The Snowman

This in one of the Detective Harry Hole stories and a first for me. So, as usual, I’m reading the series from the middle rather than from the beginning.

The narrative moves about in time, which I found a little tiresome as I did have to flick back to previous chapters from time to time. The story begins in November 1980 and specific snippets of information are held in this scene, but their importance does not become apparent until much later in the story.

The plotting is incredible with twists and turns in the police investigation that kept me on the edge of my seat right the way through to the very end of its 550 pages. Despite the excellent plotting, I found the pace a bit pedestrian. Even the chase and the final capture scenes, seemed to me, to be less than break-neck speed.

I liked all of the characters, even the baddy! They were all very well drawn with their own individual idiosyncrasies, strengths and weaknesses. It was easy to identify with them and understand their ch