• The Corpse in Oozak's Pond

  • The Peter Shandy Mysteries, Book 6
  • By: Charlotte MacLeod
  • Narrated by: John McLain
  • Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (12 ratings)

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The Corpse in Oozak's Pond

By: Charlotte MacLeod
Narrated by: John McLain
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A copycat crime on Groundhog Day brings out Professor Peter Shandy's inner sleuth in this Edgar Award finalist from the internationally best-selling author.

The rural town of Balaclava greets Groundhog Day as an excuse for one last cold-weather fling. The students and faculty of the local agricultural college drink cocoa, throw snowballs, and when the temperature allows, ice skate. But Oozak's Pond is not quite frozen this year, and as the celebrations reach their peak, the students see someone bobbing through the ice. Long past help, the drowning victim is badly decomposed and dressed in an old-fashioned frock coat with a heavy rock in each pocket.

First on the scene is Peter Shandy, horticulturalist and - when the college requires it - detective. But solving this 19th-century murder mystery will take more than Shandy's knack for growing rutabagas. Relying on his wife's expertise in local history, the professor dives headfirst into a Gilded Age whodunit that cloaks secrets potent enough to kill.

©1987 Charlotte MacLeod (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

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I have always loved these stories. The writing is lovely. But the mispronunciations weaken an otherwise excellent narration

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