Snow White Must Die Audiobook by Nele Neuhaus read by Robert Fass

On a rainy November day, police detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein are summoned to a mysterious traffic accident: a woman has fallen from a pedestrian bridge onto a car driving underneath. According to a witness, the woman may have been pushed. The investigation leads Pia and Oliver to a small village, and the home of the victim, Rita Cramer. On a September evening eleven years earlier, two seventeen-year-old girls vanished from the village without a trace. In a trial based only on circumstantial evidence, twenty-year-old Tobias Sartorius, Rita Cramer's son, was sentenced to ten years in prison. Bodenstein and Kirchhoff discover that Tobias, after serving his sentence, has now returned to his home town. Did the attack on his mother have something to do with his return? In the village, Pia and Oliver encounter a wall of silence. When another young girl disappears, the events of the past seem to be repeating themselves in a disastrous manner. The investigation turns into a race against time, because for the villagers it is soon clear who the perpetrator is--and this time they are determined to take matters into their own hands.

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Thrilling mystery full of plot twists

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Review By Judy - I was hooked by the title right away and I was not disappointed. It's a thrilling mystery with plenty of plot twists to keep you guessing. I thought I knew who did it but I was wrong. Then I thought it was someone else, wrong again. It all comes together in a surprise ending with the investigative skill of two detectives, Pia Kirschoff and Oliver Von Bodenstein. These two have their own side story. Bodenstein is having marital problems and Kirschoff is having housing issues. By the end of the story their problems have been resolved as neatly as the whodunit. I was a bit confused at first because sometimes the detectives are referred to by their first names and other times by their surname. This could have been to denote when they were working and when they were in a personal situation.

The story is set in a small town in Germany but could have been anywhere. Robert Fass was perfect for the narration. I don't know any German but his pronunciation of the German names and places sounded authentic to me.

If you like a fast paced mystery as full of plot twists as a can of worms, you will love Snow White Must Die.
(Posted on February 10, 2013)
Would you recommend this product to a friend? Definitely yes

Snow White Must Die / Nele Neuhaus

“Snow White Must Die” – which has 3 million copies in print in 15 countries – does an excellent job of exploring small-town venality as Kirchoff begins to suspect that it takes a village to cover up a murder. There are no magic mirrors or dwarves, but there are enough poisonous secrets lying fallow to take care of an entire apple orchard.”
~The Christian Science Monitor

“The global reach of crime writers already famous in Europe is expanding far beyond the ubiquitous works of U.K. and Scandinavian writers. American readers can now enjoy this well-crafted novel from Nele Neuhaus, one of Germany's popular mystery writers. Tobias Sartorius, 30, paid the price after being convicted of killing two teenage girls whose bodies were never found. He's done his time but the residents of the small town where he grew up and where his father lives are far from welcoming. You can sense the townspeople are hiding something and Neuhaus builds the tension when another girl goes missing and Tobias is blamed. This novel is bursting with conspiracy and subterfuge and a raw exposition of the ugliness that can inhabit the human soul. Like detectives Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein, readers won't stop until the shocking ending is finally revealed.” 3 out of 4 Stars ~USA Today

“exciting and well-crafted” ~The Wall Street Journal

“Neuhaus is a writer for whom more is better, so that every time we think this mystery is drawing to a satisfactory close, we confront more extreme situations: revelatory paintings behind hidden panels, flooded dungeons, widespread insanity masked by sweet smiles. As its title suggests, “Snow White Must Die” possesses some of the excess and off-kilter eeriness of the original Grimms’ fairy tale, before Disney came along to give Snow White a princess makeover in pastels.” ~The Washington Post

“The narration worked well and I would imagine that Robert Fass’ delivery will satisfy any listener. Characters were clearly differentiated although I would have found additional delineation/characterization through varied cadences and more character-specific emotional delivery to be beneficial. The narrative and character dialogue was, as I would expect in a translated work, delivered primarily in American accent. Proper nouns, however, were given their full German-accented pronunciation which I appreciated tremendously. Male/female vocal range separation was done well, the narrative voice was distinct, pacing was excellent, the delivery was smooth, and production was top-notch.” ~The Oddiophile

“Robert Fass was perfect for the narration. “ ~Love2Listen

Product Information

Author: Nele Neuhaus Reader: Robert Fass Running Time: 15hrs 47min Publisher: AudioGO Ltd Number of CDs: 13 File Quality: MP3 (128 kbps) Release Date: 1/15/13 D/L ISBN: 9781620645857 CD ISBN: 9781620646281

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