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The Incredible Crime

By: Lois Austen-Leigh
Narrated by: Karen Cass
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Prince's College, Cambridge, is a peaceful and scholarly community, enlivened by Prudence Pinsent, the Master's daughter.

Spirited, beautiful, and thoroughly unconventional, Prudence is a remarkable young woman. One fine morning she sets out for Suffolk to join her cousin Lord Wellende for a few days hunting. On the way Prudence encounters Captain Studde of the coastguard who is pursuing a quarry of his own.

Studde is on the trail of a drug smuggling ring that connects Wellende Hall with the cloistered world of Cambridge. It falls to Prudence to unravel the identity of the smugglers who may be forced to kill to protect their secret.

©2017 The British Library Board (P)2017 Soundings Classics Cosy Crime Fiction Mystery Crime Fiction
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Something like a Nancy Mitford. Super character and period detail of Cambridge and old country house life. It is a little gem written with fluency and style. I can understand people who are looking for a classic whodunnit giving lower stars. But as a gently teasing description of an independent girl and her adventure, it is perfectly formed and it’s obvious why it was chosen to be part of this series.

Great fun.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it reflects the mores of its period, holds your attention to the end and is worthy of an Austen writing between the wars, several generations on.
I hope her other novels will soon be available on audible.

beautifully written and a compelling read

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