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    Linda, As in the Linda Murder: A Backstrom Novel
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    Linda, As in the Linda Murder: A Backstrom Novel

    Written by Leif GW Persson

    Narrated by Erik Davies

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    About this audiobook

    The irascible, obdurate, and very thirsty Detective Superintendent Evert Bäckström of the National Murder Squad returns in a new novel from the reigning master of Scandinavian fiction.

    It's the dead of summer in the sleepy town of Växjö when twenty-year-old police cadet Linda Wallin is found lying facedown in her mother's apartment, brutally murdered and raped. With no clear motive or suspect in sight, a series of bureaucratic mix-ups causes the National Crime Unit to send Bäckström and his team into the countryside to solve the case. The ever-irritable Bäckström leaves his beloved goldfish behind, checks into a local hotel, and begins to reconstruct the night of Linda's murder. But with more than a few bottles in tow, and a constantly growling stomach to look after, things don't go so well, and Bäckström has to rely on the help of his colleagues to solve the crime-no matter how angry that makes him.


    From the Trade Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 23, 2016
    ISBN9781101913789
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      Not impressed. It's incredibly long ~19 hrs as an audiobook. Very hard to follow for this American. Not to insult the material, but when virtually every name (place or person) is odd sounding, is very hard to follow the plot. The victim's name, "Linda", very common name and relatable, is pronounced "leenda". Likely correct for Sweden, but hard to hear for me. Better for someone well-traveled, but still think it's too long. And the protagonist is a complete slimeball. No redeeming traits. Only read this because I'd somewhat enjoyed the TV series, but THAT Backstrom had a bit of soul.