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  • The Fire Engine That Disappeared

  • Martin Beck Series, Book 5
  • By: Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö
  • Narrated by: Tom Weiner
  • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (30 ratings)
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The Fire Engine That Disappeared

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

The cunning incendiary device that blew the roof off a Stockholm apartment not only interrupted the small, peaceful orgy underway inside, it nearly took the lives of the building's 11 occupants. And if one of Martin Beck's colleagues hadn't been on the scene, the explosion would have led to a major catastrophe because, for reasons nobody could satisfactorily explain, a regulation fire truck has vanished. Was it terrorism, suicide, or simply a gas leak? And what if, anything, did the explosion have to do with the peculiar death earlier that day of a 46-year-old bachelor whose cryptic suicide note consisted of only two words: "Martin Beck"?

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Good Narration.

I have now listened to the first five books in the series and, unlike some listeners, I really like the narration. For me, it fits perfectly with the type of stories he his voicing - a kind of noirish, procedural detective type of story. In fact, I would have been disappointed if the same reader had not narrated the entire series.

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Disappointing

Terrible narration, delivery too fast, portrayal of characters not at all convincing. Very disappointing indeed. I so disliked the narration that I did not get into the story at all, so cannot decide whether it was worthwhile. I just felt I had wasted my money.

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