'In the name of the law !' proclaimed the bewildered-looking man on the step. The Murder of Halland does begin with the murder of Halland Roe, but this is not your usual Nordic crime novel - as is perhaps already made clear by how his longtime-partner Bess, the narrator of the novel, learns of his death, answering the door not long after a noise (the shot that killed him) woke her: We acknowledge (and remind and warn you) that they may, in fact, be entirely unrepresentative of the actual reviews by any other measure. Similarly the illustrative quotes chosen here are merely those the complete review subjectively believes represent the tenor and judgment of the review as a whole. Please note that these ratings solely represent the complete review 's biased interpretation and subjective opinion of the actual reviews and do not claim to accurately reflect or represent the views of the reviewers. Yet her narrative voice has a compelling bluntness and immediacy.' - Christina Petrie, Times Literary Supplement (.) Testy and unpredictable, Bess is a disconcerting study of someone who is not thinking straight. 'Pia Juul's acerbic short novel The Murder of Halland (.) explores the sheer oddness of trying to draw conclusions based on what people say and do.'Despite the lack of obvious suspense, you certainly don't want to stop reading, and the novel leaves you with a lingering sense of strangeness.' - Brandon Robshaw, The Independent.

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The Murder of Halland by Pia Juul