The Bodyguard

Middle of the road

This book is a thriller/suspense about a Finnish bodyguard trying to figure out who killed her former employer after she resigned due to a fight over a lynx fur coat.

I was so here for this. I could relate to Hilja losing her temper over animal fur. I am one of those. No shame.

Hilja had a thing for lynxes, and as the book goes on, the reader learns why is this so important to her.

The international mystery aspect was a great contrast to the familiarity I got from the Finnish countryside setting. I was so into this. “Kiitos! Vihdoinkin!” I shouted late at night when I started the audiobook on Scribd. Now my rating system...here we go.

1. Did I put the book down?
I did. I hesitated to pick it up again. I can't give it a star here. The narrator practiced her Finnish pronunciation, but no one helped her with the Russian and the random out of the blue Spanish that suddenly appeared. I know a multilingual narration is a pain in the a** for a lot of narrators so, I was satisfied that at least she handled the Finnish names well. Can't say the same for the Maria Kallio series narrator. Oof. I dropped that after a couple of minutes.

2. The characters?
I like Hilja, for the most part. I wanted to like this book. And then...and then...I think I can give it a star here, because I did enjoy multiple aspects of her character. So there goes.