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A Word After Dying

The Inspector Ben Ross Mysteries

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A Word After Dying

By: Ann Granger
Narrated by: Julia Barrie
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Superintendent Alan Markby and Meredith Mitchell are in desperate need of a holiday—and the Cotswold village of Parsloe St John seems the perfect choice. Their neighbour, retired journalist Wynne Carter, is as convivial as the village itself and, over a glass of blackberry wine, indulges in her latest obsession, Olivia Smeaton, a racy old lady whose life—and death—she is convinced are not all they seem.

Markby is more interested in buying Olivia's house than the circumstances of her vacating it, but Meredith is intrigued: by the old lady, the death of a cherished horse and a dusty junk shop run by a white witch. When another fatality—of a very grisly nature—is discovered, it seems her suspicion is justified. Clearly Olivia isn't the only enigma in Parsloe St John—and her death might be the first of many unless Meredith Mitchell and Alan Markby can make sense of some very secret lives to reach the truth ...

©1997 Ann Granger (P)2025 W. F. Howes Ltd.
Cosy International Mystery & Crime Mystery Police Procedurals
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Firstly this is NOT The Inspector Ben Ross Mysteries series! It’s Mitchell and Markby. Ann Granger's writing is wonderful. Descriptive, intriguing and always a satisfying conclusion. However. this story is ruined by the absence of the narrator of previous stories, the exceptional Judith Boyd. This narrator's timing and characterisations grate. What a waste especially as due to Ann Granger's sad passing, this series has come to an end. Disappointing.

Narration spoils a wonderful story. Missing Judith Boyd.

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