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Checkmate to Murder

By: E.C.R. Lorac
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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On a foggy night in Hampstead, London, a party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout. A civil servant and a government scientist match wits in a game of chess while Bruce Manaton paints the portrait.

In the kitchen, Rosanne Manaton prepares tea for the charlady of Mr Folliner. When the murder of 'Old Mr. F' is discovered by his Canadian infantryman nephew, it's not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is called to the scene. But even at first glance the case looks far from black-and-white. Macdonald and the CID set to work separating the players from the pawns to shed light on this toppling of a lonely king in the dead of night.

©1944 The Estate of E.C.R. Lorac (P)2021 Soundings Detective Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives Fiction
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I really enjoyed listening to this, & getting into the world of the characters. Good plot; well read.

very enjoyable

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But so many ghastly characters! Not many have a single redeeming feature. My 4th Lorax book, 2nd as an audio book,

Intriguing

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The period detail and evocation of war-time poverty were very good, and the basic plot very clever indeed. Any rather old-fashioned clunkiness in the denouement was mitigated by the excellent narration.

Clever twisting plot

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