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The Fire Pit

By: Chris Ould
Narrated by: Matt Addis
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In the wake of a dying man’s apparent suicide, the skeleton of a young woman is discovered on a windswept hillside. Detective Hjalti Hentze suspects that it is the body of a Norwegian woman reported missing 40 years earlier, while a commune occupied the land, and whose death may be linked to the abduction and rape of a local Faroese girl.

Meanwhile British DI Jan Reyna is pursuing his investigation into his mother’s suicide. But as he learns more about her final days, links between the two cases start to appear: a conspiracy of murder and abuse spanning four decades. And as Hentze puts the same pieces together, he realises that Reyna is willing to go further than ever before to learn the truth....

©2017 Chris Ould (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Crime Fiction Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Crime

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Narrator brilliant, in my top three. Stories great though this last one was a little frustrating as there was obviously a need to connect the two sets of crimes based on the common factors and it took an implausibly long time to get there but this did not spoil anything really . Overall a very satisfying trilogy with well developed characters and plot lines.

Fantastic narrator, good trilogy

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Ould’s Faroes novels are gripping and Matt Addis is the best reader possible. Fantastic stuff.

Brilliant retelling by Matt Addis

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Darker and (at the end) more frantic than the previous books in this great trilogy.

The Reyna part in particular is so interwoven with the rest of all three books, that it's obvious that the trilogy storyline was made up by Chris Ould from the beginning. Not that I minded. This is a very good read with that "unputdownable" feel to it. As in Blood Strand and Killing Bay the subtle psychology in the conversations and thoughts are most convincing.

Good narration by Matt Addis.

A worthy (and dark) conclusion to a great trilogy.

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A brilliant trio of books and excellent narration. Matt Addis gives a excellent performance bringing life and depth to the characters in this trilogy.

well worth the listen

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I love Chris Ould's characters as they all have rounded personalities whether good or bad. The story was complex and well written, I wonder whether there will be another follow up. I do hope so, I have become quite fond of the main characters.

Matt Addis reads well and he distinguishes between characters and keep the listener caught up in the action.

Really enjoyable and hard to put down

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