Review of Mammon

Mammon (2014–2016)
8/10
A bleak Norwegian thriller
3 May 2014
Warning: Spoilers
Newspaper reporter Peter Verås is investigating financial irregularities involving his own brother; who then kills himself. At first it looks as though he did it to avoid the inevitable scandal but as Peter's investigation continues another man kills himself; this time right in front of Peter… his last word 'Abraham is both enigmatic and meaningful. Things get unpleasant then positively dangerous for Peter and those helping him as he is first transferred to another part of the paper in an attempt to kill the story than when he keeps investigating the threats start to become real… there are powerful people involved and they will do whatever it takes to protect their dark secret.

There have been plenty of Scandinavian dramas on British TV recently and this is one of the darkest yet as even main characters can be killed off late in the series when one has frown to like them and think that anybody who has lasted this long will be okay! Things for Protagonist Peter just seem to get more and more desperate; Jon Øigarden does a fine job in the role… the rest of the cast are pretty good too. The story is gripping and kept me interested right to the end as the twists don't end until the final scene.
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