The Caveman by Jorn Lier Horst

The Caveman
Jorn Lier Horst
2017, Affirm Press
9781925475708
352p.

A neighbour of Detective William Wisting dies and remains undiscovered for four months. Wisting's daughter, a journalist, wishes to write a story on how this could happen in modern society and begins to investigate his life. Meanwhile a body is found in a Christmas tree lot which appears to be connected with a 1980s serial killer.

This is the first book I've read in this Scandinavian murder series, even though it's book four. I bought it at the airport and that's probably the best way to describe it. It's an airport book - extremely easily readable, fun and quick. The chapters are really short, even rivalling James Patterson (ok, maybe not that short). There were a couple of errors in the text, not sure if it's an error by the author or by the translator. Still, a fun quick read and definitely recommended.

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Hagseed by Margaret Atwood

Hagseed
Margaret Atwood
2017, Kindle ebook

Former theatre director Felix starts a theatre program in a prison with the plan to take revenge on those who are responsible for his downfall. This is a retelling of Shakespeare's The Tempest.

I was unfamiliar with The Tempest but didn't find that that mattered, and I actually didn't realise it would be a retelling until I started reading. A great tale of revenge and pettiness that keeps the reader (well, kept me) guessing as to what is true or what is imagined.

Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Zone One
Colson Whitehead
2011, Kindle ebook

A zombie plague novel set in post-apocalyptic New York city. Mark Spitz was an ordinary man before the outbreak, and after the outbreak he is still an ordinary man, but the bar of what's ordinary has shifted. His job is to eradicate the remaining zombies in order to make the island inhabitable by the living.

An enjoyable zombie outing, with lots of words I had to use the kindle's dictionary feature on! I thought it was a very realistic take on post-zombie-apocalyptic madness, and a delve into human nature.