The Swimmer by Joakim Zander.

The Swimmer is an international spy thriller. People are frightened of the shadows following who may be out to kill them.

Forget the hype as I found this book to be quite ordinary. The plot was average and the entertainment value was poor. Joakim told his tale from many perspectives and his many characters had their own shallow roles to play. There was no central character to indentify with and this whole tale was a bit of a soap opera.

The story flitted about going backwards and forwards in time plus numerous changes of location and country. This splattering of time, location and characters made this book difficult to get into. It is an easy book to put down and as this shallow story develops you can guess how things are going to work out.

Comparisons can be made with The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and other Swedish thrillers but I found The Swimmer to be a big let down. I found everything to be second rate, the plot, the characters, the social message and the quality of storytelling. Nothing was quirky or memorable. The whole book was such a POOR read that I can only vote it 2 stars.

The Swimmer was written in 2013 and is available as an Amazon KIndle eBook.