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Title: In the Month of the Midnight Sun
Author: Cecilia Ekbäck
Narrator: Helen Johns
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-16-16
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Sweden, 1855. 'Worst thing I ever saw...'
The Minister of Justice receives a disturbing message. A massacre on one of Lapland's mountains - a priest, a law enforcement officer and a local settler have been slaughtered by one of the indigenous Sami people.
The murderer is in custody; he refuses to talk. The Minister dispatches his son-in-law, a geologist, to investigate, for there is more than one reason to visit Blacksen: it is a mountain with many secrets, a mountain that has never been mapped.
Magnus does not journey alone. The Minister's daughter, in disgrace, is sent with him. What they discover about the murders and what lies behind them will be nothing compared to what they discover about themselves. And self-knowledge will come at a bitter price.
From the stifling heat and restricted society of a Stockholm summer to the wild landscape of Sweden's far north, this novel tells a powerful story of the collision of worlds old and new.
Members Reviews:
In the Month of the Midnight Sun
A strongly delivered historical mystery set in Sweden in the latter half of the 1800's. It's a multi layered novel told from three separate points of view. I'm not normally a fan of this type of delivery but it does work in this novel. There is Magnus Stille a mineralogist of unknown origin, Lovisa, his errant sister in law and Ester an old and frail Lapp woman. These three vastly different characters come together on the mountain of Blackasen, a mountain steeped in mystery and rich in mineral deposits. Each has followed a path in the quest to find the answers to a horrific murder.
This is a multi faceted historical mystery. There is not only the primary mystery to be solved but there are several smaller mysteries that will all have great bearing on the outcome. There is Paganism, Christianity, guilt, prejudice and greed within the story.
It was a bit of a slow burner to start off with but that would be my only quibble. Haven't read this author before but enjoyed this very much.
Great book!
In the Month of the Midnight Sun contains all the elements that I really like in a book. I am extremely fond of reading historical suspense novels and Sami culture has for years fascinated me. I have not read Cecilia Ekbäcks earlier novel The Wolf Winter. However, it is high on the list of books I want to read.
Magnus Stille is son-in-law to the Minister of Justice in Sweden. Magnus is sent up to Svartsen (The Black Ridge) in Lapland to survey the area. However, he is really there to investigate the circumstances of the murder of the three men who were brutally murdered by a Sami. On the trip is also Magnus sister-in-law Lovisa who have been forced by her father to travel with Magnus because her behavior does not fit how a woman should behave at the time. At least that's what her father thinks. When they arrive at Svartsen do they notice that something is not right, there is a darkness over the small village that they are staying at in Svartsen...
I found the book extremely fascinating to read, in addition to the compelling story does the book also give an insight into the Swedes' treatment of the Sami people, how they were christened and how the land was taken away from them. Ekbäck skillfully tells the reader in this book how the Sami have been treated. How they are classified as different kinds of race and that the appearance and the way they live are dumber.
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Title: In the Month of the Midnight Sun
Author: Cecilia Ekbäck
Narrator: Helen Johns
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-16-16
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Sweden, 1855. 'Worst thing I ever saw...'
The Minister of Justice receives a disturbing message. A massacre on one of Lapland's mountains - a priest, a law enforcement officer and a local settler have been slaughtered by one of the indigenous Sami people.
The murderer is in custody; he refuses to talk. The Minister dispatches his son-in-law, a geologist, to investigate, for there is more than one reason to visit Blacksen: it is a mountain with many secrets, a mountain that has never been mapped.
Magnus does not journey alone. The Minister's daughter, in disgrace, is sent with him. What they discover about the murders and what lies behind them will be nothing compared to what they discover about themselves. And self-knowledge will come at a bitter price.
From the stifling heat and restricted society of a Stockholm summer to the wild landscape of Sweden's far north, this novel tells a powerful story of the collision of worlds old and new.
Members Reviews:
In the Month of the Midnight Sun
A strongly delivered historical mystery set in Sweden in the latter half of the 1800's. It's a multi layered novel told from three separate points of view. I'm not normally a fan of this type of delivery but it does work in this novel. There is Magnus Stille a mineralogist of unknown origin, Lovisa, his errant sister in law and Ester an old and frail Lapp woman. These three vastly different characters come together on the mountain of Blackasen, a mountain steeped in mystery and rich in mineral deposits. Each has followed a path in the quest to find the answers to a horrific murder.
This is a multi faceted historical mystery. There is not only the primary mystery to be solved but there are several smaller mysteries that will all have great bearing on the outcome. There is Paganism, Christianity, guilt, prejudice and greed within the story.
It was a bit of a slow burner to start off with but that would be my only quibble. Haven't read this author before but enjoyed this very much.
Great book!
In the Month of the Midnight Sun contains all the elements that I really like in a book. I am extremely fond of reading historical suspense novels and Sami culture has for years fascinated me. I have not read Cecilia Ekbäcks earlier novel The Wolf Winter. However, it is high on the list of books I want to read.
Magnus Stille is son-in-law to the Minister of Justice in Sweden. Magnus is sent up to Svartsen (The Black Ridge) in Lapland to survey the area. However, he is really there to investigate the circumstances of the murder of the three men who were brutally murdered by a Sami. On the trip is also Magnus sister-in-law Lovisa who have been forced by her father to travel with Magnus because her behavior does not fit how a woman should behave at the time. At least that's what her father thinks. When they arrive at Svartsen do they notice that something is not right, there is a darkness over the small village that they are staying at in Svartsen...
I found the book extremely fascinating to read, in addition to the compelling story does the book also give an insight into the Swedes' treatment of the Sami people, how they were christened and how the land was taken away from them. Ekbäck skillfully tells the reader in this book how the Sami have been treated. How they are classified as different kinds of race and that the appearance and the way they live are dumber.