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Roseanna

By: Maj Sjöwall,Per Wahlöö
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
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Summary

On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vättern. Three months later, all that Police Inspector Martin Beck knows is that her name is Roseanna, that she came from Lincoln, Nebraska, and that she could have been strangled by any one of 85 people.

As the melancholic Beck narrows down the list of likely suspects, he is drawn increasingly to the enigma of the victim, a free-spirited traveller with a penchant for the casual sexual encounter, and to the psychopathology of a murderer with a distinctive - indeed, terrifying - sense of propriety.

With its authentically rendered settings, vividly realized characters, and command over the intricately interwoven details of police detection, Roseanna is a masterpiece of suspense and sadness.

©1967 Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö (P)2011 Audible Ltd

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    1 out of 5 stars

Always listen to the sample!

I really should have used the sample arrow: I found Tom Weiner's delivery irritating I'm afraid, which overcame any interest in the characters. or plot. I hit the delete button and am just grateful that I only bought the first Martin Beck novel, rather than the whole set.

This is the first disappointing Audible purchase but I did learn a lesson.

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may be a good book but................

The reader of this book makes it completely unnlistenable. Its an awful voice, much to fast and therefore very difficult to follow, and as the voice and accent prevent you wanting to. I struggled but couldn't cope for more than 10 minutes.

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So wanted this to good wish I'd played the sample

A great book can be ruined by the wrong narrator and this is a perfect example. With ten books in the series all read by the same reader, the publishers have made quite an investment a narrator who seems unable to create any atmosphere or nuance rendering the end product dull and unlistenable. For this reason I'm afraid I can't comment on the content.

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    3 out of 5 stars

Read the book

This is a great story which was spoiled for me by the monotonous, droning narration.

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    3 out of 5 stars

very mediocre

I think this is a book that would read better than when listening to it. I found the numerous interviews with just the interviewee's initials in front very boring due to the repetition. The narrator doesn't liven things up at all. It is true that the book hasn't really aged (apart from not having any mobile phones in it and everyone smoking inside offices) but it just didn't hold my interest all the way through which is rare, especially for a book so short.

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    3 out of 5 stars

Not the best

I have to agree with the other reviewers. I found the rapid delivery very frustrating but battled on.

I enjoyed the book and you could definetly see the direct lines from Martin Beck to Kurt Wallander and Harry Hole.

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Shoot the Narrator but, Enjoy the Novel

Would you consider the audio edition of Roseanna to be better than the print version?

This is a great novel. I infinitely prefer audio books because I no longer have the time to 'read' books. From previous reviews one gets the impression that this may be a slow moving book because the emphasis is on how long it takes to solve a murder, that it is not all solved in an hour, or a week. But actually this is a great story, and the length of time it takes to solve does not detract from that!

What other book might you compare Roseanna to, and why?

If you like Peter James' 'Roy Grace' novels, then you may well enjoy this. It is almost a Swedish equivalent!

Did Tom Weiner do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?

I have also listened to audiobooks by other Scandinavian authors, including Jussi Adler-Olsen, which I highly recommend, both for the storylines themselves and also because the narrator - Steven Pacey - puts so much life and character into the characters which, unfortunately, Tom Weiner does not do.

I note that he narrates all of the novels in this series and therefore I may not listen to the others, I think I'd rather read them. This is a shame because I do not get the opportunity to read as often as I'd like, so I may never get around to these. Mr Weiner has an unfortunate tone of voice and it is hard to distinguish between his characters. He has a very limited inflection range and at the beginning of the story, one gets the impression that the narration is all monotonal! It isn't, but it feels that way to begin with.

My advice: Play the sample first to decide if you can put up with his tone. If you can, then you'll enjoy this novel immensely!

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Curious narration

Not one to be pernickety, but the speed of the narrator plus his endless characters voices makes this book almost impossible to listen, this is a shame as the content is of the highest quality, I shall just have to wait until Sean Barrett has a go at it.

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    2 out of 5 stars

Terrible narration

Still considering if I can survive this narration. Mankell praised the authors and the book, but I don't know if I can make it to the end.

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    5 out of 5 stars

Martin Beck Roseanna

Very good story extremely well read.
I will listen to more in the series soon.

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