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The Mortal Sickness
- Lydmouth, Book 2
- Narrated by: Philip Franks
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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Summary
From the number-one best-selling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the second instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series
When a spinster of the parish is found bludgeoned to death in St John's, and the church's most valuable possession, the Lydmouth chalice, is missing, the finger of suspicion points at the new vicar, who is already beset with problems.
The glare of the police investigation reveals shabby secrets and private griefs. Jill Francis, struggling to find her feet in her new life, stumbles into the case at the beginning. But even a journalist cannot always watch from the sidelines. Soon she is inextricably involved in the Suttons' affairs. Despite the electric antagonism between her and Inspector Richard Thornhill, she has instincts that she can't ignore.
Critic reviews
"Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller." (Daily Telegraph)
"An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling." (The Times)
"The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today" (Val McDermid)
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- Steve_Morris
- 23-05-24
Post war period atmosphere makes a good crime story
Andrew Taylor lets us into the secret of whodunnit towards the end, which is satisfying compared to the unexpected and unfathomable plots in some stories. Period atmosphere of 1950s is a little caricatured (gloves mentioned often and hats doffed regularly) but I enjoyed the characters and the strong sense of class and place.
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- Mrs J L Allen
- 11-09-22
Brilliant read .
Mr Taylor seems to understand human behaviour and put it on paper perfectly, he conveys it in a fascinating way. The story was excellent the narrator superb. An all round very enjoyable read.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-04-22
Mortal Sickness
Great narration. Enjoyable story. Second book in the series, so characters intertwining emerging, making the reader to find out what next.
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- GB
- 26-08-22
Village Life meets murder and mayhem
Great description of village goings on, really enjoyable. Likeable characters. Brilliant narration, though I’m grateful that tone has changed since then, the pomposity is unreal.
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- Nicola
- 01-10-22
Recommended
My first Andrew Taylor listen - but I am definitely going back for more. Very well narrated too.
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- Diane Walmsley
- 24-12-21
enjoyable
this is my second listen in the series I am enjoying them very much I do get confused with the names of the characters but love the Twist that the story always has
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- slb
- 16-02-23
Excellent
Beautiful performance by Mr Franks…..as ever. Excellent characters…..some are hard to like but such is life. Gives a great sense of the crushing and claustrophobic society at that time.
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- Mr Tickles
- 07-03-21
A Gentle who dunnit
The pace and time of this story is quite relaxed and set in the late 40's in a much gentler world when men were gentlemen and ladies were ladies. Good storytelling from the master, Andrew Taylor and well read by Philip Franks. A very pleasant listen in the Lydmouth Crime Series. what happens next?
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- Cliente de Kindle
- 21-06-23
Absorbing and compelling characters and plot
the writing is reminiscent of Ngaio Marsh and you can't get any better than that. the narrator has the perfect voice for this series making the characters all too believable. I am hooked
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- S. M. Stoddart
- 31-10-23
A great story but..
As much as I enjoyed the plot, the one thing that cast a shadow over it was the potential for Thornhil and Jill to be party in wrecking the lives of his wife and kids..
The story didn’t need that..
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