Hell Bay

Barker & Llewelyn, Book 8

By: Will Thomas

Narrated by: Antony Ferguson

At the request of Her Majesty's government, private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker agrees to take on his least favorite kind of assignment - he's to provide security for a secret conference with the French government. The conference is to take place on the private estate of Lord Hargrave on a remote island off the coast of Cornwall. The goal of the conference is the negotiation of a new treaty with France. The cover story for the gathering is a house party - an attempt to introduce Lord Hargrave's two unmarried sons to potential mates.

But shortly after the parties land at the island, Lord Hargrave is killed by a sniper shot, and the French ambassador's head of security is found stabbed to death. The only means of egress from the island - a boat - has been sent away, and the means of signaling for help has been destroyed. Trapped in a manor house with no way of escape, Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, must uncover which among them is the killer before the next victim falls.

©2016 Will Thomas (P)2017 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Thomas supplies plenty of suspects and red herrings, ratcheting up the tension steadily as he winnows the targets to make this period adventure one of his best." ( Kirkus)

Good read

This novel represents a solid addition to the series. While it's well written and interesting, it's also a bit ludicrous in the same sense as a B horror movie. Even so, I recommend it. It's the best of the And Then There Were None style mysteries that I've read.

Great atmospheric mystery!

This one had some complicated twists and secondary plots, so I had to listen to it twice through to grasp the genius of the plot. I really enjoyed this, and it's now one of my favourites in this series!!!

Best of the series so far!

This is like Most Dangerous Game meets Clue in its typical clever style! My favorite of the series so far! Can't wait for more!

Awesome series!

I love this series and this was the best so far! The story is suspenseful, the characters are perfect and the narration is the best! Highly recommended.

One of the best in this series

Overall very good series and this is one of my favorites books in the series so far.