The Murder Room

The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases

By: Michael Capuzzo

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Michael Capuzzo, the author of the New York Times bestseller Close to Shore , brings listeners into the Vidocq Society, a team of the world’s foremost forensic investigators, who meet each month to solve cold cases and bring murderers to justice.

Three of the greatest detectives in the world—a renowned FBI agent turned private eye, a sculptor and lothario who speaks to the dead, and an eccentric profiler known as “the living Sherlock Holmes”—were heartsick over the growing tide of unsolved murders of innocents. Good friends and sometime rivals William Fleisher, Frank Bender, and Richard Walter decided that something had to be done, and they pledged themselves to a grand quest for justice. Named for the first modern detective, the Parisian Eugène François Vidocq—the flamboyant Napoleonic real life sleuth who inspired Sherlock Holmes—the Vidocq Society meets monthly in its secretive chambers to solve a cold murder over a gourmet lunch.

The Murder Room draws the listener into a chilling, darkly humorous, awe-inspiring world as the three partners travel far from their Victorian dining room to hunt the ruthless murders of a millionaire’s son, a serial killer who carves off faces, and a child killer enjoying fifty years of freedom and dark fantasy.

Great Real Life Mysteries & real life relationship

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This book has the advantages of both a great characters and fascinating mysteries. This book's characters' drive the plot and the murders they solve are written as vignettes. Cyclical in his story telling, Michael Capuzzo captures how life can tangle within others lives. If you enjoy mysteries, like Agatha Christie, you will love this book. If you are a fan of James Patterson, this might be a fun brake, but it is not suspenseful (it is character driven not plot driven).

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Murder Room?

The end of the book, but I'm not giving it away.

What about Adam Grupper’s performance did you like?

Adam Grupper has done a great job representing the three main protagonist.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The heirs of Sherlock Holmes.

Great book

Kinda jumps around a little bit, but overall a solid read. However, the ending?!! Wtf!? Who did it?????

Couldn’t stop listening

Except for the very end what an incredible book.
Vidak society is doing incredible work and I hope they continue for many years.

real life forensics

I was captivated from the first page. We meet the Vidocq Society: the world's leading forensic experts and detectives. Meet the living Sherlock Holmes, Richard Walter, the brilliant and eccentric forensic artist Frank Bender and William Lynn Fleisher of the US Customs learn why and how they became among the very best in the world at catching murderers. The Vidocq Society only undertakes cold cases, and murders. Author Michael Capuzzo explains "When the world breaks and needs fixing, the thing to do is find the right three men."

I expected more

What did you like best about The Murder Room? What did you like least?

I liked the characters

Has The Murder Room turned you off from other books in this genre?

Not really

Which character – as performed by Adam Grupper – was your favorite?

The reconstruction artist

Did The Murder Room inspire you to do anything?

Not really

Any additional comments?

I didn't appreciate the fact that many of the cases brought before the committee were not solved or not explained as being solved