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He Who Whispers

By: John Dickson Carr
Narrated by: Kris Dyer
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When Miles Hammond is invited to a meeting of the Murder Club in London, he is met instead with just two other guests and is treated to a strange tale of an impossible crime in France years before; the murder of a man on a tower with only one staircase, under watch at the time at which the murder took place. With theories of levitating vampires abounding, the story comes home to Miles when he realises that the librarian he has just hired for his home is none other than Fay Seton, a woman at the heart of this bizarre and unsolved past murder.

Carr considered this novel one of his best works, and it is easy to see why when experiencing its ingenious plot delivered with an astounding pace and masterfully drawn characters including none other than the great detective Dr Gideon Fell.

©1946, 2023 The Estate of Clarice M. Carr, Martin Edwards (P)2023 Soundings
Crime Fiction Mystery Traditional Detectives
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Towards the end the person who solved the mystery announces that it all came together in three seconds. But the author takes about 47 chapters to explain the resolution.

Could be a short story

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This is the book that started my love for John Dickson Carr's writing. He was a Grand Master of Mystery for a reason.

The book that started my love for John Dickson Carr's writing.

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Wish there were more of these golden age mysteries. The newer books don't compare. Also one of my favorite readers. Thank you.

Wonderful!

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I can say, as someone who has been reading for more than half a century that this is one of the finest books I’ve read in a long, long time.

The artistry of JD Carr in setting scene and mood is in full bloom in this book. And the mysteries are top notch.

The performance is wonderful as well and I was taken away into post war England completely. This is one you don’t want to miss. And if you’re listening and think in the early chapters that you’re in a horror story don’t fret. You’re only in a brilliantly written Golden Age mystery story.

Hope this is helpful to y’all and enjoy your day!👍

Brilliant!

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I like this genre, and I don't think the plotting or characters were too bad in this book. But it was so slow and tedious I stopped listening with 40 minutes to go. Enough time spent and just didn't care enough to finish.

So Tedious

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