A Gentleman's Murder

By: Christopher Huang

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill

Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

The year is 1924. The streets of St. James ring with jazz as Britain races forward into an age of peace and prosperity. London's back alleys, however, are filled with broken soldiers and still shadowed by the lingering horrors of the Great War.

Only a few years removed from the trenches of Flanders himself, Lieutenant Eric Peterkin has just been granted membership in the most prestigious soldiers-only club in London: the Britannia. But when a gentleman's wager ends with a member stabbed to death, the victim's last words echo in the lieutenant's head: that he would "Soon right a great wrong from the past".

Eric is certain one of his fellow members is the murderer. But who? Captain Mortimer Wolf, the soldier's soldier thrice escaped from German custody? Second Lieutenant Oliver Saxon, the brilliant codebreaker? Or Captain Edward Aldershott, the steely club president whose Savile Row suits hide a frightening collision of mustard gas scars?

Eric's investigation will draw him far from the marbled halls of the Britannia to the shadowy remains of a dilapidated war hospital and the heroin dens of Limehouse. As the facade of gentlemenhood cracks, Eric faces a Matryoshka doll of murder, vice, and secrets pointing not only to the officers of his own club, but to the very investigator assigned by Scotland Yard.

©2018 Christopher Huang (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Huang surrounds his engaging lead character with a meaty supporting cast, many of whom quickly become suspects with tantalizing motives. The mystery itself is clever and should keep even the most experienced whodunit finders guessings. We hope [this] will be only the first of many Eric Peterkin adventures." ―Booklist

"Dorothy Sayers is alive and well and writing under the name of Christopher Huang. A Gentleman's Murder echoes the traditional mysteries in the best sense: no car chases or explosions, just great characters and a feel for time and place." ―Rhys Bowen, New York Times best-selling author of The Tuscan Child and two-time winner of the Agatha Award

Great Book!!

Outstanding story. A mix of history and mystery. Excellent narrator. Really enjoyed the authors notes at the end of the book. I hope this becomes a series

Boring

Waste of my credit! So repetitive and boring.
Keep looking for something worth a credit.

not breezy fluff like most recent Brit historical

--well written, meticulously researched, great plot and characters; excellent narration.

This is my favorite genre (historical --and accurate-- setting, intricate plot, some equity issues interwoven). I rarely give five stars, and there is so much fluff churned out these last five years, I hesitate to download new authors, This is the real deal, something I can reread. I wish it were a series.

PS-- no offense, but if you (like me) don't enjoy the Christie formula, don't let that comparison put you off--seems to be publisher boilerplate praise for any murder mystery with multiple suspects set remotely in her her era.

Excellent!

I bought this book in sale and I am so glad I did. I look forward to enjoying each and every book as the series grows.

Looking forward to more!

Loved this golden age mystery who done it! So well done, fabulous mystery, deep characters, history & racial inequity. stories simultaneously. Beautifully narrated. Hoping for more!

great mystery and fantastic narrator.

I enjoyed this mystery. I love the narrators voice. I can't wait to read the next mystery.

Old-Style Mystery Well Done

I think Rhys Bowen's review says it all...."A Gentleman's Murder echoes the traditional mysteries in the best sense: no car chases or explosions, just great characters and a feel for time and place." It's worth the listen.

Narrator and plot fabulous!

Great characters in well researched post-WWI London. The plot was intricate (in a good way). The narrator is superlative!

Excellent!

This book is really for fans of classic detective fiction. All the clues are there... although I'd defy any reader/listener to put them together in the right order. The story is engaging, the characters are well-developed, and, at the end, we get the satisfaction of hearing our amateur detective tie-up every loose end in a clever summation. One of the best things about the story is the setting. Lots of books use a time, a place and a people affected by war, but the war is rarely more than a backdrop or a way to work in a few clues. A Gentleman's Murder weaves the impact of WWI into every character and scene to create emotional authenticity. Exceptionally well written and Raphael Corkhill's narration is outstanding. And bonus! I just found out that Huang's new book is about to be released so I pre-ordered it.

Just a good story about a time I wanted to know more about.

Easy to list we n to because of the narrator. Lots of characters to track but that was part of the mystery. Hope to have more from this author and these characters.