FICTION

Woman of the Dead

by Bernhard Aichner
Scribner. Aug. 2015. 288p. tr. from German by Anthea Bell. ISBN 9781476775616. $25; ebk. ISBN 9781476775630. F
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Blum is a blissfully married mother of two and the successful owner of a funeral home, enjoying a quiet family life until a suspicious hit-and-run leaves her widowed and full of doubt. When she comes across evidence that leads her to believe that her policeman husband's death was no accident, she launches an investigation of her own. But Blum is no typical damsel in distress, as we and her husband's killers will soon learn: her past is shady, and her fury is something to behold.
VERDICT Aichner's gritty, fast-paced narrative and unconventional protagonist is the first in a trilogy sure to earn favor among fans of Jo Nesbø, Camilla Läckberg, and Stieg Larsson. A number one best seller in Aichner's native Austria, this is the author's first book translated into English.
Reviewed by Liv Hanson, Chicago , Jul 01, 2015
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