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The Strings of Murder

Frey & McGray, Book 1

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The Strings of Murder

Written by: Oscar de Muriel
Narrated by: Andy Secombe
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Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of The Strings of Murder by Oscar de Muriel, read by Andy Secombe, including musical interludes recorded by the author himself.

Edinburgh, 1888. A virtuoso violinist is brutally killed in his home. But with no way in or out of the locked practice room, the murder makes no sense. Fearing a national panic over a copycat Ripper, Scotland Yard sends Inspector Ian Frey to investigate under the cover of a fake department specializing in the occult.

However, Frey's new boss, Detective Nine-Nails McGray, actually believes in such nonsense.

McGray's tragic past has driven him to superstition, but even Frey must admit this case seems beyond reason. And once someone loses all reason, who knows what they will lose next...

©2015 Oscar de Muriel (P)2015 Penguin Audio Historical Suspense Mystery Fiction Scotland
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Excellent first in a series. Solid writing with a confident, established style, great, fully-formed characters (including a narrator who you love to hate) and a wonderfully weird mystery with a tragic but mundane solution. The author does a wonderful job world building, and manages to make the reader feel invested in the characters quite quickly.
It was a compelling installment in a consistently enjoyable series.

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Pretty sexist, main protagonist not very likeable, but aside from that diverting enough. Narrator did a good job.

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