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The White Priory Murders

By: Carter Dickson
Narrated by: John Telfer
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James Bennett, nephew of Sir Henry Merrivale (the cantankerous yet genius sleuth), has been invited to stay at White Priory for Christmas, among the retinue of the glamorous Hollywood actress Marcia Tait. Her producer, her lover, her playwright and her agent are all here along with the haughty master of the estate, Canifes and his daughter.

So many suspects they become when Marcia Tait is found dead on Christmas morning in the lakeside pavilion, having been left there alone the night before and with a distinct lack of footprints in the snow to reveal any possible killer. When Henry Merrivale arrives to piece together what appears to be an impossible crime, John Dickson Carr, writing under the pseudonym Carter Dickson, treats the listener to sensational twists, febrile tension between the closed circle of suspects and one of the most perfect solutions in the history of the genre.

©1934, 2022 Estate of Clarice M. Carr, Martin Edwards (P)2022 Soundings Detective Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Exciting Crime Christmas Winter
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This is one of the classics of detective fiction, with a very carefully planned out plot full of twists and turns. However the author plays fair: the information is given to the reader, and through the analysis of the detective you (and the other characters) suddenly see facts which you had been told about, but had failed to notice. Fun stuff,
But the real brilliance of this audiobook is in the narration. John Telfer is magnificent. He gives each character his or her own voice, but in particular he succeeds brilliantly in painting a larger-than-life but still somehow believable character in his great detective. The mannerisms inherited from the Victorians are there, and are convincingly rendered without ever descending into caricature.
This is one I shall certainly listen to again.

An enjoyable puzzle with superb narration

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wonderful voice acting, funny and tricky classic mystery writing! If you like Agatha Christie or Conan Doyle then you will probably enjoy this!

amazing voice performance!

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a puckish sleuth, a movie doxy egging on a band of potential murderers, all within a mansion replete with pitfalls. Narrated with charm, humour and skill, i wish more of Merrivale's jaunty and macabre outings were available on audible.

Ingenious tangle.

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All the clues were there and were obvious in the conclusion as Sir Henry Merrivale brings the case to a conclusion. I look forward to reading more of these novels,

Great deduction

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Enthralling story superbly narrated with just the right level of humour. Please can we have more of the Sir Henry Merrivale stories on Audible

Great Listen

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