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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. During a masked fancy-dress ball at Kessock House, the stately home of the Chacewater family, a set of priceless Renaissance medals is stolen from the family museum. Sir Clinton Driffield, the shrewd and unflappable Chief Constable, is called in to...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. At Friocksheim, the ancient English country seat of the Dangerfields, a stolen heirloom bracelet—the legendary Talisman—returns on its own, as family lore promises. Engineer Conway Westenhanger, house guest and amateur sleuth, is drawn into a...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. At the masked ball marking Joan Chacewater's coming-of-age at Ravensthorpe, a shot rings out, the lights go dark, and three Leonardo medallions vanish from the family museum. Sir Clinton Driffield, Chief Constable, suspects the practical-joke prank laid...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When the body of Peter Hay is found on the windswept sands near Lynden Sands, Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield is drawn into one of the most baffling cases of his career. A second death on the rocks known as Neptune's Seat, a missing Foxhills heir...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When two brothers are found dead inside a hedge maze on the Shandon estate, poisoned by curare-tipped darts, Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield is called in to investigate. As he unravels a web of family secrets, forged cheques, and a long-lost...

In Tragedy at Ravensthorpe, Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield arrives at the Ravensthorpe estate just in time for an opulent 1920s masquerade—but behind the silk masks and champagne toasts, danger simmers. A mysterious figure is stalking the halls, family tensions threaten to erupt, and whispers of local folklore—including the enigmatic “Fairy Houses”—haunt the estate grounds.

Sir Clinton Driffield, Chief Constable of the county, is called upon by an old friend, to get to the bottom of a fraudulent will in this short story from Glasgow-born author J.J. Connington.