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Swann's War
- Author
- Michael Oren
- Narrator
- Nicol Zanzarella
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 27 December 2022
- Run Time
- 7 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
World War II is raging overseas, but life remains painfully quiet on the rugged New England fishing island of Fourth Cliff. With most of its able-bodied male inhabitants away in the service, the island is now home only to aged fishermen, concerned women and children, and second-rate soldiers guarding a low-priority military emplacement and camp for Italian POWs.
With her husband Archie, Fourth Cliff's beloved police captain, off fighting in the Marines, Mary Beth Swann steps into his role. Though a cop herself, she has to fight for the respect of Fourth Cliff's hardscrabble residents. And that's before a murdered POW surfaces in a fisherman's net, followed by more bodies.
Determined to find the killer, Swann must rely only on the help of a simple-minded deputy, a disgraced doctor, and a mob-connected mainlander to prove her worth to Fourth Cliff—and to herself.
In the tradition of Where the Crawdads Sing and the BBC's Foyle's War, Michael Oren's novel seizes the listener and doesn't let go until the very end.
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Details
- Author
- Michael Oren
- Narrator
- Nicol Zanzarella
- Duration
- 7 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 December 2022
- ISBN
- 9781696610407
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
A thrilling literary fiction whodunit for fans of Delia Owens and Jacqueline WinspearWorld War II is raging overseas, but life remains painfully quiet on the rugged New England fishing island of Fourth Cliff. With most of its able-bodied male inhabitants away in the service, the island is now home only to aged fishermen, concerned women and children, and second-rate soldiers guarding a low-priority military emplacement and camp for Italian POWs.With her husband Archie, Fourth Cliff's beloved police captain, off fighting in the Marines, Mary Beth Swann steps into his role. Though a cop herself, she has to fight for the respect of Fourth Cliff's hardscrabble residents. And that's before a murdered POW surfaces in a fisherman's net, followed by more bodies.Determined to find the killer, Swann must rely only on the help of a simple-minded deputy, a disgraced doctor, and a mob-connected mainlander to prove her worth to Fourth Cliff—and to herself.In the tradition of Where the Crawdads Sing and the BBC's Foyle's War, Michael Oren's novel seizes the listener and doesn't let go until the very end.
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