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Where Roses Never Die

Varg Veum

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September 1977. Mette Misvãr, a three-year-old girl, disappears without trace from the sandpit outside her home.

Her tiny, close middle-class community in the tranquil suburb of Nordas is devastated, but their enquiries and the police produce nothing. Curtains twitch, suspicions are raised, but Mette is never found.

Almost 25 years later, as the expiry date for the statute of limitations draws near, Mette's mother approaches PI Varg Veum in a last, desperate attempt to find out what happened to her daughter. As Veum starts to dig, he uncovers an intricate web of secrets, lies and shocking events that have been methodically concealed.

When another brutal incident takes place, a pattern begins to emerge.

Chilling, shocking and full of extraordinary twists and turns, Where Roses Never Die reaffirms Gunnar Staalesen as one of the world's foremost thriller writers.

©2016 Gunnar Staalesen (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Crime Fiction Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction International Mystery & Crime Literary Fiction Mystery Private Investigators Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Detective Exciting
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In the physics of madness, a pebble can start a landslide. For this story, one small incident sets in motion in the mind of an insane person, a course of action which causes years of misery for so many others. What I love about this author is that there are no carelessly plotted story lines or even sentences. Even the description of shared coffee is delightful and begs to be re-read and re-examined for underlying clues. This book was my find of the year.

The devil is in the detail

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I enjoyed the story evolving in a plausible manner. Good plot and difficult to predict

Excellent narration and good plot

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I was a bit luke warm about this purchase and bought it on a whim. I was very pleasantly surprised.

Varg Veum is an alcoholic, and I had become jaded when the lead character was falling in and out of inebriation, becoming aggressive and nasty in the event. Varg isn't portrayed as such, he is trying to fight the battle, yet it isn't the whole character of the man. I found him tenacious and rather likeable.

The story was excellent, and I didn't expect the ending until we were practically there. The characters were dealt with in a sympathetic way, and most were more or less likeable.

I thought that Colin Mace made a fine job of the narration. I really did enjoy this book.

I really enjoyed this one!

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Extremely well delivered. The writing has all the elements of a good thriller. It turns from dark scenes to ones that are incredible movingly ease and plausibility.

Terrific book. Held my attention until the the very end....

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I would have like to give this book 5 stars overall as it ticked all the boxes of a good well written story. If I knew Norway and the names were more familiar, I would have done just that. I did struggle a bit trying to remember who was who but of course this is no fault of the author or the story.

Well written story with good twist

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