Grønland, isfunn, justismord. En etterforsker går opp igjen egne spor og finner at noens fortid er altfor grusomt knyttet til nyere forgåelser. Og hvordan leter man etter noe man ikke vet hva er?

Bon suspens mais on mélange un peu de tout (politque, flic verreux, etc ...) ( )

This was hard work in places. I generally enjoy the Scandinavian crime writers, but this did not flow. There were elements in the story telling that annoyed me and that I just simply didn't believe. And the characters were interesting for the most part but there wasn't enough depth to make them clear. ( )

This book kept me reading when I had other things I really should have been doing...

What I Liked
Erika. As a protagonist, and as a person, I liked her. She's bright, she's logical, and she knows how to lead her team. The way Bryndza wrote her, you could imagine her as the kind of boss who is liked, but above all respected.

I also liked that Bryndza did not gave in to any temptation to make her Tortured Past completely dark. It felt real.

Moss and Peterson - Erika's two subordinates, who jointly perform the function of Robin to her Batman. Also Woolf, the desk sergeant. This is a fast-moving book, more action than character, but Bryndza still managed to get across that Erika very quickly gained Moss and Peterson's loyalty as an investigative unit of three, but also gained Woolf as "her man" at slightly more distance.

The Plot had some twists I didn't see coming. :-)

What I Liked Less
Coincidences - there were a couple of important coincidences, strokes of extreme good luck, just when the investigation seemed to have hit a brick wall. One, I could buy - more than that, not so much.

Factual errors - I spotted a couple; not terribly important to the story, but irritating. A good editor should have spotted them (as well as a couple of grammatical word-choice errors).

Weird pacing - right at the end, the writing seemed to lose its way a bit. Bryndza seems to be less good at writing dialogue in very tense situations, and at the very end, some incredibly important stuff happened "off page". At one moment, we're on the edge of our metaphorical seat, wondering what's going to happen next - and the next, it's all over. We never get to watch the climax as it happens - it's like having a conversation on a mobile when you're going through a tunnel: you get all the build-up to the scandalous revelation about exactly what Mary was seen doing with That Man at George's wedding, then reception fails and by the time you get the connection back, the conversation's moved on to double glazing. It's as if Bryndza didn't think he could write it well enough, so he chickened out.

Conclusion
Will I read the next one? Almost certainly, yes. I want to see what Erika has to deal with next, and I want to see her consolidate her team. ( )

Jeg var så heldig at kunne låne et anmeldereksemplar af Lotte & Søren Hammers anden krimi Alting har sin pris tre dage før udgivelsen - og det er egentlig en rar fornemmelse af at være lidt eksklusiv og kunne anmelde på udgivelsesdagen!
Jeg kunne genkende min fornemmelse fra søskendeparrets første bog Svinehunde, at de kan noget godt krimihåndværk, hvad plottet angår, meeen der altså meget andet der halter, så det kommer ikke rigtig op at ringe. For det første er der persontegningerne, der ofte er stive i en grad, så jeg ikke rigtig kommer til at kunne se personerne for mig - og Arne og Pauline virker direkte 'falske'. Desuden er der et par gange, hvor der bliver draget skråsikre konklusioner, som kommer ud af den blå luft - og først derefter bliver årsagen til konklusionen fundet. Sprogligt er der også stadig knuder. Når det så er sagt, er der på disse punkter sket store fremskridt fra Svinehunde, hvor disse ting ligefrem irriterede og næsten ærgrede mig.
Og så det positive: Forfatterne vil noget, de har noget på hjerte og så kan de lægge et plot ud, som er så drønspændende, så jeg ofte havde meget svært ved at lægge bogen fra mig. Der er uslebent talent, så det synger, over begge deres bøger - og jeg tror, at det der egentlig trænger mest til er en redaktør, som giver Lotte & Søren Hammer besked på at bruge et par ekstra måneder på at skrive deres ellers udmærkede krimi igennem, især for at stramme op på personbeskrivelserne. Men på trods af mine indsigelser, synes jeg at Alting har sin pris er værd at læse pga underholdningsværdien, og jeg er der også næste gang de melder sig på banen. Plottets underholdnings- og spændingsværdi gør, at der kommer tre stjerner på. Ellers ville der højst have været to.
http://bogbrokken.blogspot.com/2010/10/lotte-sren-hammer-alting-har-sin-pris.htm.... ( )