In this atmospheric, intriguing historical mystery brimming with psychological tension, an unexpected inheritance plunges beloved British mystery author Josephine Tey into a disturbing puzzle of dark secrets eerily connecting the present and the past.
When Josephine Tey unexpectedly inherits Red Barn Cottage from her estranged godmother, the will stipulates that she must personally claim the house in the Suffolk countryside. But Josephine is not the only benefactor; a woman named Lucy Kyte is also in Hester's will.
Sorting through the artifacts of her godmother's life, Josephine is intrigued by an infamous death committed on the cottage's grounds a century before. Yet this old crime—dubbed the Red Barn Murder—still seems to haunt the tight-knit village and its remote inhabitants. Is it just superstition, or is there a very real threat that is frightening the locals? Could the truth be related to the mysterious Lucy Kyte, who no one in the village admits to knowing?
With a palpable sense of evil thickening around her, Josephine must untangle historic tragedy from present danger and prevent a deadly cycle from beginning once more.
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“Wanda
McCaddon’s narration perfectly reflects Britain in the period between the Wars.
Set in mid-1930s England and Scotland but also recounting events from a century
earlier, this audiobook is a mystery from a more genteel era…McCaddon is ideally suited for delivering the lead
character’s Scottish brogue, and she skillfully fleshes out the other players
in the story as well. Her rustic accents appropriately portray the tough rural
life of the nineteenth century.”
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