Could I impose upon you to visit..?

This delightful series of mysteries, written in a style suited to the time period, is enjoyably convoluted. The text eloquently summons up mental pictures of heavily furnitured rooms and gaslit alleys, an atmosphere slightly darker than that surrounding Sherlock Holmes. The stories themselves,
written in the first person, are emotionally packed and, though not entirely satisfactory, are fun, nevertheless. Each story is a quick and easy listen, and an enjoyable diversion.

This volume centers around arch enemy Drake, and includes:

Murder by Monday - Brooke, of the famed Agora Society is persuaded by his reforming friend Nordlinger, to travel with him to Fowler's Manor where the manservant lives in terror expecting that he will die horribly in a matter of days.
Eggs over Arsenic - The host of a small dinner party, a rather unpleasant man, is found murdered the next morning. It is for Captain Barnwell to help discover which of the six other people present in the house committed the crime.
Remember Thy Oath - Boston in the 1800s. In the Agora Society rooms (a Gentleman's club), one of the most popular members, Edison, becomes seriously disturbed by a newspaper article and disappears. His friends Carl, the narrator of the story, and Otto, together with a mysterious priest, track him down...
The Felled Crab Apple Tree - The request for help in finding her brother from a Miss Anne Scott, brings Carl Brook far more than mere adventure to his life.
The Eye of Benny - Carl Brooke (who is also the narrator) faces his old enemy Thomas Drake in this adventure

My thanks to the rights holder of Agora Letters, volume Two, who, at my request, freely gifted me a complimentary copy, via Audiobook Boom.Narrated with skill by the author, Clay Boutwell, this is another of his finely worded historical mystery series set when travel was slow and deduction played a large part in mystery solving. Different from Mr.Sherlock Ho!mes, but simi!at in style.
A fun read.

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