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The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
David Lagercrantz
Review by Priscilla Comen
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
David Lagercrantz
Review by Priscilla Comen
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, by David Lagercrantz, continues the series about Lisbeth Salander started by author Steg Larsson. Unfortunately, he died before finishing the series. This novel puts Salander in prison for a minor crime, and surrounds her with other interesting characters: Olson, the director of the prison, a weak and ineffective man, Benito, a vicious, female prisoner who torments and abuses Faria, another prisoner for whom Salander feels empathy.
Add to this mix of characters, Mikael Blomkvist, the handsome journalist who respected Salander during her previous trials for saving a child’s life. Salander gives the name of Leo Mannheimer to Blomkvist and he investigates the man with the help of his ex-girlfriend Malin.
Author Lagercrantz brings all these characters together in a well-woven tapestry that raises the suspense and tension. He is a worthy substitute for Larsson.
Holger Palmgren is a very old, sick man, and a close friend of Salander’s. He wants to help reconstruct her past, and calls a former associate, Steinberg. This is a mistake as Steinberg sounds suspicious and evasive on the phone. Palmgren does not reveal who his client is, nor where he found the information about Steinberg.
In the prison, Salander punches Benito and knocks her to the cement floor. Olson enters the cell and says he did it. Why does he want to protect Salander? Faria falls in love with a young man who falls to his death under a speeding train. Is this an accident as the detectives claim? Also labeled an accident is the shooting during an elk hunt with the psychologist of Leo Mannheimer.
We discover that Salander is a twin from the Registry. So is Leo Mannheimer. Will any of these twins discover the truth of their heritage? The Registry studied sets of twins to come to scientific conclusions. They had been separated and sent to different foster homes. Do heredity and environment interact constantly? Author Lagercrantz takes these characters, puts them in a pot and stirs them to a boil. Look for this on the new fiction shelf of your Mendocino Community Library.
Add to this mix of characters, Mikael Blomkvist, the handsome journalist who respected Salander during her previous trials for saving a child’s life. Salander gives the name of Leo Mannheimer to Blomkvist and he investigates the man with the help of his ex-girlfriend Malin.
Author Lagercrantz brings all these characters together in a well-woven tapestry that raises the suspense and tension. He is a worthy substitute for Larsson.
Holger Palmgren is a very old, sick man, and a close friend of Salander’s. He wants to help reconstruct her past, and calls a former associate, Steinberg. This is a mistake as Steinberg sounds suspicious and evasive on the phone. Palmgren does not reveal who his client is, nor where he found the information about Steinberg.
In the prison, Salander punches Benito and knocks her to the cement floor. Olson enters the cell and says he did it. Why does he want to protect Salander? Faria falls in love with a young man who falls to his death under a speeding train. Is this an accident as the detectives claim? Also labeled an accident is the shooting during an elk hunt with the psychologist of Leo Mannheimer.
We discover that Salander is a twin from the Registry. So is Leo Mannheimer. Will any of these twins discover the truth of their heritage? The Registry studied sets of twins to come to scientific conclusions. They had been separated and sent to different foster homes. Do heredity and environment interact constantly? Author Lagercrantz takes these characters, puts them in a pot and stirs them to a boil. Look for this on the new fiction shelf of your Mendocino Community Library.