Three Seconds

VERDICT: Readers who persevere through the glacial pace of the book’s first third will be rewarded with a terrific, nail-biting climax that demonstrates why it won the prize for Sweden’s best crime novel in 2009. Give this to Stieg Larsson fans and any reader fond of morally complex thrillers.
Annabelle Mortensen, Skokie P.L., IL
Roslund, Anders & Börge Hellström. Three Seconds. Silver Oak, dist. by Sterling. Jan. 2011. c.496p. tr. from Swedish by Kari Dickson. ISBN 9781402785924. $29.95. Hardcover