Midwinter Sacrifice cover art

Midwinter Sacrifice

Malin Fors, Book 1

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Midwinter Sacrifice

By: Mons Kallentoft
Narrated by: Lisa Coleman
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Only £0.99 a month for the first 3 months. Pay £0.99 for the first 3 months, and £8.99/month thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Start my membership

About this listen

An investigation consists of a mass of voices, the sort you can hear, and the sort you can't. You have to listen to the soundless voices, Malin. That's where the truth is hidden. The snow covered all the tracks, as the killer knew it would. But it couldn't hide the victim, the man who now hung naked from a lonely tree on a frozen plain. Malin Fors is first on the scene. A 31-year-old single mother, Malin is the most talented and ambitious detective on the Linkoping police force, but also the most unpredictable. She must lead the investigation while keeping her fractured life on the rails. No one knows the identity of the dead man. Or perhaps no one ever wanted to know. When all the voices of the investigation have fallen silent, Malin can rely only on herself and her own instincts. And as she follows in the frigid wake of the killer, Malin begins to discover just how far the people in this small town are willing to go to keep their secrets buried.

©2011 Mons Kallentoft (P)2011 Hodder & Stoughton Crime Fiction Crime Fiction Scary Suspense Mystery

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Fatal Isles cover art
The Creak on the Stairs cover art
Cursed cover art
Angel Maker cover art
The Engine House: A Black Beacons Murder Mystery cover art
The Landscape of Death cover art
The Last Pilgrim cover art
Village of the Lost Girls cover art
Frozen Moment cover art
Where She Lies: A Gripping Irish Detective Thriller with a Stunning Twist cover art
All stars
Most relevant
The story makes good use of the Nordic setting, providing a range of settings for it's events. The 'troubled' family around which much of the plot takes place is a little hackneyed, but suits it's purpose. The Police have their limits as to what they can do, but the resourceful or lucky detective is able to move forward. The voice of the dead man is a device being used more often, but as ever for me, I'm not sure why. A slight change of pace for a moment, yes, but no added enlightenment or plot strand.
Lisa Coleman does well in providing different voices. The (I'm assuming) editing of the narration allows little time to draw breath, which is an increasing fashion. Why can't we have time to take in what is happening or has happened? That's the joy of a book, why can't the pace of the telling allow us the same?
Whilst the story and performance offer positives, the overall experience is not quite at the top.

A decent story, needs some room to breathe.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Would you listen to Midwinter Sacrifice again? Why?

No...it's a thriller / mystery / whodunnit.....I know whodunnit, there's no mystery anymore.

What other book might you compare Midwinter Sacrifice to, and why?

It's comparable to many Scandinavian crime fiction novels from Mankell downwards...

Which character – as performed by Lisa Coleman – was your favourite?

Actually....and this is NOT Lisa Coleman's voice....but I really liked the voice of the 'body' or the victim...made me laugh a lot.....and was very charming. No idea who it was though,

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The voice of the body is very funny....although what it is saying is pretty dark, as is a lot of the book.

Any additional comments?

Good tale, brilliantly narrated - no silly attempts at accents or 'other voices' which can be very irritating if not done brilliantly.

The story itself is quite different and enjoyable, the characters are interesting if a little underdeveloped - I shall be reading the next in the series and hope the recurring characters develop a little more.....I am sure they will, and I suspect they will become firm favourites.

Brilliantly read, Good story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

What would have made Midwinter Sacrifice better?

I really don't know. Did not like this book one bit and could not bring myself to finish it. Was expecting it to be more like The Bridge/The Tunnel and very disappointed

Would you ever listen to anything by Mons Kallentoft again?

Certainly not for a while

How could the performance have been better?

Performance was just a bit flat

Not for me

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I loved this book - lots of surprises, great characterisations and a humanity sometimes missing from Henning Mankell and co. The reading was also excellent.
My only quibble is that one (subsidiary) plot line is not resolved at the end of the book. The author asks, "Do all mysteries have to be answered?" ..Um, yes. We read these books is great part because they give us a sense of resolution missing in the real world. Just bugged me, but not major enough to detract from overall book. I will certainly be buying more from this author.

Great new Scandanavian writer!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, it's so refreshing to hear Lisa, clear and you quickly absorb all the characters, well portrayed

What other book might you compare Midwinter Sacrifice to, and why?

Jo Nesbo The Bat

Have you listened to any of Lisa Coleman’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No but she's great

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Corpse with attitude

Any additional comments?

Love the phone calls they really make the listening three dimensional

Attention to detail a pleasure to listen to

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews