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Title: Murder in the Museum

Author: John Rowland

Narrator: Peter Wickham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-17

Publisher: Soundings

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 32 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

When Professor Julius Arnell breathes his last in the British Museum Reading Room, it looks like death from natural causes. Who, after all, would have cause to murder a retired academic? Inspector Shelley's suspicions are aroused when he finds a packet of poisoned sugared almonds in the dead man's pocket, and a motive becomes clearer when he discovers Arnell's connection to a Texan oil millionaire. Soon another man plunges hundreds of feet into a reservoir on a Yorkshire moor. What can be the connection between the two deaths? Mild-mannered museum visitor Henry Fairhurst adds his detective talents to Inspector Shelley's own, and together they set about solving one of the most baffling cases Shelley has ever encountered.

Members Reviews:

Artfully done sleuthing

Really enjoyed spending time with the charming characters in this book. Twists and turns and easy on the ears narrator.

Dated take

I enjoyed listening to this tale if only because it when it was written and because the narrator is excellent. However the plot is the and the characters are never developed

fairly tedious

there's a reason why some books have been out of print for 70 years.

despite being set partly in the British museum, near which I live now, and partly in Sheffield where I was raised I found it difficult to engage with this dull grind of a story.

however it was very well read by Peter Wickham who is one of the best narrators around

Pleasant diversion

A light read but enjoyable. Some nice touches of humour and well characterised - dont expect too much from the plot.