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Free Falling, As If in a Dream

#3 in series

by Leif GW Persson
Paul Norlen
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From the grand master of Scandinavian crime fiction—and one of the best crime writers of our time—here is the final volume in the critically acclaimed Story of a Crime trilogy, centered on the assassination of Olof Palme in 1986.
 
It’s August 2007, and Lars Martin Johansson, chief of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Sweden, is determined once again to reopen the dusty files on the unsolved murder of Prime Minister Palme. With his retirement quickly approaching, Johansson forms a new group, comprised of a few trustworthy detectives who doggedly wade through mountains of paperwork and pursue new leads in a case that has all but gone cold despite the open wound the assassination has left on the consciousness of Swedish society. But the closer the group gets to the truth, the more Johansson compromises the greater good for personal gain, becoming a pawn in the private vendetta of a shady political spin doctor.
 
A detailed and boldly plotted police procedural, Free Falling, As If in a Dream lifts the veil on one of history’s greatest unsolved crimes, bringing dark humor, suspense, and wit to bear on a case long thought to have no answers.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Story of a Crime

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 25, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780449009611
      • File size: 661236 KB
      • Duration: 22:57:34

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This audiobook, the third in a series, revisits Sweden's most famous cold case, the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986. Persson's characters are well drawn, and the Palme murder is a great hook, but nailing the known facts of the case is a little like listening to a phone book. Where exactly were witnesses one through five, on which Stockholm street corner, at exactly what minute? These details are hard to follow off the page, as are myriad place and proper names, which sound much alike in Erik Davies's richly accented delivery. Davies's portrayal of the coarse and deeply wrong-headed policeman Backstrom is very funny, and there are other pleasures, but, altogether, Persson's work does not seem to translate as well to audio as other Scandinavian thrillers. B.G. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 16, 2013
      The concluding volume of Persson’s Swedish political trilogy (after 2012’s Another Time, Another Life) exhaustively explores the antecedents and aftermath of Prime Minister Olof Palme’s murder in 1986. In 2007, Lars Martin Johansson, chief of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, reopens the unsolved case under the guise of developing a way to handle the massive amount of material—roughly a million pages—related to the assassination. Johansson, the man “who can see around corners,” assembles four high-ranking officers and charges them with examining the evidence with fresh eyes. Word spreads quickly, rumors and tips fly, and the ad hoc squad immerses itself in the convoluted and sordid history of an investigation botched from the beginning. Strong characterization, a solid grasp of investigatory complexities, and an appreciation of the elusive, chimerical nature of “truth” make this a fine example of a conspiracy thriller. Agent: Niclas Salomonsson, Salomonsson Agency (Sweden).

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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