Interesting detail and viewpoint. I enjoyed hearing the more political dimension. Comes across as well-researched and urgent. ( )

Kautokeino, Laponia central, 10 de enero. Último día de la noche polar. El sol, desaparecido cuarenta días atrás, volverá a brillar. Pero de pronto, el pueblo se ve conmocionado por la desaparición de un tambor sami, un misterioso objeto que permitía a los chamanes comunicarse con los muertos, y que había sido recientemente recuperado por un explorador francés. Entre los sospechosos del robo están los componentes de un grupo de extrema derecha que disputan a los sami sus tierras y fundamentalistas que se oponen al revival de su antigua religión. Al mismo tiempo, aparece el cadáver mutilado de un ganadero sami en medio de la tundra que no hace sino complicar el caso. Laponia, ese lugar aparentemente tranquilo, se revelará como una tierra de confl ictos, misterios y odios ancestrales. Klemet Nango y Nina Nansen, miembros del cuerpo de la policía especial de los renos, entran a liderar la investigación.

Bellissimo romanzo e spy-story che ci introduce alla cultura di una minoranza molto bistrattata da quelli che in Canada chiamano 'European invaders'. Non vedo l'ora di leggere gli altri

Swedish review

I Skuggorna vänder tillbaka är Klemet Nango och Nina Hansen från renpolisen tillbaka för att ännu en gång lösa en mordgåta. Boken inleds med att Erik, en renuppfödare dör när en renflock ska simma över ett sund, det verkar vara en olycka, men sedan hittas borgmästaren död i närheten av en helig klippa och ytterliggare dödsfall sker. Kan det vara ett samband mellan alla dessa dödsfall?

Jag läste Fyrtio dagar utan skugga 2014 och det var en bok som jag verkligen gillade. En kriminalare vars handling utspelar sig I Lappland var verkligen något nytt. Så, när jag såg att det skulle komma en uppföljare så blev jag verkligen glad. I denna bok så förutom de besynnerliga morden är det en kamp mellan samarna och de som vill att Hammarfest ska växa och bli det arkitiska svaret på Dubai. Mycket pengar står på spel och samarnas livstil och traditioner hotar stadens framväxt. Klemet och Nina måste utreda om morden som begås har något med Eriks död att göra, eller om hans bortgång bara vara en tragiskt olycka. Det är många olika pusselbitar som måste passas ihop och det är svårt att lista ut hur allting låg till under läsningen och det gjorde boken verkligen läsvärd för att jag inte kunde lista ut hur allting skulle lösa sig.

I jämförelse med första boken tyckte jag att handlingen i denna bok inte var lika intressant samt att jag saknde en karaktär from första boken som inte är med i denna och varje gång hans namn nämdes så blev jag lite ledsen. Men boken är definitivt  läsvärt och man behöver inte läsa första boken för att hänga med i handlingen i denna bok.

Jag vill tacka Piratförlaget för att ha försett mig med ett recensionsex för en ärlig recension.

English review

In Skuggorna vänder tillbaka are Klemet Nango and Nina Hansen från the reindeer cops back to once again solve a murder mystery. The book starts off with Erik, a reindeer breeder dies when a reindeer herd is going to cross a strait. It seemed to be an accident, but then the mayor is found dead close to a holy cliff and then several more people are killed. Are the murders linked to the death of the reindeer breeder or is it all a coincidence?

I read Fyrtio dagar utan skugga in 2014 and that was a book that I really liked. To be able to read a crime novel that takes place in Lapland, Sweden was really something new. So, I was really happy to see that a sequel was on its way. In this book, there are some mysterious murders, but there are also conflicts between the Sami population and those that want the city Hammarfest to grow and become the arctic answer to Dubai. A lot of money is at stake och Sami's way of life and traditions is threatening the city's progress. Klemet and Nina have to investigate to find out if the murders have anything to Erik, the reindeer herders death or if his death was just a tragic accident. The book is like a puzzle where everything that happens is a piece that needs to be fitted to the right place, and I like that I couldn't figure out the plot right away.

However, I think that the story in the first book was a bit better, for instance, I missed a certain person that was in the first book, but not in this book, and the mere mentioning of him made me a bit sad. But, the book is certainly worth reading and you don't have to read the first book to keep up with the story in this book.

I want to thank Piratförlaget for providing me with a free copy for an honest review! ( )

Thank you Trapdoor for providing me with a free copy for an honest review!

A priceless local relic is stolen from Kautokeino, a village in Lapland, that lies in the middle of the isolated snowy tundra. Two reindeer polices, Klemet Nango, an experienced police, and Nina Nansen, fresh from the local police academy, sends out to investigate the crime. Then a local reindeer herder is murdered and Klemet and Nina suspect that the two events are linked to each other.

The Sámis in Sweden, Norway, and Finland has during century’s, just like other indigenous populations, been oppressed, and one thing the church did against them was burning their drums, there used to be thousands of them, now there are only 71 documented left. I have been for years fascinated by the Sámis so that made the experience of reading this book so much greater. Because even though this is a crime novel, it’s also a glimpse into the Sámi world, both the present one and the one the high power was hell bent on destroying when they sent up people to colonize and make Christians out of the natives.



This book was truly well written, I mean it took me days to get through because I just couldn’t skim any part because it was so well-written and interesting to read. Of course, the characters was great even though the police, for instance, fell into the risk of being stereotypes, bad cop, good cop, a new cop, but I didn't mind that. One character I really came to like was Aslak, the reindeer herder that preferred the old traditional way of herding reindeer instead the modern way with snow scooters.

The only part that I didn’t like was the abrupt ending; suddenly the book was just finished and I wanted more. I hope Olivier Truc writes more books, because this, his debut book was marvelous!

4.5 stars!

Olivier Truc was born in France in 1964. He has worked as a journalist since 1986 and has been based in Stockholm since 1994, where he is currently the Nordic and Baltic correspondent for Le Monde and Le Point. As a reporter, Olivier Truc covers subjects from politics and economics to social issues like immigration and minorities. He has also produced TV documentaries, including one that portrays a group of Norwegian policemen in Lapland. This is his debut novel. ( )