwine.And the nearness of the two cities make that possible.
Eighteen Below has two great main storylines but it also has a nimber of wonderful subplots. As Fabian and his wife Sonja deal with marital problems. Fabian’s boss deals with her problem with alcohol. While Dunja struggles with her problems with her bosses.
Final Thoughts About Eighteen Below
All in all I think Eighteen Below is a terrific book. It has two great storylines developing at the same time. And it has some twists that kept me guessing. Best of all it has a cast of great characters headed by Fabian and Dunja. Characters who not only have to deal with diabolical murderers, but also the reality of everyday life – a wife, kids and sometimes a boss that’s a real jerk!
So Check Out al three of the Fabian Risk Books by Stefan Ahnhem. As for me the last few pages of Eighteen Below left me wishing I could move right into book four!
