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The Blood Strand
- Foroyar Triology, Book 1
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
Jan Reyna is a murder squad detective, British by adoption and choice, Faroese by birth and history. Called back to the remote Danish Faroe Islands when his father suffers a paralysing stroke, Reyna is forced to reexamine his decades-long rejection of the past and of his father in particular.
But in this now-foreign country, whose language and customs he no longer understands, Reyna is also drawn into a rare Faroese murder case. The crime seems to have Reyna's father at its centre, but investigating it inevitably brings Reyna closer to the childhood events he's purposely erased from his memory. He is also confronted by his half brothers, who have their own agenda and seem intent on protecting the family name from any implication of wrongdoing.
Reyna's choice, then, is either to push through the resistance and risk what he might reveal about his past or to forsake the strange, windswept Faroe Islands for good. His decision will change the lives of everyone around him, but the truths he's already uncovered can't be reburied.
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- Patj
- 21-07-18
Enjoyable
This was a very believable story and the narrator was good. The only problem for me were the names of people and places. They are so foreign to the English tongue that it is hard to remember from one mention to the next which means one must work out who is speaking or being referred to by what happens. I just gave up eventually and found I was quite able to follow the story anyway. The setting was very different and made me want to visit the Faroe Islands myself.
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- Susan
- 07-02-19
Excellent all round.
The story was found to be plausible without unnecessary violence or blood curdling moments. It was a realistic and clever dissection of an investigation of crime. It was set in a place I had little knowledge of so I found the descriptions of life in these Danish Islands fascinating and illuminating. I learned a lot and was very surprised to find their way of life is nothing like I had imagined.
The Narrator was up there with the best! His voice is calm on the ear and he gets the tempo just right.
This evening, I was delighted to find two more in the series with the same Narrator.
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- S. Coakley-Evans
- 22-08-20
poor ending
good story, liked the characters and the reader but the plot seemed untidy and the whole experience was loose ends. if the idea was as I suspect to continue the story in another book then the author should be honest enough to call it part one!
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- Scottie
- 22-09-18
Top class
Excellent detective story that doesn’t rely on mass murders or gory detail. Well paced and but builds really well to the end. Topped off by ‘pitch perfect’ narration. A real 5 star listen.
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- Ann
- 17-11-18
A MUST LISTEN ...
Good storyline well read. I'm looking forward to listening to the next book...would highly recommend!
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- KathyW, UK
- 01-05-19
Brilliant story and narration
Not quite sure why I bought this book, probably because of the unusual setting of the Faeroe islands, but am very pleased that I took the chance. Thoroughly enjoyable weaving of the threads of the 2 stories in a gentle but captivating fashion. The narrator was excellent, and I was so
envious of his spoken Faeroese, to my ears it was truly 'local' and not stilted! The only thing that was, in my personal opinion, confusing was where there was a break in the chapters, ie a new section, where I felt there could have been a slightly longer 'gap' of a couple of seconds rather than carrying on immediately. However, I'm downloading book 2 of the trilogy straight after finishing this review. I hope it's as good.
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- Zac
- 06-09-18
Chris Adams
Description excellent - I could almost ‘see’ the setting of the story.
The plot is unexpected though it could only have one ending. A romantic one.
A good read.
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- Peter Glynn
- 18-06-24
Enjoyable story, unfolding slowly
A very enjoyable story, interesting and multi layered, well narrated and with a conclusion I suspected, but not until I was well towards the end.
The only drawback I found, and it was an unexpected one, was my difficulty in remembering the characters, because of their Faroese names.
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- Mike T.
- 08-11-18
Impressively subtle.
Pace is slow as is fitting given the Faroe Islands setting. A murder mystery yes, but much more than that. A police procedural yes, but still more than that. What impresses me most is the very subtle psychological insights that's woven into the story, thoughts, interviews and so on. The reactions and motivations of the characters (good and bad) reads as utterly believable.
Interesting and well handled switches between first person telling (Jan Reyna) and third person (mostly detective Hjalti Hentze).
Narration is good. An easy to recommend listen.
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- S Ashby
- 12-07-18
Not bad
Good but slow story. I was waiting for some twist or surprise in the book to step it up a gear but it never happened.
The joy of the book though, is Matt Addis. His narration is one of the best I've hear. Every character in the book is different and instantly recognisable.
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