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The Root of Evil

Inspector Barbarotti, Book 2

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The Root of Evil

By: Håkan Nesser, Sarah Death - translation
Narrated by: Martin Wenner
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Hakan Nesser is back with the second instalment in the Inspector Barbarotti series, The Root of Evil.

July 2007. A letter arrives on Inspector Barbarotti’s doorstep detailing a murder that is about to take place in his quiet Swedish town. By the time the police track down the subject of the letter, he is already dead.

So when a second letter arrives, then a third, and a fourth, it’s a game of cat and mouse to stop the killer before he can make good on all of his promises.

Meanwhile, an anonymous diary is unearthed depicting the incidents of a two-week holiday in France five years earlier, and it doesn’t take Barbarotti long to realize the people populating the diary are the ones whose lives are now in the balance....

(P)2018 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedurals Thriller & Suspense
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I missed the solving of the murders. This is well written and enjoyable to listen to but I get so confused with the names. I know I should be clever than that but I’m not look I will try again with another story but ............

Confusing

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I can’t remember a thinner more implausible plot in a recent book. A key technique employed by the writer is for characters, when asked a question, to repeat the question throughout the dialogue. Over and over. For most of the book nothing is going on. By the time of the resolution it was hard to care. I was just glad it was over.

Implausible thin plot

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