Death-Watch
by John Dickson Carr (Harper & Bros., 1935)
audiobook read by Jonathan Keeble (Oakhill, 2019)
Carr obviously spent a long time working out not only how the murder could have occurred but also how those involved would likely have acted and how events might be misconstrued. Despite Gideon Fell’s rumbustious presence, it’s all rather scientific and dry.
The Kingdom of Bones
by Stephen Gallagher (Shaye Areheart, 2007); audiobook read by Jonathan Keeble (Oakhill, 2013)
A slow-moving but enthralling story of murder and redemption in three acts. Stephen Gallagher does full justice to England in the late 19th and America in the early 20th century. Jonathan Keeble definitively captures the characters of Sebastian Becker and Tom Sayers.