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Death of an Author

By: E. C. R. Lorac
Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
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Vivian Lestrange - celebrated author of the popular mystery novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse - has apparently dropped off the face of the Earth. Reported missing by his secretary Eleanor, whom Inspector Bond suspects to be the author herself looking for publicity, it appears that crime is afoot when Lestrange's housekeeper is also found to have disappeared. Bond and Warner of Scotland Yard set to work to investigate a murder with no body and a potentially fictional victim, as E. C. R. Lorac spins a twisting tale full of wry humour and red herrings, poking some fun at her contemporary reviewers who long suspected the Lorac pseudonym to belong to a man (since a woman could apparently not have written mysteries the way that she did).

©1935 The Estate of E. C. R. Lorac (P)2023 Soundings Detective Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime

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What an interesting story! Great plot, Lorac's best, to my mind. Good reading, different characters well realised and distinguished, and the reader's voice not intruding. I enjoyed it hugely.

so intriguing!

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I thought I had solved this half way through from one throwaway sentence but of course I hadn’t. Great story.

Excellent

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I liked the twists and turns in the story but although of its age no worse for that.

A clever story

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, a really intriguing plot and very well performed; I’ll be recommending it to friends.

Very clever!

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I have started to do my new book searches by narrator. I have thrown in the towel half way through many books now because I want to punch the narrator... apart from this being a great story with adorable characters, Somon Mattacks is brilliant again.

Simon Mattacks superb again!

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