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Death in Delft

A 17th Century Historical Murder Mystery (Master Mercurius Mystery Series, Book 1)

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Death in Delft

By: Graham Brack
Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
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Three missing girls. Only one body. Where are the others?

1671, Delft

Three young girls have been abducted from their homes. The body of one has been found in a shallow grave. The other two are still missing. The murder has shocked everyone in the peaceful city of Delft, and the mayor is desperate to catch the perpetrator before panic can spread any further.

With the bitterly cold January weather intensifying, it is doubtful that the other two girls are still alive. But whoever took them is still at large.

The mayor requests the help of Master Mercurius, a gifted cleric from a nearby university, and local artist Vermeer, who uses his skills to sketch the crime scenes.

Can they find the missing girls before it's too late? Will Mercurius be able to track down the killer?

Or will more victims succumb to Death in Delft?

©2020 Graham Brack (P)2021 Tantor Crime Crime Fiction Fiction Historical Mystery Thriller & Suspense Murder Exciting Mind-bending Murder Mystery

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Historical mystery set in 17th century Delft.
Even though this lacks the depth and complexity of C J Sansom's Shardlake series, I found this an enjoyable story, with a similar configuration set in an interesting historical period.
Audiobook finished within 24 hours and I have just ordered book 2, Untrue till Death

Shardlake in 17th century Netherlands?

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Really enjoyed this book. Identifiable, accurate, humorous and beautifully read! Only pity is that it’s a bit short. But we’ll worth a credit. Please write more GB!

Excellent!

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Quite enjoyed this. It’s a time and place I know little about and it had a strong sense of both. The narrator’s voice is pleasant but, as other reviewers have said, his intonation is irritating. He goes up at the end of sentences and sounds really disinterested at times. A pity as it would put me off paying for another episode.

Not bad but irritating narration

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The narrator seems to be almost two different voices- the main character is voiced well, but most of the others have a strange repetitive intonation that sounds like an AI bot. It’s as though he’s reading it without bothering to think, just scrim reading. Weird. I’ll keep listening as long as I can beat it cos I want to know whodunnit!

The complexity, atmosphere and the puzzle are excellent.

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The plot of this book is quite clever and engaging. There are some insights into medieval life although I’m no historian so cannot vouch for their accuracy. The narrator does a great job offering different character voices, but I found the protagonist’s narration annoying with the odd intonation— the voice going up when it should go down at the end of a clause or sentence, or no variation when some would be expected.

Clever, but annoying narrator intonation

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