Snow White Must Die, Nele Neuhaus
Snow White Must Die, Nele Neuhaus
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Snow White Must Die

Author: Nele Neuhaus, Steven T. Murray

Narrator: Robert Fass

Unabridged: 15 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/15/2013

Synopsis

On a rainy November day, police detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein are summoned to a mysterious traffic accident: a woman has fallen from a pedestrian bridge onto a car driving underneath. According to a witness, the woman may have been pushed. The investigation leads Pia and Oliver to a small village, and the home of the victim, Rita Cramer. On a September evening eleven years earlier, two seventeen-year-old girls vanished from the village without a trace. In a trial based only on circumstantial evidence, twenty-year-old Tobias Sartorius, Rita Cramer's son, was sentenced to ten years in prison. Bodenstein and Kirchhoff discover that Tobias, after serving his sentence, has now returned to his home town. Did the attack on his mother have something to do with his return? In the village, Pia and Oliver encounter a wall of silence. When another young girl disappears, the events of the past seem to be repeating themselves in a disastrous manner. The investigation turns into a race against time, because for the villagers it is soon clear who the perpetrator is—and this time they are determined to take matters into their own hands.

About Nele Neuhaus

Nele Neuhaus is one of Germany’s most widely read crime authors thanks to her thrillers featuring the investigative duo of Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein, which were launched in English with Snow White Must Die. Her novels have been translated into twenty languages.

About Robert Fass

Robert Fass is a veteran actor and twice winner of the prestigious Audie Award for the year’s best narration. He has earned many Earphones Awards and AudioFile magazine “Best of the Year” accolades.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡ on August 10, 2022

Und wieder ein sehr spannender Band dieser Reihe! Ich fand die Krimihandlung sehr vielschichtig, durchdacht und einfach sehr spannend. Man fragt sich als Leser, was damals geschehen ist, wer involviert war, warum es geschehen ist... Damals wurden zwei Mädchen ermordet, der Täter verhaftet. Nun ist er......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on April 01, 2015

When I started this book I was what I'd call "mildly interested". It's not the type of book I'd call my "favorite" though I do like a good thriller now and then. The synopsis peaked my interest and I sent to the library for it. From the beginning I was drawn into the prose (translation) and intereste......more

Goodreads review by Ms. Smartarse on October 15, 2021

Published in English as: Snow White Must Die Sentenced to a 10-year stint in prison, 30-year-old Tobias is finally free to take his life up again. With a supportive father and a childhood friend aiming for more, he tries to get back on his feet. His old neighbors however, are nowhere near happy to ha......more

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on July 26, 2022

This is an absolutely stunning thriller! At first, I was confused before realizing that Snow White Must Die is actually book four in the series. This explains why it felt like you missed a lot of the character's personal life (and cases they discussed in the book)Even though I would have liked to re......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 26, 2013

Ever since Stieg Larson's Millenium trilogy hit it big, it seems like the mystery shelves have been flooded with a ton of imported mysteries and thrillers, all attempting to capture lighting in a bottle for a second time. Of the translated thrillers I've read over the past couple of years, it's Snow......more

Quotes

“Exciting and well crafted…[Neuhaus] show[s] how the police’s off-duty preoccupations complicate and distract them from work and even jeopardize their safety.” Wall Street Journal

“This novel is bursting with conspiracy and subterfuge and a raw exposition of the ugliness that can inhabit the human soul.” USA Today

“Neuhaus has a flair for the ominous and the ornate. Her primary setting…Altenhain is the anti-Christie town: Instead of quaintness, it offers decay; instead of Miss Marple, there’s a spiteful populace of voyeurs whose curiosity stokes the smoldering embers of violence.” Washington Post

“The story is dense, the plot riveting and the deduction letter-perfect…full of mystery and hidden secrets, silence and cover-ups. Globe and Mail (Toronto)

“An engrossing plot and that could make Neuhaus a contender for the kind of acclaim Stieg Larsson has won. Snow White Must Die moves at a brisk clip with a narrative that ranks as storytelling at its best.” San Jose Mercury News

“Snow White Must Die…does an excellent job of exploring small-town venality as Kirchoff begins to suspect that it takes a village to cover up a murder. There are no magic mirrors or dwarves, but there are enough poisonous secrets lying fallow to take care of an entire apple orchard.” Christian Science Monitor

“With an entire town to populate and eleven years of history to explore, Nele Neuhaus had a monumental task ahead of her, one she tackled with impressive craft and style. Snow White Must Die is one mystery wrapped in a dozen others, startlingly capturing the long memory and insular nature of small towns everywhere.” San Francisco Book Review

“[An] impressive multidimensional police procedural.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“[It will] keep readers turning the pages up to the unpredictable ending…An addictively engaging mystery filled with suspects, confusion, love, and fear. Sure to intrigue and satisfy mystery fans, especially those who love international crime procedurals.” Library Journal

“Narrator Robert Fass shepherds the book along, differentiating characters with accents and shifts in tone. His narration helps the listener to follow the plot and keep track of the different characters as their involvement in the story unfolds…Fass’ skill provides the perfect delivery.” AudioFile

Awards

  • Indie Next List
  • International Thriller Writers Award
  • Amazon Best Book of the Month
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