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Murder at the Ashmolean

By: Jim Eldridge
Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
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1895. A senior executive at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is found in his office with a bullet hole between his eyes, a pistol discarded close by. The death has officially been ruled as suicide by local police, but with an apparent lack of motive for such action, the museum’s administrator Gladstone Marriott suspects foul play.

With his cast-iron reputation for shrewdness, private enquiry agent Daniel Wilson is a natural choice to discreetly explore the situation, ably assisted by his partner, archaeologist-cum-detective Abigail Fenton. Yet with rumours of political ructions from South Africa, mislaid artefacts and a lost Shakespeare play, Wilson and Fenton soon find themselves tangled in bureaucracy.

©2019 Jim Eldridge (P)2019 Soundings Historical Mystery Fiction

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There are some great red herrings and Jim takes our duo on a brilliant adventure .. just a lovely read

Jim hits book three! Cracker

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Always a delightful pleasure when Jim Eldridge brings out a new book on audible, always bought beautifully to life by the amazing narration of Gordon Griffin.

Can’t wait for the next adventure!

Always a delightful pleasure

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... but still a decent listen. Enjoying the series. Will continue to purchase and listen.

A change in narrator...

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OK. It passed a few hours but found it predictable and heavy going. It was not a book I would listen to again.

Average

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I enjoyed the first two books but I can’t listen to the new narrator. When he is reading the story it isn’t too bad but I can’t bare the weird intonations he uses when voicing the characters. I only managed to get through a few chapters until I could bare no more and returned the book.

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