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In a creative twist, a fatally ill man’s great humanitarian act is to seek out and kill someone deserving of death; but the horror of an innocent man being accused of the murder was not an outcome Mr Todhunter, or the friends who advised him, considered. His job is then to prove his own guilt. Dedicated to P.G. Wodehouse, the story is suspenseful, inventive and humorous, with a riveting attention to detail and a profound suggestion of the absurdity of trying to influence destiny.

Its sparkle is captured here by the award-winning narrator David Timson.

A journalist as well as a novelist, Anthony Berkeley was a founding member of the Detection Club and one of crime fiction’s greatest innovators. He was one of the first to predict the development of the ‘psychological’ crime novel.

Public Domain (P)2025 Naxos AudioBooks UK Ltd. Crime Fiction Exciting Witty
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An unusual story, quite intriguing, but so incredibly and unnecessarily long. Could be cut at least in half. Tedious detailed descriptions make it hard to persevere. Also a bit unbalanced in the obsessive focus on some and not other key characters. It is worth getting to the end, which has a bit of a twist. The narrator is excellent. But I don’t think I will listen to other stories from this author.

Intriguing but way too long

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