Looking for Alice: A Gunvor Ström Novel: 1

In Swedish author Millers thriller series starter set in and around Stockholm an aging private investigator and her young team take on a seemingly simple adultery case that proves to be complex indeed. Nadja Franzéns ordinarily staid husband Mikael has been acting strangely. Hes been staying out late at night claiming to be working but coming home drunk and his wife has concluded that hes having an affair. She hires a private detective agency to investigate and her case is assigned to investigator Gunvor Ström a former surgeon in her mid-60s. As she pursues Mikael from bar to bar it quickly becomes apparent that hes involved in something altogether more sinister than garden-variety adultery. As a sexagenarian though Gunvor struggles to be inconspicuous at the Stockholm nightspots that Mikael frequents so she recruits two young acquaintances to be her eyes and ears: Elin a rather plain teenager with low self-esteem and David an immature dropout. The trio soon forges a plan to uncover the truth. After some bodyguards viciously attack Mikael though Nadja reconsiders the investigation--and things take a very dark turn when a brutal murder is broadcast live to paying customers. In Gunvor Ström Miller the author of the thriller Three Days in September(2016) has crafted an entertaining heroine--a modern Miss Marple with a social conscience and some impressive aikido skills. For the most part the author also deftly handles this first installment of her new series; the storytelling as translated from the Swedish by Isherwood is slick with strong dialogue intelligent plotting and convincing character development throughout. [Looking for Alice is a] ... punchy Nordic noir.A...highly enjoyable read. -- Kirkus ReviewsMore praise for Luna Miller ́s writing: A little gem of a book (5 stars) Exquisitely honest and perceptive (5 stars) Un libro que disfrutaras sin duda alguna (5 stars) It grabbed my interest from the beginning and never let go (4 stars) Luna has created a unique and memorable character in Gunvor Ström (5 stars)