“Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is Asa Larsson's home turf and I find as much joy in reading her closely observed descriptions of the environment, as in following her intriguing plots.”

“You have actors who begin at a certain young age and there's very little change in their technique and the depth of their performances; they're the same 30 years later.”