Dark Music

A Novel

By: David Lagercrantz, Ian Giles - translator

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER • Inspired by Sherlock Holmes, an exhilarating new thriller from the best-selling author of The Girl in the Spider’s Web—a murder investigation in which two unlikely allies race to uncover a shadowy international conspiracy.

Professor Hans Rekke is a world authority on interrogation techniques, capable of dizzying feats of logic and observation. He was born into wealth and power and has a picture-perfect wife and daughter. But he also has a fragile psyche that falls apart under pressure.

Micaela Vargas is a street-smart police officer, the daughter of Chilean political refugees, who grew up in the projects on the outskirts of Stockholm and has two brothers on the wrong side of the law. She is tenacious and uncompromising, and desperate to prove herself to her fellow cops.

Micaela needs Hans’s unique mind to help her solve the case of a murdered asylum-seeker from Afghanistan. Hans needs Micaela to save him from himself. Together, they need to find the killer before they’re both silenced for good.

©2022 David Lagercrantz (P)2022 Random House Audio

Loved this book.

Great new characters in what is sure to be a successful new series by this author.
Excellent translation and narration.

The beginning of a good thing

Hope this leads to a series for this interesting and original partnership. Enjoyed it so much.

A Compelling Book

This is a Compelling story, intricately woven, appealing complex characters, beautifully read. I Highly recommend.

A Fascinating Mystery

This is a wonderful story, not just because of the solving of a difficult mystery but also by the complexity and humanity of the characters.

The brilliant, trouble professor, the Chilean immigrant to Sweden, the frustrated musician and soccer star flesh out a great story

Soccer, music and murder

Am interesting exploration of the murder of an Afghani expat in Sweden. The Taliban impacting Sweden. A clever professor and a police investigator thrown together in the investigation.

Absolutely the most boring read

Half way through I thought do I cut my losses and just accept 1 Amazon credit went down the drain? Held fast and proceeded with immense disappointment. I will never read this author’s uninspired writing again. Deficient emotional ability. Cold heart

Unimpressed

I downloaded this after reading the WSJ review with high expectations. But I found the writer struggled to write a female lead (despite his earlier work). It might have been less obvious on the page, but the narrator made it so much worse by over emoting all of her feelings and expressions in comparison to the male characters, so she sounds like a stereotype of over-emotional females without the depth needed for a main character. The male cops weren't much better, very stereotypical tunnel vision police officers, but as side characters its less bothersome to the storyline. I returned after a few hours of listening.

A story of omniscience

The only device that moves the story forward is omniscience…everyone outguesses everyone. It has much coincidence and character flaw that seems so arbitrary and contrived.

I’m sorry I stayed to finish it…

Not recommend

I was delighted s when this was over. Would have returned it if I could. Not a bad character, but a bad story.