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The Valkyrie Song

By: Craig Russell
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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Jan Fabel is a troubled man. His relationships with the women in his life are becoming increasingly complicated. If that weren’t bad enough, after a gap of 10 years, a female serial killer – the Angel of St Pauli – again makes the headlines when an English pop star is found in Hamburg’s red-light district, dying of savage knife wounds. Links emerge with a series of apparently unrelated events. A journalist murdered in Norway. The death of a Serbian gangster.

And a long-forgotten project by East Germany’s Stasi conceived at the height of the Cold War, involving a highly trained group of female assassins, known by the codename Valkyrie. Fabel’s hunt for the truth will bring him up against the most terrifyingly efficient professional killer.

©2009 Craig Russell (P)2010 Soundings Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Assassin Fiction Crime
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Well worth a read - a very good series- extremely well read- a really good thriller

Excellent

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Valkyrie Song to be better than the print version?

I never understand this daft question, although on this occasion the narration was so good I would definitely say yes

Who was your favorite character and why?

Again daft, Jan Fabel is great so why look further?

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I live in Hamburg and can therefore relate to all of the locations, it's spot on, if a litle creepy hearing a murger taking place a few streets away from where you live

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Absolutely nothing, it is outstanding. His voice is perfectly pitched for a crime thriller of this type and his pronounciation is also spot on.

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Excellent in all respects

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A great fast paced story but doesn’t it make a difference if it also has a great narrator who is capable of bringing all the characters to life. I had previously embarked on a Jonathan Kellerman book but I only managed to get half way through as the narrator was so awful.

Excellent story and narration

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This was the fourth of Craig Russell's books that I'd read in a row and I'm amazed at how he consistently delivers something fresh, fast paced and imaginative. The thing I really that about his characters is that they're believable; Jan Fabel isn't given the all too familiar detectives flaw and you are interested in the whole team he works with because they're all interesting characters in their own right. One word of warning... do not listen to this book before reading 'The Eternal.' This book wasn't available on audio and The Valkyrie Song contains several spoilers that will ruin The Eternal for you unless you read it immediately after The Carnival Master. Worth also mentioning Sean Barrett's narration which is great and well matched to this series of books.

One of the best authors working today

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enjoyed this very much.fascinating storyline. liked the premise. .liking Jan and his team. love Barrett

excellent

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