
Death of an Author
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Narrated by:
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Simon Mattacks
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By:
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E. C. R. Lorac
Vivian Lestrange - celebrated author of the popular mystery novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse - has apparently dropped off the face of the Earth. Reported missing by his secretary Eleanor, whom Inspector Bond suspects to be the author herself looking for publicity, it appears that crime is afoot when Lestrange's housekeeper is also found to have disappeared. Bond and Warner of Scotland Yard set to work to investigate a murder with no body and a potentially fictional victim, as E. C. R. Lorac spins a twisting tale full of wry humour and red herrings, poking some fun at her contemporary reviewers who long suspected the Lorac pseudonym to belong to a man (since a woman could apparently not have written mysteries the way that she did).
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Excellent
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Fun Listen, Well Read
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What's more, this is a book that, among other topics, discusses the idea of the mystery story as serious literature, something other than, as the publisher character here puts it, "here today and gone tomorrow". Certainly we should be glad this one is still here today.
Everything You Want Out of a Mystery
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Well crafted plot that kept me guessing up to the end with an excellent narrator who shifted between characters expertly. There are precious few “here we are in Lord Dilly’s antechamber” moments that it seems to me only Agatha Christie can pull off, though I enjoyed the occasional visit to the London club and such. The book’s characters really seemed to come alive. Even though the clue gathering is quite improbable, the well crafted plot allows you to suspend disbelief and enjoy the puzzlement of it all.
I loved the Scotland Yard detective on the case, the intelligent, imaginative Warner, and the nuts and bolts police officer Boyd, both of whom have endless time to mull and discuss the case—fine by me as I go about my household chores.
Bought this on sale but now that I have read it, I would have been happy and satisfied had I paid full price or used one of my credits.
Surprisingly Good with Fantastic Narrator
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It was complex and fully packed with red herrings
Surprisingly Complex..
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Okay at first
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Convoluted
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My favorite so far
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Smart literary mystery
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Modern classic mystery
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