Books I read and wrote about during this month. Summer reading mode: activated.
Three men. Three dog lovers. What connected Russian Lev Davidovich Trotsky, Spaniard Ramon Mercader del Rio, and Cuban Ivan Cardenas Maturell? Their love of dogs, sure. But more importantly: the ice pick that ended Trotsky's life, driven by Mercader's hand. Padura weaves these three lives together across decades and continents. Epic doesn't begin to cover it.
Volume 2: Towards Samarkand. No hiking trip for me this summer (though I still managed plenty of wandering around). To compensate, I dove into the second installment of Bernard Ollivier's trek along the Silk Road. The first part left me hungry for more dusty roads and unexpected encounters. This one delivers.
Off the grid for three weeks. No internet. But plenty of books packed. See you at the end of July. Have a good summer, everyone.
A young boy lies dead at the base of his apartment building. Stabbed on his way home from school. Because he's Thai, the investigation immediately turns toward hate crime territory. Detective Erlendur starts his methodical work. Indridason keeps getting better at this.