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"Zero equals one": Arne Dahl's series end is a brilliant finale

2023-01-10T17:07:54.075Z


Arne Dahl started the Berger and Blom series in 2016, which quickly found fans. Now the series ends with the fifth volume. My book tip.


Arne Dahl started the Berger and Blom series in 2016, which quickly found fans.

Now the series ends with the fifth volume.

My book tip.

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Arne Dahl's crime thriller “Null equal to one” has slumbered on my bookshelf for far too long.

It was anything but ill will, because for me, Dahl's crime novels are among the most exciting books that have found their way to us from Scandinavia.

Atmospherically dense descriptions, captivating dialogues, great characters and arcs of suspense that are second to none.

If you are still looking for a thriller from Norway, this is definitely worth a look.

Arne Dahl "Zero equals one": About the book

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Arne Dahl "Zero equals one"

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He will do it again.

On the fifth of every month, the Stockholm police find a body in the archipelago.

But the causes of death differ, and no one believes there is a connection between the murders.

Nobody but detective Desiré Rosenkvist, who assigns Sam Berger and Molly Blom to the case.

Although the investigators have to work in secret, they realize that whoever is dumping the dead wants to be found.

Just why now?

Berger and Blom set out on the trail of a megalomaniac criminal who seems to want nothing less than eternal life.

Blurb Piper

Serial killers always pull in crime fiction and thrillers.

Whether as a TV series or in book form.

And the fifth volume, all about Berger and Blom, draws the reader directly into the plot.

A serial killer who always places the bodies on the fifth of the month poses a mystery to the investigators at the beginning.

Does he really want to be found?

If yes why?

And why now.

Berger & Blom Series by Arne Dahl: The Order (launched 2016)

  • "Seven minus one" (2016)

  • "Six Times Two" (2017)

  • "Five Plus Three" (2018)

  • "Four by Four" (2020)

  • "Zero Equals One" (2022)

At the beginning of the thriller, the investigating officers and I, the reader, were faced with the same question as to whether there was one or more perpetrators.

The plot was tightly interwoven and allowed both possibilities.

Only halfway through the book do the threads come together and it becomes clearer.

Arne Dahl skillfully knows how to create tension.

Here he is one of the grand masters of his field.

The fans of the series around Berger and Blom will feel a certain parting pain at the end of the series.

Have they become friends with the characters over the years?

For newcomers it should be said that you should also use the predecessors for a better understanding.

Especially the development around Desiré can be better explained by the first volumes.

Arne Dahl "Zero equals one": My conclusion

Those who start with the fifth volume in the series should be warned: it is addictive.

All fans of Nordic crime novels can easily access here.

In order to enjoy the title to its full extent, the other four volumes in the series are also recommended.

A cliffhanger at the end makes you curious about what may come.

A new series?

Arne Dahl "Zero equals one" (Berger & Blom Volume 5)

Translated from the Norwegian by Kerstin Schöps

2022, Piper ISBN-13 978-3-492-05929-9

Price: paperback €17, e-book €12.99, 464 pages (depending on format)

Order here!

Arne Dahl

Arne Dahl, born in 1963, with his crime novels about the Stockholm

A group created one of the world's most successful series.

With numerous international awards, more than a million books have been sold in the German-speaking area alone. 

List of rubrics: © Peter Hartenfelser/Imago

Source: merkur

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