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Where Roses Never Die

Varg Veum

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Where Roses Never Die

By: Gunnar Staalesen
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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September 1977. Mette Misvãr, a three-year-old girl, disappears without trace from the sandpit outside her home.

Her tiny, close middle-class community in the tranquil suburb of Nordas is devastated, but their enquiries and the police produce nothing. Curtains twitch, suspicions are raised, but Mette is never found.

Almost 25 years later, as the expiry date for the statute of limitations draws near, Mette's mother approaches PI Varg Veum in a last, desperate attempt to find out what happened to her daughter. As Veum starts to dig, he uncovers an intricate web of secrets, lies and shocking events that have been methodically concealed.

When another brutal incident takes place, a pattern begins to emerge.

Chilling, shocking and full of extraordinary twists and turns, Where Roses Never Die reaffirms Gunnar Staalesen as one of the world's foremost thriller writers.

©2016 Gunnar Staalesen (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Private Investigators Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Detective Exciting

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Extremely well delivered. The writing has all the elements of a good thriller. It turns from dark scenes to ones that are incredible movingly ease and plausibility.

Terrific book. Held my attention until the the very end....

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Ok story. Just lacked depth in my opinion. Liked the ending but by the time you get there, you just begun the wonder on how daft the previous detectives were in the first place? In normal circumstances this just wouldn't happen.

Meh

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although I enjoyed this story it was very hard to keep track of who's who. I think maybe because the names and places were not English. there was no tension in the book, no twists and turns but then that could've been down to language and performance. colin mace is one of my favoured readers, but this one was very downbeat and drab. I don't think I would listen to others in the series

confusing.

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Wow. Brilliant stuff. Such a tangle of lies and deception ... and so many secrets ... but fear not ... Varg will solve it!

Top Notch

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I started with the latest and am working my way backwards as I've only just discovered this series, would that I had found them earlier. Varg Veum is an older private investigator with a lifetime of experiences, not least of which is his previous existence in child protection. Battling a drink problem after losing his partner, Varg is asked to investigate a twenty five year old cold case of a missing child. Her mother, desperate to find out what happened to her beloved little girl, commissions him to take the case. The story is skilfully woven through with a fatal armed robbery at a jewellers shop. a pair of vicious thugs and a New Years 'party game' that had far reaching effects. Varg stalks through a case where it's not only the landscape that is dark and cold. If I could give this six stars I surely would. Colin Mace is a great voice for Varg Veum.

Absolutely Brilliant!

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I enjoyed the story evolving in a plausible manner. Good plot and difficult to predict

Excellent narration and good plot

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amazing, couldn't guess the ending. many amazing twists. I did get confused who was who with the names, however, great listen! loved it, loved it, loved it!

superb!

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Having lived in both the society and many of the places mentioned (Bergen, the islands off the coast there, Oslo), I found this an excellent and well-crafted story:- was rivetted. The clichéd bit (a Scandi-noir private eye with an alcohol problem, anyone?) could have been different, but the story telling (both the story and the telling) was atmospheric. One problem (only relevant to purists):- the pronunciations of people's names was decidedly non-Norse (even allowing for a Bergense dialekt).

Worth the listen

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Beautifully crafted plot, great characterisation and great narration. typical Scandinavian style and precision. and reviews must be 20 words, so the killer is....

Excellent

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In the physics of madness, a pebble can start a landslide. For this story, one small incident sets in motion in the mind of an insane person, a course of action which causes years of misery for so many others. What I love about this author is that there are no carelessly plotted story lines or even sentences. Even the description of shared coffee is delightful and begs to be re-read and re-examined for underlying clues. This book was my find of the year.

The devil is in the detail

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