Review: Creepy Rebekka Franck Mysteries sure to entertain
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2013
The Rebekka Franck box set contains the first three books of four in The Rebekka Franck series: One, Two; Three, Four; and Five, Six. All three center around the  "Rebekka" of the title - a Danish small-town, newspaper reporter whose efforts to score a "scoop" for their employer lead her to uncover three vengeful and dangerous serial killers. At her side in these endeavors is her photographer / sidekick Sune,What ties the set together is the fact that, in each book,  each of the killers believe that, by dispatching their victims, they are righting distant wrongs. Their assumed rightness does not, however, seem to at all inhibit their capacity for gory murder.The books are quite Scandinavian in character, which I love because I follow at least a dozen Scandinavian authors: The crimes are bloody, and the crime fighters are mostly calm and cordial. There's a slight whiff of the Scandinavian Far Right lurking sinisterly in the background, and American readers may be disconcerted by the dearth of guns and the humaneness of the justice system.Thanks  to the author for a great series. I only see four Franck mysteries in the author's list of publications. I look forward to seeing more of Ms. Franck in the future.One of the reviewers found both the narrative and the characters unexciting. I disagree. I like Ms. Franck a lot and found her family - her daughter and father - downright lovable.