Woman of the Dead, Bernhard Aichner
Woman of the Dead, Bernhard Aichner
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Woman of the Dead

Author: Bernhard Aichner

Narrator: Victoria Fox

Unabridged: 7 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/25/2015


Synopsis

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The #1 international bestseller hailed as "one of the most arresting thrillers" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner), Woman of the Dead is the darkly riveting tale of Brünhilde Blum, a successful undertaker whose happiness is struck by tragedy that sets her on the path for revenge.

For the past eight years, Blum has had a good life—a life that masks the terrible secrets of her past. She is a successful undertaker, a doting mother, and the loving wife of a decorated police officer.

Then in one devastating moment, a hit-and-run changes everything. As Blum’s grief over the death of her husband, Mark, overwhelms her, only her two little girls can drag her back to the land of the living. Time passes quietly until while packing up Mark’s office, Blum discovers a recorded conversation from a case he was investigating. She soon learns Mark’s death was no accident—it was murder—and Blum dives headfirst into the abyss to find out why and have her revenge.

Woman of the Dead, the first book in a trilogy, is an unforgettable thriller about the lengths one passionate woman will go to for vengeance and the tug-of-war between good and evil that exists in all of us. Vivid, tense, and written with breakneck narration, this novel introduces Bernhard Aichner as a rising star in crime fiction.

About Bernhard Aichner

Bernhard Aichner is an award-winning author and photographer living in Innsbruck, Austria. His books have been translated into twelve languages. Woman of the Dead is his first book to be translated into English.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Vicki on May 28, 2024

People Are Disappearing Without A Trace... WOMAN OF THE DEAD by Bernhard Aichner No spoilers. 5 stars. I found this to be a most perfect mystery in many ways. It was shocking, concise (no fluff and filler here), and gripping to the last paragraph... Brunhelde Blum wants to be called Blum. As an unlove......more

Goodreads review by jennyliest on March 14, 2019

Bernhard Aichner hat einen Schreibstil, an den ich mich erst mal gewöhnen musste. Er ist sehr speziell & ich musste wirklich dranbleiben, viele Seiten am Stück lesen um so richtig reinzukommen. Er schreibt kurze, "abgehackte" Sätze in einem gradezu atemlosen Tempo, gepaart mit sehr minimalistischen......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on August 03, 2016

Oy. Well, what can I say. Every so often I come across a book that just doesn't do it for me at all. Here we have a revenge thriller with psychopath mortician/loving mommy in the leading role, and I just flat out didn't care for it. First of all, I figured out the BIG reveal so early into the story......more

Goodreads review by Judy on August 23, 2021

Top 50 Books of 2015 WOMAN OF THE DEAD by Berhnard Aichner is one edgy, wacky, evil, tense, wicked, suspenseful, and thoroughly creepy mystery crime psycho-thriller. "Female Vigilante Justice, at its finest!" Meet Brünhilde Blum, a 24-year-old undertaker in Innsbruck. A beautiful mortician marrie......more

Goodreads review by Natalie on April 14, 2015

Revenge is a dish best served cold in Bernhard Aichner’s crime novel, “Woman of The Dead”. The book was a huge success in Europe and Anthea Bell has done a good job in translating this story from its original, German text. But something may have been lost in translation because what’s left behind is......more