Death Holds the Key

Name: Death Holds the Key
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Alexander Thorpe
ISBN: 9781399140553

Author: Alexander Thorpe

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Unabridged: 8 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Aurora Audio Books

Published: 04/01/2024

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Western Australia, 1928. Out on the Tolhurst farmstead, Detective Constable Hartley is working on his very first assignment, looking into reports of a mysterious prowler. Suddenly he is startled by three gunshots ringing out. Investigating the noise, he discovers the corpse of family patriarch Fred O'Donnell, shot in the chest - alone in a room that has been locked from the inside. The dead man was almost universally despised, which doesn't help Hartley narrow down his pool of potential suspects. But fortunately for him, chasing a tenuous clue leads him to meet one very useful man - a nameless mendicant friar with prior experience of solving crimes . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hayley (Backpacking Bookworm) on July 23, 2024

When I first heard about this book, I loved the cosy mystery vibe and thought it would be a nice, easy read to get me out of a slump. It ended up exceeding every single expectation to the point where I went to my nearest bookshop to buy the first book in the series because I was so invested in the s......more

Goodreads review by Deborah (debbishdotcom) on March 29, 2024

Death Holds the Key by Alexander Thorpe is the second in the series featuring a mendicant monk. I confess I had to google what a mendicant monk was so now know it means a monk who 'begs'. I'd originally assumed the detective (Detective Hartley) to be the main character but given he quickly tells of......more

Goodreads review by Michele on May 31, 2024

Well well well, it seems that I now enjoy reading golden age crime. Who knew?! Death Holds the Key is a charming, sometimes amusing and very well written murder mystery set in rural WA in the late 1920's. Detective Hartley has been sent to Kojonup from Perth to investigate a mysterious person seen in......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa on April 17, 2024

The King of Cozy Crime has done it again! I devoured this with the gusto of my toddler snaffling floor food. Loved every second. The language choices, the WA settings, the fascinating characters - all of it gets you in and keeps you hooked. 12/10.......more

Goodreads review by Hermien on January 23, 2025

An enjoyable Agatha Christie/Sherlock type mystery set in Western Australia in the late 1920s.......more