The Midnight Hour copertina

The Midnight Hour

The Brighton Mysteries 7

 Anteprima

Attiva il tuo abbonamento Audible con un periodo di prova gratuito per ottenere questo titolo a un prezzo esclusivo per i membri

Acquista a 9,25 € e inizia la prova
Dopo 30 giorni (60 per i membri Prime), 9,99 €/mese. Puoi cancellare ogni mese
Dopo esserti registrato per un abbonamento, puoi acquistare questo e tutti gli altri audiolibri nel nostro catalogo esteso, ad un prezzo scontato del 30%
Ottieni accesso illimitato a una raccolta di oltre migliaia di audiolibri e podcast originali.
Nessun impegno. Cancella in qualsiasi momento e conserva tutti i titoli acquistati.
Scopri di più sull'abbonamento

The Midnight Hour

Di: Elly Griffiths
Letto da: Beth Eyre
Acquista a 9,25 € e inizia la prova

Dopo 30 giorni, 9,99 €/mese. Cancella quando vuoi.

Acquista ora a 13,21 €

Acquista ora a 13,21 €

A proposito di questo titolo

 A twisty new murder story from the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. An old man lies dead and it looks like poison, but his wife isn't the only one who had reason to kill him.

Brighton, 1965

When theatrical impresario Bert Billington is found dead in his retirement home, no one suspects foul play. But when the postmortem reveals that he was poisoned, suspicion falls on his wife, eccentric ex-Music Hall star Verity Malone.

Frustrated by the police response to Bert's death and determined to prove her innocence, Verity calls in private detective duo Emma Holmes and Sam Collins. This is their first real case, but as luck would have it they have a friend on the inside: Max Mephisto is filming a remake of Dracula, starring Seth Bellington, Bert's son. But when they question Max, they feel he isn't telling them the whole story.

Emma and Sam must vie with the police to untangle the case and bring the killer to justice. They're sure the answers must lie in Bert's dark past and in the glamorous, occasionally deadly, days of Music Hall. But the closer they get to the truth, the more danger they find themselves in...

(P)2021 Quercus Editions Limited©2021 Elly Griffiths Hard boiled Narrativa di crimini Poliziesco Storico

Recensioni della critica

Beneath the smooth, swan-like progression of Elly Griffith's sentences there is a lot going on. She is utterly in control of her material, and the machinations of the plot are never allowed to swamp character development, sense of place or the creation of atmosphere. She is a witty writer: the sturdy legs of a toddler on a swing, for example, are said to be "kicking the sky." If only all history mysteries could be as good as The Midnight Hour.
Griffiths writes with verve and wit, and has an unflaggingly keen eye . . . deliriously entertaining
An entertaining period murder mystery full of delightfully eccentric - and one decidedly deadly - luvvies
Layered with a gripping plot ... very, very enjoyable'
An intricately plotted whodunnit
Ancora nessuna recensione