In Bad Company

Sandhamn Murders, Book 9

By: Viveca Sten, Marlaine Delargy - translator

Narrated by: Angela Dawe

Sandhamn Island’s archipelago is a beautiful place to visit. For a mother on the run, it’s the only place to hide in a novel of escalating suspense by Viveca Sten, bestselling author of Still Waters.

Building a case against Andreis Kovač is a risky strategy for prosecutor Nora Linde. A violent key player in Stockholm’s drug trade and untouchable when it comes to financial crimes, he has the best defense money can buy. To topple Andreis’s empire, Nora’s working a different angle. It’s personal. Nora’s critical witness is Andreis’s wife, Mina - if she’ll testify.

Mina has suffered her husband’s rage too long. It’s nearly cost her her life. Still carrying the traumas of the Bosnian War, Andreis can be triggered like an explosive. He must be taken down. And as the trial looms, Mina and her infant son must disappear. The police have found her a safe place to hide on Runmarö Island in Sandhamn’s archipelago. But there’s no shelter from a man as powerful and merciless as Andreis. Especially when he’s being crossed.

His campaign of terror has just begun. He’s prepared to crush anyone who stands in his way: Mina, Nora, and everyone they know and love. Andreis is coming for them. This time, Nora is on the defense.

©2018 Viveca Sten. Translation © 2021 by Marlaine Delargy. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Great book

This is a great book with excellent narration the narrator to done a great job and the story is wonderful. I’ve listened to all the books in the series and can’t wait for the next one..

Realistic

Plotting well done and it was very suspenseful. Very much enjoyed Scandinavian setting. This is great writing and I’ll definitely read her other books.

This one tackles a sensitive topic, and does it well

An abused wife just happens to become part of Nora’s case against a crime boss. Thomas is torn between his exhausting job and his broken family. Good story.

Love the series but...

Love the series but feel like this one was just phoned in so to speak. This might be my last book from this series as the story lines are getting too far fetched. I hate to be critical given I’m not a writer myself but I would thought her editor at least
could have helped her on some of the more obvious plot holes.

Not her best

I've really been enjoying this series, especially the last two books. This book, however, was a big disappointment. How many terrible decisions can every character in this book make? Even Nora and Thomas seem to have lost their common sense. Many of the characters in the other book were absent and it almost seemed like this book was written by someone else.

Angela Dawe is incredible with the variety of voices she can do so well. She's one of the best I've heard. My only complaint is that she read to fast for my ears. I'm glad I can adjust the narration speed because she is perfect at 85% speed.