
Oblivion
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Narrated by:
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Sean Barrett
About this listen
'The Quick'. A woman swims in a remote, milky-blue lagoon. Steam rises from the water, and as it clears, a body is revealed in the ghostly light.
'The Dead'. Miles away, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the US military base. A sickening thud is heard as a man’s body falls from a high platform.
'The Forgotten'. Many years before, a schoolgirl went missing. The world has forgotten her. But Erlendur has not.
'The Searcher'. Erlendur Sveinsson is a newly promoted detective with a battered body, a rogue CIA operative and America’s troublesome presence in Iceland to contend with. In his spare time he investigates a cold case. He is only starting out, but he is already up to his neck.
©2014 Arnaldur Indridason. English translation copyright © Victoria Cribb 2015. (P)2015 Isis Publishing Ltd, Random House AudiobooksCritic reviews
Good story
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Quite good, but didn't have me on the edge of my chair.
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As always, the historical detail regarding Iceland and the American bases there, adds an interesting perspective to an excellently plotted and paced story. With Sean Barrett as narrator you can't ask for much more. My only quibble with the series is in the fact that the author determined not to identify the character, Marion, Erlendur's mentor, as male or female. I find that the writing becomes very contrived in trying to maintain this 'subterfuge'. In the earlier books, Marion was a bit-part character, already retired and while the non-identification was noticeable it wasn't too intrusive. In this latest volume Marion is effectively the lead detective, and so features quite heavily. The constant use of the name rather than a pronoun does become wearing.
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