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The Writing on the Wall

Varg Veum

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The Writing on the Wall

By: Gunnar Staalesen
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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About this listen

In this crime drama, detective Varg Veum's adventures take him into the world of privileged teenage girls who have been drawn into drugs and prostitution.

The situation worsens when the local judge is found dead in a luxury hotel, clad only in women's lingerie. Called in by anxious parents to look for a missing daughter and explain the judge's death, Varg is led deep into Bergen's criminal underworld.

©2016 Gunnar Staalesen (P)2017 Audible, Ltd International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Crime

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Great story, would highly recommend to others. knew the authors name from BBC and NRK Isdal Girl podcast

Great story

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Story is pretty good with an interesting twist.
Narration is a touch bizarre with strange northern English accents instead of Norwegian

Interesting twist

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Derogatory descriptives for female genitalia such as like a gaping bloodhound's muzzle, or a trussed chicken.

This guy does not like women.

Very offputting.

Needlessly constantly derogatory to women

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