La bara rossa
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788842817512 (8842817511)
Publish date: October 27th 2011
Publisher: Il Saggiatore
Pages no: 288
Edition language: Italian
Category:
History,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
War,
Russia,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
World War II,
Suspense
Series: Inspector Pekkala (#2)
It loses a star because I had figured it out around the 50-60% mark, and had my suspicions much sooner. Other than that, the character and writing is great and we even got a laugh at the expense of Stalin. Recommended reading, for sure.
Shadow Pass was nicely read by Paul Michael, and I enjoyed his narration style. Unfortunately, I found Shadow Pass to be a bit too meandering, a bit too drawn out, and maybe even slightly predictable. I knew who each of our bad guys were, but didn't know their motiviations. I also found Stalin to...