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Newly appointed District Sheriff Tristan Haraldsen and his wife, Elsebeth, are looking forward to a peaceful semiretirement in the remote fishing village of Djevulsfjord on the stunningly beautiful island of Vagar. But when two boys go missing during the first whale hunt of the season, the repercussions strike at the heart of the isolated coastal community. As he pursues his investigations, Tristan discovers that the Mikkelsen brothers aren’t the first young men to have vanished on Vagar.

Determined to solve the mystery of Djevulsfjord, yet encountering suspicion wherever he turns, Haraldsen comes to realize he and his wife are not living in the rural paradise they had imagined and that the wild beauty of the region hides a far darker reality.

©2018 David Hewson (P)2019 W.F. Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Village Crime Mystery
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Personally, I don’t think this story is up to, and on a par with David Hewson’s usual output. Possibly too many characters, which serve to detract from the coherence of the plot?

Disappointing

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Loved the story and the narration. A great combination. Can we have more please David!

Atmospheric and thought provoking.

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The usual brilliant context from Hewson - and a ripping story with strong characters as well.

Atmospheric

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I have loved David Hewson books but the graphic and overly gory depiction of the Pilot Whale kill drive in the Faroes. It’s tradition. We know it happens, but this story was just too much. Sickening.

The narrator did his best, but he was given a horror story to tell.

Sorry, too much animal cruelty

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Having read a fair few of David Hewson books, and had visited the Faroes, I was drawn to this book. I read a couple of negative reviews, but so glad I didn't take any notice of them. I enjoyed it. it twisted and turned a bit and typical of this author, you don't know what the end is going to be, although you think you do several times! Yes, the descriptions of the "Grind" are savage but I have read far worse descriptive pieces in books and in my view it was necessary to the following story.
The narration is by one of my favourite narrators Saul Reichlin, (who has narrated other Hewson books) who brought it to life.

Really enjoyed this.

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