The Tenant by Katrine EngbergMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
The Tenant, by Katrine Engberg, 2016
The Tenant is a Nordic-noir fiction-crime novel that blends suspenseful drama with Danish police procedural. Copenhagen police detectives Jeppe Korner and Anette Werner are assigned to solve the brutal murder of a young woman whose face is carved with intricate patterns.
The novel started strong and interesting until about halfway when several new characters were introduced, and I couldn't follow what was going on. Part of it, I think, was the names were foreign, and I had a hard time tracking them along with their associated plotlines. Before I knew it, I was at the end of the book, and I had no clue how the bad guy was caught. I realize there were a couple of twists that were supposed to be dark and biting, but I can hardly agree they are as such and think of them more used for shock value or as red herrings.
I rate the book 2.5 out 5 stars.
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