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  • The Fatal Flying Affair

  • A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 7
  • By: T E Kinsey
  • Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
  • Length: 8 hrs
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (63 ratings)

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The Fatal Flying Affair

By: T E Kinsey
Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
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Publisher's Summary

August 1911. Emily Hardcastle and her inimitable lady’s maid Florence Armstrong are enjoying a fine summer until Harry, Lady H’s brother, turns up out of the blue with a mystery for them to solve.

A routine parachute test at a local aeroplane factory has gone horribly wrong - with pilot Dickie Dupree plummeting to his death. Harry is certain there is more to this ‘tragic accident’ than meets the eye, having discovered that someone at the airfield is leaking top secret intelligence to foreign rivals.

In between strolls to the Dog & Duck and planning for the annual village show, the daring duo dust off the Crime Board and go undercover at Bristol Aviation. With international powers investing heavily in aeronautics, the stakes are high - sky high - and the suspects soon mount up.

Can Lady Hardcastle find the culprit before someone else falls down dead?

©2020 T E Kinsey (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award

“This audiobook should have come with a warning: Listen at your own risk. If others try to pause it, you may snap their heads off in frustration. As Lady Hardcastle and her lady's maid, Flo, return to spying for England in the summer of 1911, narrator Elizabeth Knowelden enhances the story full of witticisms and a clever plot by immersing listeners in the lives of these two characters. Listeners will catch Flo's excitement as she discovers that her newest job requires investigation at an airfield where someone was recently killed.” --AudioFile Magazine

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Bonkers but fun

Another in the Lady Hardcastle series. Completely bonkers but highly entertaining. As long as you’re not looking for historical accuracy in dialogue or behaviour. Just suspend the need for reality and enjoy the madness.

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Fun series

I love reading cozy mysteries in between ‘heavier’ books and this series is so much fun. I think this has been my favourite in the series to date with a fun mystery and great interplay between Flo, Lady Hardcastle and her brother.

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brilliantly clever!

brilliant writer and fantastic choice of narrator to bring to life these wonderfully clever stories and humours characters. I'm looking forward to hearing the next in the series.

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I have become an avid fan

This author has created two truly lovable characters with truly amazing abilities and wit. Keep up the good work.

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Best Yet

I really enjoyed book 7, what a hoot. Honestly, Kinsey knows how to get the best out of the characters and Knowdelden performance is once again magic. Thanks for a great Listen.

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Boring and too PC

This was so exceedingly pc that it made for very hard listening. No excitement or mystery just cringeworthy simplicity. Really quite a pity.

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