The North Face of the Heart

De: Dolores Redondo, Michael Meigs - translator

Narrado por: Emma Gregory

In a propulsive thriller by the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Baztán Trilogy, a female detective follows a psychopathic killer into the eye of a storm.

Amaia Salazar, a young detective from the north of Spain, has joined a group of trainees at the FBI Academy in Virginia. Haunted by her past and having already tracked down a predator on her own, Amaia is no typical rookie. And this is no ordinary student lecture at Quantico. FBI agent Aloisius Dupree is already well acquainted with Amaia’s skills, her intuition, and her ability to understand evil. He now needs her help in hunting an elusive serial killer dubbed “the Composer,” and in solving another case that’s been following him his whole life.

From New Jersey to Oklahoma to Texas, the Composer’s victims are entire families annihilated in the chaos of natural disasters, their bodies posed with chilling purpose amid the ruins. Dupree and Amaia follow his trail to New Orleans. The clock is ticking. It’s the eve of the worst hurricane in the city’s history. But a troubling call from Amaia’s aunt back home awakens in Amaia the ghosts from her childhood and sends her down a path as dark as that of the coming storm.

©2019 Dolores Redondo. Translation © 2021 by Michael Meigs. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Impeccable narration

This is a very well written and engaging book. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it and was pleasantly surprised with the highly talented narrator. The book combines crime investigation, murder, and psychology bordering at times on the occult. It’s a rich mixture of storylines that might be too much for some but I enjoyed it. Also, this book had to be translated from Spanish and the translation is excellent.

My New Favorite author

I like tortured detective stories and this is my new favorite...I'm looking forward to the Báztan Trilogy.

Good story with awesome narration.

The narrator is amazing!! I really felt all the emotions on the page in her voice.

Could not put it down!!

Wow! This one fully captivated me. I had AirPods in almost every waking moment and I’m sad now that it’s over! If you’re on the fence don’t wait another minute!

Excellent performance!

The story was very good and the narrator made the book come alive. All the different voices and accents were done brilliantly.

Excellent book

I truly enjoyed this book. I felt like the plot kept me interested and the narrator was phenomenal. Her ability to all of the different accents that was required was beyond what I could have imagined. My one complaint is that there are a lot of characters and at times it was difficult to remember who some of them were and where they related in the story. Overall, I recommend this book for not only the plot but for also for the history of New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina. I learned a lot of new information that I never saw or heard on the news.

Author and Narrator a brilliant team!

Emma Gregory is my best narrator so far in 3 years of audio books. Fantastic characterisation. A 5 star detective whodunit by Delores Redondo, kept my interest all the way through the 20hours!

The research and how the story wove around so many narratives.

I loved everything about this book. Every character was fully developed and I fully enjoyed every tangent. You will regret not reading this book.

Brilliant book and narration

Characters are so fully, beautifully defined, I feel as if I know them. Events, situations, are immersively real. This is great writing. Worth every minute of listening. Narration is excellent.

New to Redondo, Excellent Read

This is the first book I have listened to/read (Kindle) by Delores Redondo. This book does have tragic elements, like most thrillers/crime fiction. The author created very strong characters, strong story lines. Especially toward the end of the book, I couldn’t wait to come home from work, settle in for the evening so I could listen/read some more. I am very surprised to see that there were only 45 ratings for this audiobook, so I really needed to rate this. Emma Gregory is an amazing narrator!! So many accents, so many characters and she was great! I can see why people choose books based on Emma Gregory as a narrator.