The Last Word [Audiobook]

Description

Words turn deadly with an unlikely detective duo on the case of a murdered obituary writer in this literary mystery from the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway series. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz. Natalka and Edwin are perfect if improbable partners in a detective agency. At eighty-four Edwin regularly claims that hes the oldest detective in England. He is a master at surveillance deploying his age as a cloak of invisibility. Natalka Ukrainian-born and more than fifty years his junior is a math whizz who takes any cases concerning fraud or deception. Despite a steady stream of minor cases Natalka is frustrated. She loves a murder as shes fond of saying and none have come the agencys way. That is until local writer Melody Chambers dies. Melodys daughters are convinced that their mother was murdered. Edwin thinks that Melodys death is linked to that of an obituary writer who predeceased many of his subjects. Edwin and Benedict go undercover to investigate and are on a creative writing weekend at isolated Battle House when another murder occurs. Are the cases linked and what is the role of a distinctly sinister book group attended by many of writers involved? By the time Edwin has infiltrated the group he is in serious danger...