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    Long Way Home
    Audiobook12 hours

    Long Way Home

    Written by Eva Dolan

    Narrated by David Thorpe

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The launch of a major new detective series from the publishers of Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbo and Fred Vargas.

    A man is burnt alive in a suburban garden shed.

    DI Zigic and DS Ferreira are called in from the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit to investigate the murder. Their victim is quickly identified as a migrant worker and a man several people might have had good reason to see dead.

    A convicted arsonist and member of a far-right movement has just been released from prison, while witnesses claim to have seen the dead man fighting with one of the town's most prominent slum landlords. Zigic and Ferreira know all too well the problems that come with dealing with a community that has more reason than most not to trust the police, but when another migrant worker is attacked, tensions rapidly begin to rise as they search for their killer.

    A Random House UK audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House UK Audio
    Release dateFeb 20, 2014
    ISBN9781473511606
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    • 4/5
      Eva Dolan's first Zigic and Ferreira mystery features two very different leads. Zigic is older, married, used to people being unable to pronounce his name, and adept at not letting people's intended-- or unintended-- racism get to him. Ferreira is the opposite-- younger, female, opinionated (sometimes to the point of blindness), convinced that she knows what's best and determined not to put up with any of this racist crap. Dolan gives readers two different approaches to solving hate crimes, and between the two detectives, they get the job done. I can't say that I warmed to either character. Zigic is almost too quiet, too used to flying under the radar to avoid obstacles and get his work done. On the other hand, Ferreira is too abrasive and pig-headed, and although I didn't like her, I have to admit that I'm interested in seeing if her personality changes the longer she's on the job.Dolan has created a strong mystery with a very human touch. Migrant workers play an important role in the story, and readers could very well feel uncomfortable as they learn why migrant workers are used, how they are abused, and how all levels of society look at them. The burned corpse that brings the two detectives to the scene leads to other crimes, and I enjoyed watching everything unfold-- the teasing out of whodunnit and the motives from the rest of the threads of the plot.Long Way Home is an enlightening, sometimes uncomfortable, read with two strong leads and an intricate, engrossing plot. I know I will be visiting with Zigic and Ferreira again in the future.
    • 2/5
      Loved the first few chapters of this book. Unfortunately the tag line says it all - "Silence hides the worst crimes" - the investigation goes nowhere for most of the book, as no one is talking. The mid-point of the novel drags. I had to force myself to keep reading.

      Far too many descriptions of dilapidated neighbourhoods, the dreary landscape, and bad bad food and/or lack of food for the detectives, gets old. The locals do not have a shred of decency when it comes to migrants. They are even intolerant of the detectives' immigrant heritage.
      Even though the immigrants are shown in a better light, other than the main detectives, there are no likeable characters in this book.
      The author has a tendency to paint the locals as "all bad" & the migrants as the "poor misfortunates". At times, it felt as if she were lecturing the reader rather than writing a crime/mystery.

      Surprisingly the reviews have been good for this book. As a result, I had high expectations and sad to say, that I did not like this book enough to recommend it. Too little happened and the story as a whole moved far too slowly for me. It could have used a good editor.
      Hence, I cannot recommend this book, nor will I read any further books in this series.
    • 5/5
      This story is set in the Fenlands city of Peterborough where migrant workers have flooded into jobs in the town, in the factories, the building industry, the factories, and the pubs.The newly created Hate Crimes Unit is called when a body is found to have been burnt in a garden shed doubling as accommodation. DI Zigic has a Serbian background, and DS Ferreira has Portuguese background.Then the body is identified and is found to be related to another body discovered near some railway tracks, cut into pieces by a suburban train.The investigative net gets wider and branches out into the migrant community where workers, some legal, some illegal, are being treated like slaves, and at the mercy racketeers, among simmering racial tension.There are several authentic voices in the narration: the police, the owners of the shed, building site workers, and local petty criminals.The final truth comes as a surprise.This is the first title in a series that now has 5 titles: 1. Long Way Home (2014) 2. Tell No Tales (2015) 3. After You Die (2016) 4. Watch Her Disappear (2017) 5. Between Two Evils (2020)
    • 4/5
      Great start to a new detective duo. The seamy underbelly of Peterborough - who would have thought - and how the East European migrants really live when they come to work in Britain. Well worth reading.
    • 4/5
      The story begins with a fire burning in Phil and Gemma Barlow's outside shed. When the blaze dies down the police discover the shed was padlocked shut with someone sleeping inside. DI Dushan Zigic and DS Mel Ferreira of the Hate Crimes Unit believe the dead man was Jaan Stepulov, an alcoholic Estonian immigrant, who had taken over the Barlow's shed and refused to leave. They become chief suspects because they didn't report the fire and even claim that they didn't notice it burning right below their bedroom window. Soon Zigic and Ferreira finding additional suspects including a convicted arsonist and member of a far-right movement who has just been released from prison, and a slumlord that's often been accused of exploiting migrants.

      DI Zigic has a Serbian background, DS Ferreira is Portuguese, and both have suffered incidents of racism from the community. In an interesting character twist, Ferreira is always on edge, always the “bad cop”. She rolls her own cigarettes and makes snap decisions on guilt based on her own prejudices. Zigic, a family man, is pragmatic and less prone to impulse. The question of immigration and integration is one that is heating up around the world and is skillfully described in this book.

      These are fascinating new characters who are original and believable. Long Way Home is that start of a series featuring them and I definitely plan to read another.