A review by mppilk
Death at the Sanatorium by Ragnar Jónasson

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

Somewhat disappointing crime novel from Ragnar Jónasson. A short book but could have been made even shorter as it was very repetitive possibly as it is told from several different viewpoints, maybe one too many. 
Helgi is finishing a dissertation on murders take took place years earlier in a closed down TB sanatorium and trying to avoid taking up a job with the police department. He is obsessed with his father’s vast collection of old crime novels and takes this “old fashioned “ way of solving these crimes by interviewing all the people involved at the time. 
It was all much ado about nothing from what I could see and there seemed to be no explanation as to what they were all doing in this disused sanatorium to begin with. 
A harmless read but this author has done better.

Thanks to NetGalley.co.uk and the publishers for the opportunity to read this ARC.