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Hell Bay

Barker & Llewelyn, Book 8

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At the request of Her Majesty's government, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker agrees to take on his least favorite kind of assignment - he's to provide security for a secret conference with the French government. The conference is to take place on the private estate of Lord Hargrave on a remote island off the coast of Cornwall. The goal of the conference is the negotiation of a new treaty with France. The cover story for the gathering is a house party - an attempt to introduce Lord Hargrave's two unmarried sons to potential mates.

But shortly after the parties land at the island, Lord Hargrave is killed by a sniper shot, and the French ambassador's head of security is found stabbed to death. The only means of egress from the island - a boat - has been sent away, and the means of signaling for help has been destroyed. Trapped in a manor house with no way of escape, Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, must uncover which among them is the killer before the next victim falls.

©2016 Will Thomas (P)2017 Tantor Historical Mystery Private Investigators Traditional Detectives

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"Thomas supplies plenty of suspects and red herrings, ratcheting up the tension steadily as he winnows the targets to make this period adventure one of his best." ( Kirkus)
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This time they are on an island, a bit Agatha Christie but thoroughly enjoyable and I would recommend this series I’m really enjoying them !

Another good story of Barker and Llewelyn

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I have been listening to the series one after the other and this is the weakest as far as I am concerned. It is an absolute blood bath and frankly I don't think it fits in well with the characters previous story lines. That isn't to say I didn't enjoy listening to it, the narrator is a joy to listen too as always I just think this story is lacking in the something from the previous ones.

Blood bath.

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Thought all the characters were well written and thought out, plot twists, and suspicion throughout. Another great Barker Llewelyn adventure

Captivating

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Barker is sold as the world's greatest enquiry agent - detective. Yet he and his assistant appear to be the most bumbling incompetence around. This starts off like a traditional Agatha Christie novel but unlike those novels I suspect everyone who is listening has identified the killer half way through but the detectives need it spelt out to them by the killer.

Not sure if a parody or not

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