Publication date 23/11/21 Audio time 10 hrs 47 mins Book 239 Pages
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Synopsis
In a quiet forest in Belarus, two boys make a gruesome find that reveals a long-kept secret: the mass grave where Stalin’s police buried thousands of murder victims in the 1930s. The results of the subsequent investigation―30,000 dead―has far-reaching effects, and across the Atlantic in Toronto, young lawyer Leah Jarvis finds herself tasked with an impossible case: the trial of elderly Stefan Drozd, a former member of Stalin’s forces, who fled his crimes in Kurapaty for a new identity in Canada. Though Leah is convinced of Drozd’s guilt, she needs hard facts. Determined to bring him to justice, she travels to Belarus in search of witnesses―and finds herself piecing together another set of evidence: her mother’s death, her father’s absence, the shadows of her Jewish heritage. Lyrical and wrenching by turns, The Singing Forest is a profound investigation of memory, truth, and the stories that tell us who we are.
My Review
This book was a very thrilling ride. I loved this audiobook. I really enjoyed listening to the narrator. She definitely added to the atmosphere and tension of the book. This is a fantastic slow building story with plenty of twists and turns it becomes a real page turner. I liked the fact we get to know each character story. What i loved the most was the build up to the trial and the trial itself. I just couldn't put it down at that point it was so exciting and the tension I felt left me tingling. The ending of this book really shocked me but i'm not going to spoil it and tell you why that,s for you to read for yourself. I couldn't decide if the last line of the book means there would be a second book or it was left there on purpose to make us really think about the novel. I am intrigued to find out. This book is quite shocking and can be quite brutal in places however these just show the disturbing facts of war. You don't need to stretch your imagination to believe these sorts of things happened in real life at some point. Many thanks to the author and publishers for bringing this thrilling story to life.
Where you can buy this book
Amazon US Kindle $9.99 Available on Audible Paperback $11.50
Waterstones Paperback £12.99
Barnes and Nobles Paperback $16.95 Nook $11.49
Kobo Audiobook free with trial or £17.97
Amazon UK Available on Audible , Paperback £11.99
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