Lavinia reviewed Satellite People by Hans Olav Lahlum
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3 stars
Lahlum dedicates his book to Agatha Kristie, “the world’s greatest crime writer”, and indeed the plot is inspired by Christie, with a detective duo, Inspector Kolbjorn Kristiansen, known as K2, and the brilliant and enigmatic, wheelchair-using Patricia who lives isolated in her house, something that relates strongly to Rex Stout’s detective Nero Wolfe. The relationship between the two is interesting and dynamic and it has certainly been developed since the first book of the series. Patricia is more mature, more human.
The characters are unique and memorable, they seem more like real people, with their secrets, fears, cruelties and hatreds. Lahlum is a smart writer, with a wonderful deft and humane touch in his writing. Looking forward to the third book in the series.