Murder at Half Moon Gate

De: Andrea Penrose

Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart

When Lord Wrexford discovers the body of a gifted inventor in a dark London alley, he promptly alerts the watchman and lets the authorities handle the matter. But Wrexford soon finds himself drawn into the murder investigation when the inventor's widow begs for his assistance, claiming the crime was not a random robbery. It seems her husband's designs for a revolutionary steam-powered engine went missing the night of his death. The plans could be worth a fortune...and very dangerous in the wrong hands.

Joining Wrexford in his investigation is Charlotte Sloane, who uses the pseudonym A. J. Quill to publish her scathing political cartoons. Her extensive network of informants is critical for her work, but she doesn't mind tapping that same web of spies to track down an elusive killer. Each suspect - from ambitious assistants to rich investors, and even the inventor's widow - is entwined in a maze of secrets and lies that leads Wrexford and Sloane down London's most perilous stews and darkest alleyways.

©2018 Andrea DaRif (P)2018 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

MULTI GENRE

MURDER AT HALF MOON GATE (A WREXFORD & SLOANE MYSTERY) BY ANDREA PENROSE is the second book in the series,so of course I read it before reading the first. Which did not matter as the story could carry itself and I could follow the plot easy enough. Very strong characters and each and ,in their own rights could be just another person along the gaslight streets of London. Believe it or not, I picked this Audible book to round out one of their sales. I bought it based on the blurb. I am overjoyed I did!

MURDER AT HALF MOON GATE is what I call a cross genre book as it can appeal to we amature mystery sleuths ,or those who go for a bit of romance or those lovers of the London of old. Take you pick, the book has it all!

The plot: Lord Wrexford, while on his way home from a gambling hell, comes across yet another body. And of course, Mrs Sloane has to get involved as well. While Wrexford is telling Mrs.Sloane to keep her pretty nose out of this murder,Mrs Sloane, along with her two "weasels" are searching for clues in the dangerous back alleys of London.

My only minus on this tome ,is it was twelve hours long and in my humble opinion some of the dialog could have been omitted by the reader. Especially when he said "puff , puff" of a pipe and the clang, clangs. reading that was just a bit too much. It detracted from the reading and lets face it,to me sounded totally ridiculous!

Addicted to this series

Great story, love this series. The narration is great with the different accents. Very well done

Fun Series

Love how the characters are developing. Do start at the beginning if you can. Good adventure and not gruesome at all.

Smart and stylish

A wonderful period piece with a mystery amidst the early Industrial Revolution. Characters are well drawn and the performance is spectacular.

The book really needs an editor!

The characters are interesting, the plot is interesting, and the narrator is good, although he speaks rather slowly. The PROBLEM is that the author is exceptionally longwinded and repetitious with her descriptions of each scene. I got frustrated just listening to the same or similar things over and over that only serve to slow the pace without advancing the plot. There were so many repetitive descriptions of how a shadow falls across a face, or someone tucks a strand of hair away, or makes a certain facial expression, etc., that really detracted from my enjoyment of the book. I have listened to the first two books of this series because they were free in the plus catalog, but the next book is no longer included for free, and I am not willing to pay or use a credit to endure the lengthy tedious descriptions. The book is best listened to at 1.25x speed for this narrator.