I'm Travelling Alone
(Munch and Krüger Book 1)
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4.4 • 82 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK
'Terrific . . . Intelligent and gripping' The Times
'Tense, thrilling and genuinely scary' Heat
'The latest Norwegian crime-writing sensation' Sunday Times
'The plot is scalpel sharp... utterly brilliant' Sunday Mirror
'Perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series' Crime Scene Magazine
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When the body of a young girl is found hanging from a tree, the only clue the police have is an airline tag around her neck. It reads 'I'm travelling alone'.
In response, police investigator Holger Munch is immediately charged with assembling a special homicide unit. But to complete the team, he must track down his former partner, Mia Krüger - a brilliant but troubled detective - who has retreated to a solitary island with plans to kill herself.
Reviewing the file, Mia finds something new - a thin line carved into the dead girl's fingernail: the number 1. She knows that this is only the beginning. To save other children from the same fate, she must find a way to cast aside her own demons and stop this murderer from becoming a serial killer.
The new novel from Samuel Bjork, THE WOLF, is available now.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bj rk (the pen name of Norwegian novelist Frode Sander ien) makes his U.S. debut with this brooding serial killer thriller. Oslo detectives Holger Munch, a math nerd who dotes on his six-year-old granddaughter, and Mia Kr ger, a brilliant profiler who has burned out on her disheartening job and is on the verge of self-destruction, are on the trail of a murderer, whose first victim, a six-year-old girl, was found hanging from a tree by a jump rope, perfectly bathed and groomed, dressed in doll clothing. Similar killings follow. Munch and Kr ger realize that they're dealing with a resourceful perpetrator who plans meticulously and seems always to be a step ahead of them. Kr ger eventually discovers that the killer may have a personal vendetta, and when Munch's granddaughter is threatened, she and Munch must gaze into their own pasts for crucial clues. Bj rk doles out characterization and exposition in multiparagraph lumps, but harrowing and enthralling action sequences more than compensate.
Customer Reviews
Enjoyed it
I read a lot of thrillers. I found this to be intriguing without being overly graphically gory. The characters are good.
Best I’ve read in a long time
I can get a bit bored of the crime fiction thing, same old, same old but this is gripping form start to finish. Loved it.
Too Much Filler
The story builds tension in a lot of places but few of the times it was unfounded. While the characters were really likeable, the repetition of the two main character’s personal problems felt very unnecessary and boring after a while.