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The Man in Black

The Charles Maddox Mysteries, Book 2

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The Man in Black

By: Lynn Shepherd
Narrated by: Greta Scacchi
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London, 1850: The Dickensian streets grow darker by the day.

Private investigator Charles Maddox is surprised when he is approached by Edward Tulkinghorn for help. The feared and shadowy attorney offers Charles a handsome price he can't refuse to do some sleuthing for a client. Charles learns that Sir Julius Cremorne has been receiving threatening letters, and now Tulkinghorn wants him to find and stop whoever is responsible.

But what starts as a simple open-and-shut case swiftly escalates into something bigger and much darker. As he cascades toward a collision with powerful forces, Charles will need all the assistance he can get…

The Man in Black takes a classic Charles Dickens novel and plummets readers into a newly reimagined and mysterious world. Fans of The Confessions of Frannie Langton and Stacey Halls will love this.

©2022 Lynn Shepherd (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Private Investigators Historical Mystery Detective Fiction Classics Horror Scary Gothic
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I am surprised to see that there are not more reviews commending this book/series or author. This is the first book by this author I have had the pleasure of listening to, and I am delighted, because the narrator is lovely. She breathes life into this absorbing, highly atmospheric story written (refreshingly) in the third person … so much so that it really sounds as though the narrator and the author are one and the same, and they are speaking with you directly.

Immersive story, beautifully narrated

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