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  • The Infernal Riddle of Thomas Peach

  • a gothic mystery with an edge of magick
  • By: Jas Treadwell
  • Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
  • Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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The Infernal Riddle of Thomas Peach

By: Jas Treadwell
Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
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Summary

A masterful novel of necromancy, secrets and a world on the brink of the modern age....

The year is 1785, and Thomas Peach, a gentleman of modest means, moves to a small village in the West Country, bringing with him a steamer chest of clothes, some books - and, apparently, his wife, Mrs Peach, who quickly becomes a source of fascination and suspicion to the villagers. Why is she never seen abroad? Why does Mr Peach refuse entry to her bedroom to their maidservant, who is unable to detect even a whisper of breath at Mrs Peach's door, try as she might? Does Mrs Peach even exist? And if so, is she the victim of her husband's cruelty?

A liberal and free thinker, Mr Peach is a member of a society of learned men in Bristol, one of whom is guardian of a young woman believed to be possessed by a demon. Mr Peach disagrees with this opinion, but suspicion only grows when the woman in question - whose mouth and lips are stained inexplicably black - escapes from her patron and causes panic in the countryside. Soon she is living under Mr Peach's protection. But he himself is in danger; someone - or something - has followed him from his former life in London. Thomas Peach has enumerable secrets - and one of them might just prove deadly.

©2021 James Treadwell (P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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Up and down but overall good.

I went through several stages with this. At the start I thought ‘eurgh it’s so mannered and I feel like it’s been done before’ but I was rather won over by the sheer brio of Fenella Woolgar’s performance. I stuck with it and, bar two places where it got a bit bogged down with red herrings, I enjoyed it. It’s not perfect but I’m glad to have read it.

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Phenomenal performance by Fenella Woolgar

Loved this - a romp of a story with twists and turns fabulous characters but most of all an extraordinary performance by the narrator. It takes a little while to get used to the style but once you’re used to it you’re off! I’m not sure I would have stuck with this in text form because of the narrative device - the audio made it work for me. Go Fenella!

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Not only an engaging and thoroughly engrossing narrative adorned with sumptuous characterisation , but narrated by an actor at the top of her game ,what a performance .
Brilliant . I will definitely revisit it again .

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