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Hell Bay

Barker & Llewelyn, Book 8

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Hell Bay

Von: Will Thomas
Gesprochen von: Antony Ferguson
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At the request of Her Majesty's government, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker agrees to take on his least favorite kind of assignment - he's to provide security for a secret conference with the French government. The conference is to take place on the private estate of Lord Hargrave on a remote island off the coast of Cornwall. The goal of the conference is the negotiation of a new treaty with France. The cover story for the gathering is a house party - an attempt to introduce Lord Hargrave's two unmarried sons to potential mates.

But shortly after the parties land at the island, Lord Hargrave is killed by a sniper shot, and the French ambassador's head of security is found stabbed to death. The only means of egress from the island - a boat - has been sent away, and the means of signaling for help has been destroyed. Trapped in a manor house with no way of escape, Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, must uncover which among them is the killer before the next victim falls.

©2016 Will Thomas (P)2017 Tantor Historische Krimis Krimis Privatdetektive Traditionelle Krimis
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"Thomas supplies plenty of suspects and red herrings, ratcheting up the tension steadily as he winnows the targets to make this period adventure one of his best." ( Kirkus)
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While bit of a break from usual style with this classic manor house murder mystery, continues to deal with pertinent issues of the age. Weakness: action slow & a lot of passive time spent questioning suspects in quick succession, repetitive information, maze-like plotting to avoid an instant resolution dictated by geographic limitation. Still, author acquits himself perfectly within restrictions of trope. Finally, more about melancholic atmosphere of a dark island & family setting

And then there were ...

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I am happy this story is over!
The complete setting was extremely unsettling.
I had to keep listening to the end (although I was so tired) because I needed to know who (if anybody) survived.

I wish Thomas' inner monologue were not as negative as it is.

Some families...

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