The Girl Who Played with Fire
- 18 hrs 35 min
- Millennium Trilogy, Book 2
- Rated 4.7 ★ on Audible
Peter’s Verdict
I enjoyed this as much as, if not more than, the first book. The story is gripping and intricate like a puzzle, Simon Vance is superb again, and the ending will send you straight to book three.
Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Mikael Blomkvist and the police run parallel investigations into three horrifying murders, and the first evidence points straight at Salander, whose fingerprints are on the murder weapon.
Blomkvist is alone in believing she’s innocent (well, at least of two of the murders) as he investigates the slayings. Meanwhile Lisbeth is drawn into a hunt in which she is the prey, one that forces her to revisit her dark past and settle with it once and for all.
If you read my review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, you know I’m a big fan of Simon Vance. Here he once again enriches a narrative already alive with interesting characters, and he handles the many Swedish names and places that could make the book hard to read on the page.
The ending will have you running to start the third book.
Be warned: you’ll want The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest ready to go as soon as this one finishes.
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Listen if…
- You enjoyed the first book and want more of Lisbeth Salander
- You like plots that fit together like a puzzle
- You want a story that grips from the first chapters
Skip it if…
- You haven’t listened to the first book: start with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- You don’t want to wait for the conclusion: it ends on a cliffhanger of sorts
Where to listen to The Girl Who Played with Fire
Audible has the Simon Vance recording.
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