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Another spine-chilling Mystery Novel by Best-selling Author Willow Rose.
Once you start One, Two … He is coming for you – there is absolutely no turning back.
Set in the Danish coastal town of Karrebaeksminde, journalist Rebekka Franck returns to her hometown with her six year old daughter. She is trying to escape her ex-husband and starting a new life for her and her daughter, when the small sleepy town experiences a murder. One of the kingdoms wealthiest men is brutally murdered in his summer residence in Karrebaeksminde. While Rebekka Franck and her punk photographer Sune try to cover the story for the local newspaper another murder happens on a high society rich man. Now Rebekka Franck realizes that the drowsy little kingdom of Denmark has gotten its first serial killer and soon a series of dark secrets – long buried but not forgotten – will see the day of light.
One, Two … He is coming for you is the first book in Willow Rose’s mystery-series about the reporter Rebekka Franck and her photographer Sune.
"A good read for anyone who enjoys a gory crime thriller. The characters are solid, the plot lasts as long as it needs to, and it comes to a gripping conclusion."
Reviewer: Angel for Bookangel.
This is the first of the Rebekka Franck thriller novels set in a sleepy town in Denmark.
Fleeing from an unhappy marriage Rebekka Franck finds herself taking a role as a journalist in a sleepy town. When the murder of a local industrialist takes place, she investigates alongside newspaper reporter Sune. After another industrialist is killed a few days later, she finds herself tracking a serial killer.
Rebekka Franck is definitely a journalist in the act first, think second school of thought as she reacts to the unfolding events. Her partner Sune fills out the other useful roles of photographer, outside and, as now seems normal nowadays, computer hacker. It is easy to see where some of the influences came from for the two leads as well as the background to the plot, but Willow Rose does a good job of making the characters her own instead of being as formulaic as they could have been, while they try to unravel what is going on.
The plot itself, is well-worn and will not hold any surprises to fans of the genre, but the journalistic work to uncover what is going on is thoughtful and it follows through well with the implications of what is and what had occurred. The crossing of the various back stories of the characters also helps to tie it well together and few punches are pulled as the book comes to its close. Fortunately the sub-plot with her not-quite ex-husband is brief, as it detracts slightly, and is used more to try and give more character development to Rebekka than to advance the story.
Overall, it’s a good read for anyone who enjoys a gory crime thriller. The characters are solid, the plot lasts as long as it needs to, and it comes to a gripping conclusion. Rating:4
I bought this in paperback a while ago, not long after I watched a TV show set in Scandinavia. Personally I liked the book, and I plan to read more in the series. The trailer for it (which I saw after reading) is a bit naff, reminiscent of a Hammer House parody, which is a pity as it gives the wrong impression, as do some of the reviews people have left.
Fair enough, it isn't War & Peace, but it is an easy read and the characters are well drawn.
The crime drama road is one that I travel a lot. What made this book stand out, for me, was the journalistic turn it had to take to make the lead character more believable. It added a different depth to the story that made the story very enjoyable.
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