Death at Crane’s Court
An Inspector Kenny Mystery, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Roger Clark
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By:
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Eilís Dillon
About this listen
Death is inevitable, or is it....
George Arrow, a good-looking, independently wealthym and single man of 36, has just been diagnosed with a weak heart.
A heart so weak, his doctor tells him, he must go to extraordinary lengths to avoid putting the slightest strain upon it.
On his doctor's advice, George packs up his life in Dublin and boards a train to the Bay of Galway where he intends to live quietly in a hotel and await the inevitable end.
On the train, he meets John Burden, and as they chat, George realizes that his new acquaintance is an odious man.
So, it is with some alarm that he realizes the very unpleasant John Burden is, just like George himself, about to start a new chapter of his life at Crane's Court.
As that new life progresses, George realizes that all of his first impressions of Burden-that he is a selfish, nasty man-are entirely correct. And George is not the only person who thinks so.
So, when Burden is found dead, stabbed through the heart with a kitchen knife, it's not a matter of finding out why he was killed but of narrowing down the field of people who wanted him gone.
Inspector Mike Kenny must identify the killer, but where to start?
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- Sarah Richards
- 12-04-2024
Very entertaining.
The main thing I liked about this novel was not so much the murder mystery, but all the different characters that peopled this story.
Lots of eccentrics and amusing anecdotes.
The narrator did an excellent job and I thoroughly enjoyed listening and chuckling to myself.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-2025
Classic Whodunit
Well narrated, with a story that draws you in, even more by the interesting characters and their interactions than the murder story. The introductory chapter is about the author, and can be skipped if you want to start with the story. It was just what I needed. I'm fairly bored now with books which focus on 'troubled' detectives, their personal lives and horrible crime scenes but at the same time the modern sort of 'cosy mystery' is usually bit too sugary for my taste. In this book you meet all sorts of characters, and they're all likeable, some stranger than others. The Irish tolerance for human foibles might shock some readers, but is a wonderful contrast to the usual black-or-white attitudes. Loved every minute of it.
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