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Dead Beside the Thames [Audiobook]

Audio CD

Main Details

Title Dead Beside the Thames [Audiobook]
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stephanie Laurens
SeriesCasebook of Barnaby Adair
Series part Volume No. 9
Physical Properties
Format:Audio CD
Category/GenreAudiobooks on CD
Crime & Mystery
Trade Publishers Audiobooks
All Dates
October 2024 Release Titles
Crime & Mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9798874711245
Audience
General
Edition Audiobook

Publishing Details

Publisher Trade Publishers Audiobooks
Imprint Blackstone Publishing
NZ Release Date 17 October 2024
Publication Country United States

Description

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a confounding case that sees her favorite sleuths acting to save a friend wrongly accused of murder. When a detested viscount is found murdered by the banks of the Thames and Charlie Hastings becomes the prime suspect, Barnaby and Penelope Adair join forces with Stokes to discover the real story behind the unexpected killing. Charlie Hastings is astonished to find himself accused of murdering Viscount Sedbury. Admittedly, Charlie had two heated altercations with Sedbury in the hours preceding the mans death, but as Charlie is quick to point out to Stokes--and to Barnaby and Penelope--there are a multitude of others in the ton who will be delighted to learn of Sedburys demise. As Penelope, Barnaby, and Stokes start assembling a suspect list, Charlies prediction proves only too accurate. Yet the most puzzling aspect is who on earth managed to kill Sedbury. The man was a hulking brute, large, very strong, and known as a vicious brawler. Who managed to subdue him enough to strangle him? As the number of suspects steadily increases, the investigators are forced to ask if, perhaps, one of their suspects hired a killer capable of taking Sedbury down. With that possibility thrown into the calculations, narrowing their suspect list becomes a futile exercise. Their pursuit of the truth leads them to investigate the many shady avenues of Sedburys life, much to the consternation of Sedburys father, the Marquess of Rattenby. Rattenby does not want Sedburys distasteful proclivities exposed for all the world to see, further harming the other family members who Sedbury has taken great delight in tormenting for most of his life. In the end, the resolution of the crime lies in old-fashioned policing coupled with the fresh twists Barnaby and Penelope bring to Scotland Yards efforts. And when the truth is finally revealed, it raises questions that strike to the very heart of justice and what, with such a victim and such a murderer, true justice actually means.