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Penhallow

By: Georgette Heyer
Narrated by: Matt Addis
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Sparkling characterisation and inventive plot from one of the best-known and beloved detective novelists of all time.

The death of Adam Penhallow on the eve of his birthday seems, at first, to be by natural causes. He was elderly after all. But Penhallow wasn't well liked. He had ruled over his estate with an iron will and a sharp tongue. He had played one relative off against another. He was so bad tempered and mean that both his servants and his family hated him.

It soon transpires that far from being a peaceful death, Penhallow was, in fact, murdered. Poisoned. With his family gathered to celebrate his birthday, and servants that both feared and despised him, there are more than a dozen prime suspects. But which one of them turned hatred into murder?

©1943 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives

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The performance is excellent but the story is just miserable. I persisted because I have enjoyed other mysteries by this author, so I kept on hoping for an unexpected twist to save it. Sadly disappointed.

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