The fight trolls and elves

"The blood of stones" opens with the arrival of spring and characters on the island of Öland. Gerlof leaves the nursing home to go home to spend his old age. Peter inherited a house of his uncle Ernst (stonemason and friend Gerlof present in "The trouble time") and just settle. He is the divorced father of twins adolescents: Jesper riveted to his Gameboy and Nilla at the very worrying health. Finally, two pairs of new rich, the Kurdin and Larsson come to take possession of their brand new majestic villas.

All will be caught up by their past. Peter has never had a very good relationship with his father Jerry, more busy with his art that sulfur by his son. But his father's house fire will push him to get closer to him and investigate. When Vendela Larsson, fragile woman fascinated by elves, returns to the scene of his childhood, it is faced with painful memories. Gerlof, meanwhile, found the diaries of his wife and decides to read despite its last recommendation. The intrigue us and travel between past and present, reality and legend to get to the heart of family secrets. The great red gash vein career figure thus the separation between the moor and career, fighting trolls and elves and intimate wounds of humans.

"The stones of blood" is the third crime novel Johan Theorin after "The disorder hour" I had loved and "The echo of the dead" that I have not yet read. Their common denominator is the island of Öland, the harsh climate but in the mesmerizing beauty, the work of mourning as the preferred theme and character Gerlof, ailing old man and former sailor who is prominent in "The Time disorder "and continues, like a guardian angel to appear in the following installment. In this opus, the evocation of elves and trolls create a fantastic atmosphere slightly, routes of human bring a depth and psychological detective story skillfully maintains the suspense. "The stones of blood" charmed me so much that "time trouble".