Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar

De: Kate Saunders

Narrado por: Anna Bentinck

In 1851, private detective Laetitia Rodd is enjoying a well-earned holiday when she gets an urgent request for her services. Mrs. Rodd’s neighbor Jacob Welland is a reclusive rich gentleman dying of consumption, and he wants Mrs. Rodd to find his brother, who has been missing for 15 years.

Joshua Welland was a scholar at Oxford, brilliant, eccentric, and desperately poor when he disappeared from the university. Friends claim to have seen him since, in gypsy camps and wandering around the countryside. But the last sighting was 10 years before - when Joshua claimed to be learning great secrets from the gypsies that would one day astound the whole world.

Mrs. Rodd travels to Oxford and begins to search for the wandering scholar. But as she investigates, Mrs. Rodd discovers something dark - and extremely dangerous - lurking in the beautiful English countryside.

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On My Way To Being A Big Fan of Laetitia Rodd

And of Kate Saunders. These two books - and one hopes, more - are very, very satisfying. They are intelligent and really well written, with very engaging characters who are both believable, and actually develop. I also love that Mrs Rodd is fifty - not a 'spritely ingenue', nor a ' wise old lady'. Although I do think these owe quite a bit to Miss Marple. And, of course, to Mr Holmes, whom I keep expecting to dash past in a handsome cab. They are NOT cute or winsome, though. Mrs Rodd comes across as completely believable, and Kate Saunders does a fantastic job of putting you right into Victorian England while somehow managing to avoid all the cliches about Victorian London, or giving a 'history lesson'. The plots are good, and also believable. But what really makes these two books sing are the characters - the secondary ones as well as the main character of Mrs Rodd herself. They are also beautifully narrated by Anna Bentinck. There is no need to read these in order. There are only two at the moment, and they both 'stand alone'. If you like Holmes, give these a try. The only thing that will make you sorry is that there aren't more of them!

More, more please!

It is so well written and so well performed. It is captivating and it satisfies the mind and soul. It upholds a moral quality yet reveals our humanity. In some way it reminds me of the way Anne Perry concludes her novels. I guessed who the murderer was, but kept hoping that someone else would be found guilty. I hope there will be more of Laetitia Rodd. Thank you.

Pleasant cozy but an odd ending

This pleasant mystery was entertaining and also relaxing. The characters are interesting and varied, the historical time period just right, but the ending seemed unlikely and was a bit of a disappointment. Still, the rest of the book is a wonderful listen.

Huh. I love Letitia Rodd but......

I knew who the villain was so early in the book it was a little silly to listen to the main character miss cue after cue. The first book was better. This one felt a little cheap and while I listened to the end and enjoyed much about the book it was not what it should have been. Too much foreshadowing combined with dumbing down the main character disappointed.

Laetitia rod and the case of the wondering scholar

The narrator was absolutely the best! I don’t generally enjoy women narrators , she was fabulous!!!