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The Writing on the Wall

Varg Veum

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The Writing on the Wall

By: Gunnar Staalesen
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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In this crime drama, detective Varg Veum's adventures take him into the world of privileged teenage girls who have been drawn into drugs and prostitution.

The situation worsens when the local judge is found dead in a luxury hotel, clad only in women's lingerie. Called in by anxious parents to look for a missing daughter and explain the judge's death, Varg is led deep into Bergen's criminal underworld.

©2016 Gunnar Staalesen (P)2017 Audible, Ltd International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedural Fiction Crime
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Varg Veum struggles through the seedy side of town looking for a missing teenager. He uncovers a well organised teenage prostitution operation, has his life threatened a number of times and maintains regular surprise developments right up until the end. An entertaining series in the top tier of my library.

Varg Veum struggles through the seedy side

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realistic characters, sustained suspense, good sense of place and time. hard to put down, great revealing of the ending without a big wrap it up to explain what happened

another excellent book by Gunnar Staalesen with narration by Colin Mace

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