Brother Grimm [Mass Market Paperback]

Craig Russell (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 428 pages
• Publisher: McArthur & Company (2007)
• ISBN-10: 1552786250
• ISBN-13: 978-1552786253
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,583,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Craig Russell is the author of the Fabel series of novels, featuring Jan Fabel, head of the Homicide Squad in Hamburg, Germany. He is also the author of the Lennox series of thrillers set in the Glasgow underworld of the 1950s.

Official website: www.craigrussell.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Grimm indeed, December 1, 2007

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Bo Østergaard Jepsen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother Grimm (Hardcover)

I thought that Mr. Russels first novel "Blood Eagle" was not only very well written, fleshing out nicely the characters, giving them faces and thoughts and all, but also stuctured in a way that more reflected reality than you would normally expect from a whodunnit novel.

His second book, "Brother Grimm" is even better. It follows the same team of Hamburg murder detectives as "Blood Eagle", Jan Fabel and his murder commission officers. Once again the writing is spot on, captivating, and yet somehow manages to give this police thriller another dimension. A dimension of litterature really (in lack of better words anyway). The author does seem to be particularly fond of the words "azure blue", which he uses two times on the opening page and more throughout the novel.

The story and the plot itself, is very well made up. We're kept guessing till the very end who the grim murderer is, and along the way we're led through many a wild goose chase, but it dosen't subtract or lessen the pace or 'feel' one bit, it actually adds to it.

A very good thing about this novel is, that you can reed as a stand alone adventure without having read the first story about the Hamburg murder commission team. Of course having read the first novel will only add to the experience, but it is not a must.

To reiterate: well written, well thought out, well plotted, very recommendable.

6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the back cover..., June 30, 2006

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Ghispark (Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother Grimm (Hardcover)

A girl's body lies, posed, on the pale sand of a Hamburg beach, a message concealed in her hand. 'I have been underground, and now it is time for me to return home...' Jan Fabel, of the Hamburg murder squad, struggles to interpret the twisted imagery of a dark and brutal mind. Four days later, a man and a woman are found deep in woodland, their throats slashed deep and wide, the names 'Hansel' and 'Gretel', in the same, tiny, obsessively neat writing, rolled tight and pressed into their hands. It becomes clear that each new crime is a grisly reference to folk stories collected almost two hundred years ago by the Brothers Grimm. The hunt is on for a serial killer who is exploring the darkest, most fundamental fears hidden in ancient fairy tales. A predator who kills and then disappears into the shadows. A monster we all learned to fear in childhood.

Murder is no fairy tale

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars murder is no fairy tale..., August 11, 2008

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Sara W "Ready...let's go" (Toronto, On Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother Grimm (Mass Market Paperback)

Pro:
I purchased this book on a whim, had never heard of the author and had never even read a brothers Grimm fairytale.

This was a very unique story to be told. An unknown person kills people in refrence to fairytales from the brothers grimm, detective fabel and his team realize they must find the murderer before he kills again. The murderer however has impeccable percision when dealing with his victims, paying careful attention not to leave any clues tying him back to the murder...

I have never read a brothers grimm fairytale however the book read and explained well enough so that it wasn't completely necessary, only after the completion of the book did i decide to introduce myself to the tales mentioned and it made me enjoy the book even more

This would make a great movie, i could visualize it clearly whilst reading it

con
This story takes place in Germany so there were quite a few phrases and terms i was unfamiliar with.