Time Heals No Wounds A Baltic Sea Crime Novel Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) James Patrick Cronin Hendrik Falkenberg Patrick F Brown translator Brilliance Audio Books
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Freshly trained detective Johannes "Hannes" Niehaus is brand new to the Criminal Investigation Department. And his partner, unconventional veteran detective Fritz Janssen, isn't the least bit thrilled to train a rookie.
When a woman's body washes up on the nearby shores of the Baltic Sea, Hannes gets his first taste of real crime - and a chance to prove himself. Quickly the investigation pulls him and Fritz into a whirlpool of dangerous, decades-old cover-ups. As the death count rises, the clues begin to lead them back to the Third Reich - and to harrowing crimes some people will do anything to keep hidden.
With the dead woman's beautiful assistant to protect and a missing girl to find, Hannes navigates an ever-twisting maze of concealed horrors and enduring vendettas. Will he be able to catch the murderer before another innocent life gets caught in the killer's dark plan?
Time Heals No Wounds A Baltic Sea Crime Novel Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) James Patrick Cronin Hendrik Falkenberg Patrick F Brown translator Brilliance Audio Books
This book was my initial choice, but after reading some of the horrible reviews, I looked extensively at the other free selections offered: rape and perversion in one ; a depressing "Happy" title; terrible language; liberal blah, blah, blah; and a fantastic fantasy made me go back to this one again. Expecting nothing, I was totally sho c ked to find the book actually engaged my interest. Perhaps the awful reviews prepared me for some of the stuff that bothered them so much; but I didn't find it so terribly difficult to connect the dots. Makes me wonder at the intelligence of the reviewers. I think the translator was given way too hard a sentence by the negative reviews also. So--expecting absolutely nothing--I was actually quite surprised to NOT be turned off by the initial 'scenery' description...nor bored to tears. Instead I was eager to keep reading and stayed interested to the end, a true "whodunit?" book. I would have only given it 4 stars if there hadn't been so many downers; but want to counteract some the naysayers.Product details
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Time Heals No Wounds A Baltic Sea Crime Novel Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition) James Patrick Cronin Hendrik Falkenberg Patrick F Brown translator Brilliance Audio Books Reviews
As I started reading this book, I thought to myself that the writing was somewhat amateurish. It just seemed simple and awkward, at times. At other times, especially with descriptions, it seemed more adept. I thought this writer needed more training. After reading other reviews, and seeing that this is a best-seller in Germany, I realized that it must be the translation. This book needs a much better translation. It just is lacking in style. It must read much better in German.
But even ignoring the translation, there were too many problems with the plot. This takes place in Germany, and two murder victims have tattooed numbers on their forearms, victims who ran a company that collaborated with the Nazis during the Holocaust. And the detectives don't have an idea that the numbers might have something to do with concentration camp inmates? Really??? Then, there's another potential victim that turns out to be a red herring, but has you wondering the whole book. And, finally, the ending, which I won't reveal, but which is just too unbelievable. I chose this book because of the involvement of the Third Reich, but I thought that this was not handled well. Oh, and as another reviewer pointed out, the young detective hides a female employee he likes by taking him to the home of the number one suspect, with whom he happens to be staying. Ridiculous police work. I assume the German police are a little smarter than in this book. Not to mention, that at critical moments the detectives always stopped to have a meal at the nearest restaurant, rather than rush to work on the case. I gave it two stars, rather than one, because it did move along at a fair pace, was somewhat diverting and had some twists. But all in all, a disappointment.
As others have commented I have also had a difficult time choosing a First selection for the past few months. This was the only one even slightly appealing to me, and I am definitely not into stories relating to the war. Although I knew going into it that this wasn't really a war story, I also knew it was somehow tied to the Third Reich - also not something I read for entertainment.
However, that being said, I was actually pleasantly surprised to find that I enjoyed the book. It was certainly different than anything I've read heretofore, and it was interesting to discover the connection between a dead body, a missing person, and the Holocaust.
Fritz is a soon to be retired detective, and he is NOT thrilled to be saddled with breaking in a newbie (Hannes) at this stage in his career. However, as it turns out both develop their own resources to help solve the mysteries, and they seem to work well together. I enjoyed watching their relationship develop.
I also agree with some reviewers who couldn't overlook some of the unbelievable parts of the story - spec. not having ANY idea what a tattoo of numbers on the forearm might suggest. Seriously? That was too obvious NOT to suspect! Even if the tattoo had nothing to do with the Holocaust, that would have been my first expectation. If I was wrong, I was wrong. But that is certainly the first place my mind would have gone anyway.
Merlin was definitely an interesting character, but so was Ben. And although there were several characters and settings, it was not at all difficult to keep track of everyone / everything in the story. Some things were more obvious than others, but there were also a couple of twists that I had not anticipated. And while I had figured out the mystery before it was revealed, it was not until almost the end that I was fairly certain "whodunit".
Again, there have certainly been slim pickins of late in the First line up, but I was strangely pleased with this choice. Much more so than last month. I am certainly glad I read this book.
Time Heals No Wounds is a nice European procedural crime mystery. Without getting into any specifics that would spoil the story, I have to say that this has some interesting twists and plot points that differ from most murder mysteries that I have read. It really added to my enjoyment of the novel, because I didn't feel like I was reading the same old story over again with just the details changed.
The story started out with a couple of minor translation grammar mistakes that concerned me the entire book would poorly translated. Luckily that was not the case. The dialogue is a little choppier and less polished than I am used to reading, but probably has a lot to do with being originally written in German. The characters and story were intriguing enough that after a few chapters, I didn't even notice the dialogue anymore.
The characters are nicely developed and feel fully dimensional rather than just being archetypes. There are just enough players to offer a wide variety of secondary story lines and vignettes, but not so many that you can't keep track of who is who. Once I started reading, I didn't want to put it down. This one will be a great summer read.
This book was my initial choice, but after reading some of the horrible reviews, I looked extensively at the other free selections offered rape and perversion in one ; a depressing "Happy" title; terrible language; liberal blah, blah, blah; and a fantastic fantasy made me go back to this one again. Expecting nothing, I was totally sho c ked to find the book actually engaged my interest. Perhaps the awful reviews prepared me for some of the stuff that bothered them so much; but I didn't find it so terribly difficult to connect the dots. Makes me wonder at the intelligence of the reviewers. I think the translator was given way too hard a sentence by the negative reviews also. So--expecting absolutely nothing--I was actually quite surprised to NOT be turned off by the initial 'scenery' description...nor bored to tears. Instead I was eager to keep reading and stayed interested to the end, a true "whodunit?" book. I would have only given it 4 stars if there hadn't been so many downers; but want to counteract some the naysayers.
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