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The Inner Circle: A Mystery

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THE INNER CIRCLE is Mari Jungstedt's third book featuring Inspector Anders Knutas and Johan Berg, the television journalist, on Gotland, an island province of Sweden. A team of archeologists and students are working on the foundations of a Viking settlement from 1000 years ago. They are an intense group, excited about their finds, until one of the group disappears. A short time later her body is found, displayed in a manner that suggests a ritual killing. Soon there are other disappearances and more bodies killed and mutilated in the same manner. As Knutas and his team work to solve the killings, they realize that there is an increasingly strident controversy that places the residents of Gotland at loggerheads with those who want to protect its history and its ancient settlements. Myth and mythology are not buried far in the past; pagan gods and dark practices are not far removed from life in the 21st century. Anyone who has enjoyed the first two books in the series, UNSEEN and UNSPOKEN are likely to enjoy this story as well. Anders, Johan, and many of the characters from the previous books figure in this story as well.

The Inner Circle: A Mystery (Inspector Anders Knutas Mysteries)This was a very enjoyable read. The plot was fast-paced and the characters believable. This modern tale mystery is interwoven with Viking mythology. The reader doesn't have to be expert in Swedish life to appreciate the novel. The author balanced the history and the mystery well. I look forward to reading her other work.

This read like an unedited, first draft of a novel. The dialogue was slow, the characters were slow. Thank God, the chapters were short!!