The Agora Letters: 19th Century Historical Murder Mysteries
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The Agora Letters: 19th Century Historical Murder Mysteries
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Narrated by:
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Clay Boutwell
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By:
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Clay Boutwell
About this listen
Carl Brooke, a scholar of ancient Near Eastern languages, now spends his twilight years chronicling the adventures of his youth as a leading member of the Agora Society, a society dedicated to the betterment of man.
Fans of Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot will enjoy Carl Brooke and his Agora Society in these five very different cases.
This collection includes five complete stories in the Agora Mystery Series:
1) Two Tocks Before Midnight
The Strange Affair of October 24, 1859: When a flurry of forgeries appear in museums and among collectors, the members of the Agora, a society dedicated to the betterment of man, take it upon themselves to stop the rogues.
2) The Penitent Thief
A string of thefts ends in a grisly murder. Certain evidence leads Captain Barnwell to suspect a former thief, Rutherford Nordlinger, as the culprit. Carl Brooke becomes personally involved as Nordlinger's guilt is questioned.
3) The Peace Party Massacre
Kidnapped! An honorable man has gone missing, and his wife is not in the least helpful. The sheriff dithers, and every day brings death closer to a reality.
4) The Curse of the Mad Sheik
Murder and intrigue abound. At the center of it all appears a mysterious sheik and his cursed ruby.
5) The Captain's Play
Captain Barnwell, a longtime honorary member of the Agora Society, presents to the members a solved case one clue at a time. Three suspects. One murderer. Who is the murderer and why?
Continue the series
In Two Ticks Before Midnight, Charles Tock, one of the members of the Agora goes missing for a six month period, then returns unexpectedly with a companion and an ancient scroll. It is this that launches the unpleasant and murderous circumstances recorded.
The Penitent Thief has a reformed burglar accused of murder. Everything points to his guilt but he says he didn't do it.
The Peace Party Massacre provides an introduction to Thomas Drake, and a missing man whilst The Case of the Mad Sheik tells the classic tale of transformation after a man comes into possession of a mysterious jewel.
But of all the stories, perhaps this reader's favourite is the final offering, The Captain's Play, in which the police officer who becomes an honorary member of the club, tells the members about one of his cases and invites them, through question and answer, to determine which of the three suspects was the murderer: a great opportunity to match our own detection abilities against those of the society.
Beautifully written in the first person and read with clarity and character by the author himself, this is the perfect book to gently exercise the mind whilst filling in empty hours. My thanks to the rights holder for gifting me a complimentary copy of The Agora Letters, at my request, via Audiobook Boom. It was a pleasure to hear.
Lies, jealousies, death.
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