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Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventures: Books 1-3: A Case of Blackmail in Belgravia, A Case of Murder in Mayfair, A Case of Conspiracy in Clerkenwell

By: Clara Benson
Narrated by: Gethyn Edwards
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This omnibus edition contains the first three books in the Freddy Pilkington-Soames Adventure series

Join chaotic 1920s reporter and accidental sleuth Freddy Pilkington-Soames on his adventures in this series of light-hearted mysteries!

A CASE OF BLACKMAIL IN BELGRAVIA (Book 1)

It's 1929, and Ticky Maltravers is the toast of London high society, adored by everyone—or so it seems, until somebody poisons him over dinner.

A CASE OF MURDER IN MAYFAIR (Book 2)

When Hollywood star Dorothy Dacres plummets six floors from her hotel terrace on the night of her greatest triumph, it initially looks like a tragic accident. But her death is so very convenient to her many enemies that press-man Freddy Pilkington-Soames, who was there on the night she died, begins to suspect foul play.

A CASE OF CONSPIRACY IN CLERKENWELL (Book 3)

The ladies of Clerkenwell Central Hall are none too pleased at having their Temperance meetings disrupted by the rowdy Communists next door, but for Miss Olive Stapleton in particular, the uneasy coexistence proves fatal when she is found stabbed through the heart with a paper-knife. Freddy thinks there’s more to Miss Stapleton’s death than meets the eye, but as he delves more deeply into the mystery it only becomes more puzzling.

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The books are great but are sadly let down with the narration which means it's very hard to get through with much enjoyment.

Excellent stories

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I do enjoy Clara Bensons writing but the Freddie books narrator has a strange idea of the non character narration needing a different voice for the different writers he narrates for. Unfortunately this series has a strange plum in the mouth voice that makes it difficult to listen to.

Performance lessens the enjoyment

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A strange mixture of brilliant character voices with an irritatingly ponderous, knowing, over-egged 'posh' tone to the in-between narrative. Ian Carmichael he is not, sadly, hence only 3 stars. it all rather distracted me from the stories which were topical for the period so quite interesting but I wouldn't have bought them separately

Starting with the reader...

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not to be recommend, will try to avoid this author in future. Narrator not the best bit ponderous!

boring & silly

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It is always hard to rate three books together, but without a doubt this is great value for money. Each of these books gets better than the one before it, and Freddy is a very engaging character. Book 3 was particularly good.

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