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The Forgotten Girls

By: Sara Blaedel
Narrated by: Christine Lakin
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The Forgotten Girls

The body of an unidentified woman has been discovered in a remote forest. A large, unique scar on one side of her face should make the identification easy, but nobody has reported her missing. Louise Rick, the new commander of the Missing Persons Department, waits four long days before pulling off a risky move: Releasing a photo of the victim to the media, jeopardizing the integrity of the investigation in hopes of finding anyone who knew her. The gamble pays off when a woman recognizes the victim as Lisemette, a child she cared for in the state mental institution many years ago. Lisemette was a "forgotten girl", abandoned by her family and left behind in the institution.

But Louise soon discovers something even more disturbing: Lisemette had a twin, and both girls were issued death certificates more than 30 years ago. Louise's investigation takes a surprising when it brings her closer to her childhood home. And as she uncovers more crimes that were committed - and hidden - in the forest, she is forced to confront a terrible link to her own past that has been carefully concealed.

Set against a moody and atmospheric landscape, The Forgotten Girls is twisty, suspenseful, emotionally intense novel that secures Sara Blaedel's place in the pantheon of great thriller writers.

©2015 Sara Blaedel (P)2015 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"Sara Blaedel is a force to be reckoned with. Everyone keeps talking about the 'trend' in crime writers--Scandinavian, German, Russian. Blaedel is no trend. She's a remarkable crime writer who time and again delivers a solid, engaging story that any reader in the world can enjoy." (Karin Slaughter)
" The Forgotten Girls is without doubt the best the author has delivered so far.... [S]trikingly well done.... [T]he chances are good that The Forgotten Girls will become your favorite crime novel for a long time to come." ( Børsen, Denmark)
"Sara Blædel is at the top of her game. Louise Rick is a character who will have readers coming back for more." (Camilla Läckberg)

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Truly terrible

Lame dialogue, terrible narration with inexplicable and poorly executed accents. Embarrassing. To be fair, I did finish it-- the story kept me just interested enough. But I did not enjoy this book or this narrator and would not recommend either one.

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Bad Casting/Direction

The narrator is a good enough performer, but she was the wrong choice for this book. Accents from the American South and Midwest were distracting in a book set in Denmark.

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Not great

I finished this but it was rough. I didn't really get into the story until near the end. The way the murder was investigated seemed disjointed and unrealistic to me and some of the sub plots were distracting and seemed unnecessary.
I read in other reviews that the accents were distracting and at first I thought those people were just being negative, but they truly were distracting, as the narrator would start an accent for a character and be inconsistent with it, making it confusing.
All that being said the ending was a good twist albeit rather rushed feeling but I don't know if it was good enough to listen to the whole book.
I wouldn't recommend this title.

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A really good listen but heartrending content.

A really good listen but heartrending content which I would imagine has more reality than fiction with respect to past abused of the mentally individuals who have no protection against heartless caregivers.

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Girls interrupted

I am reviewing the Audible audio version of this book. This is a police procedural crime novel set in Denmark. Great! So, why would the publisher select a reader who has no concept of the glottal stops/overall tone of the Danish language, can't properly pronounce the names and places, and often uses a RIDICULOUS and badly-executed Scottish(?) Irish(?) Country(?) accent for some of the characters????! I found that to be incredibly annoying! Audio issues aside, there were times that the story was wonderfully interesting, delving deep into a mystery about missing persons, savage crimes, and a long-closed home for the mentally disabled. However, these installments of interest were often interrupted by boring gas about some friend of the main character and her wedding planning. (Can you say, "fast forward"???) The jury is still out on whether I'll seek out other titles by this author.

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Excellent

A truly enjoyable listen. Gripping from the very beginning. Nuanced and likable characters. So glad to have discovered this author.

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The Forgotten Girls

loved. every minute of it!! couldn't walk away, looking for another good book for tonight! !

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Terrible reader

Although the story is set in Denmark, tHe narrator uses accents from around the world- American, Irish, Minnesota, even the Bronx! Super distracting and irritating. Get a new reader!

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The way names are pronounced

This is a good story but it is really irritating that names of people and places are pronounced completely wrong. When doing an English translation the narrator should be instructed in how to pronounce the names. It is so bad that it becomes a distraction when listening

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Weird accents!

This is a translated book from Danish, so Im confused why the narrator thought Irish and American Southern accents was a good idea. The narrator who does Harry Potter managed to make many characters sound distinctive without giving them accents in another language.

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