Death on the Lizard, Robin Paige
Death on the Lizard, Robin Paige
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Death on the Lizard

Author: Robin Paige

Narrator: Helen Johns

Unabridged: 9 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/07/2023

Synopsis

Lizard Village, 1903. It's the beginning of a new century, and wireless telegraph companies around the world are scrambling to develop the new communications technology. But Italian prodigy Guglielmo Marconi beats them to the punch by sending the first wireless signal across the Atlantic from his station on the Lizard. Naturally, his feat has bruised some egos, but no one expects sabotage—much less murder. After two apparently accidental deaths at the Marconi transmission station, Charles, Lord Sheridan, an amateur forensic detective and avid wireless enthusiast, is asked to head an investigation. And when he finds that valuable equipment and the notebook describing it have disappeared, the deaths look more like murders than accidents. Meanwhile, Kate Sheridan visits Lady Loveday, who lives on nearby Frenchman's Creek and whose little girl has recently drowned. Soon it becomes clear that the drowning and the dirty tricks at the station are connected to an enigmatic stranger—and to foreign espionage, malicious intrigue, and inexplicable messages sent out of the blue...

About Robin Paige

Robin Paige is the pseudonym of husband-and-wife team Susan Wittig Albert and Bill Albert. Susan is the author of numerous bestselling novels, and Bill, with his wife, has co-authored more than sixty novels. They currently reside in Texas.

About Helen Johns

Helen Johns is an accomplished actor and voice artist who trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. With over ten years of experience, she has worked on radio dramas, commercials, audiobooks, and more. As a child, her favorite hobby was to read aloud to an audience, so it's hardly surprising that she grew up to have a career acting on stage, on camera, and behind the microphone. She lives in Ontario.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerry

Once again amateur sleuths Charles, Lord Sheridan, and his Lady wife Kate are involved in dramatic investigations into unexplained deaths, this time on The Lizard where Guglielmo Marconi is conducting experiments with his new wireless equipment. In addition to the two deaths, both of which were of pe......more

Goodreads review by Kailey (Luminous Libro)

Charles and Kate are visiting Cornwall to take a tour of Marconi's wireless telegraph station. There are spies and saboteurs who want to steal the latest wireless technology, and Charles is asked to look into the mysterious deaths of two of Marconi's employees. Meanwhile, Kate is trying to comfort a......more

Goodreads review by C.J.

Another rollicking ride through history and murder with my favorite sleuths Lady Kathryn and Sir Charles. Don't be put off by their titles. And if you don't know them, don't start here. (Oh, my, too many negatives for such a fabulous book.) You will want to get to know the main characters Kate and C......more

Goodreads review by Paul

'Death on the Lizard' by the husband and wife writing team under the pseudonym of 'Robin Paige,' is #12 in the series that began in the late British Victorian period and culminates in the Edwardian period. First, I should say that my wife had been given #6, 'Death at Whitechapel,' some years ago. It......more

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