Book review: 'The Witch Hunter' by Max Seeck
Berkley, 400 pages, $17 paperback Max Seeck has written a brilliant new Nordic noir thriller called “The Witch Hunter.” This novel will keep you guessing from the very beginning. When Roger Koponen is giving a talk at a bookstore to promote his various works, it is his trilogy revolving around a witch cult and series of gruesome murders that attracts the most fans. At one point during the question-and-answer period, a question is asked that floors him. “Are you afraid of what you write?” As he is speaking hours away, his wife, Maria, is being murdered. Police response is swift yet aft...