Box 21

Ewert Grens, Book 2

By: Anders Roslund, Börge Hellström

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Three years ago, Lydia and Alena were two hopeful girls from Lithuania. Now they are sex slaves, lured to Sweden with the promise of better jobs and then trapped in a Stockholm brothel. Suddenly, they are given an unexpected chance at freedom and with it the opportunity to take revenge on their enslavers and reclaim the lives and dignity they once had. What will happen now that the tables are turned and the victims fight back?

Box 21 is a mind-blowing psychological thriller of the highest order.

©2010 Anders Roslund, Borge Hellstrom (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Superb... Roslund and Hellström play out the tale in taut, short scenes, meting out revelations and shocks in sure, knowing fashion, ending with the shock that all but undoes the rest.... Box 21 is profound.” ( The Philadelphia Inquirer)

"Gripping... the story takes a number of surprising twists and turns.” ( The Washington Post Book World)

“This excellent crime thriller is bound to please fans of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Henning Mankell’s Kurt Wallander series.” ( Library Journal)

starts out good but it kept getting slower-yawn

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

too much explaining -- in a good book the plot should not have to be rexplained so many time

Would you ever listen to anything by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström again?

no

How did the narrator detract from the book?

the narration was ok

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

disappointment