Four Thousand Days, M J Trow
Four Thousand Days, M J Trow
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Four Thousand Days

Author: M J Trow

Narrator: Ana Clements

Unabridged: 8 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/23/2022

Synopsis

Introducing turn-of-the-century archaeologist-sleuth Margaret Murray in the first of a brilliant new historical mystery series.October, 1900. University College, London. When the spread-eagled body of one of her students is discovered in her rented room shortly after attending one of her lectures, Dr. Margaret Murray is disinclined to accept the official verdict of suicide and is determined to find out how and why the girl really died.As an archaeologist, Dr. Murray is used to examining ancient remains, but she’s never before had to investigate the circumstances surrounding a newly dead corpse. However, of one thing Margaret is certain: if you want to know how and why a person died, you need to understand how they lived. And it soon becomes clear that the dead girl had been keeping a number of secrets. As Margaret uncovers evidence that Helen Richardson had knowledge of a truly extraordinary archaeological find, the body of a second young woman is discovered on a windswept Kent beach–and the case takes a disturbing new twist.

About M J Trow

M J Trow is a military historian by training and the author of the longrunning Inspector Lestrade and “Mad Max” Maxwell detective series, the Kit Marlowe Tudor mystery series, the Grand and Batchelor Victorian mysteries and the new Geoffrey Chaucer medieval mystery series. He lives in the Isle of Wight.

About Ana Clements

Ana Clements is a trained singer and now a full-time voice actor. She narrates audiobooks as well as e-learning and corporate video in both English and Spanish.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melisende on December 11, 2021

Trow weaves a tale that traverses the halls of education to the slums of lLondon and back again. The narrative is engaging and easy to follow whilst the character of Murray herself put me in mind of another formidable late-to-career Margaret, the actress Margaret Rutherford. see full review here @ Me......more

Goodreads review by Susan on August 16, 2022

Margaret Murray teaches archaeology at University College, until her students start disappearing. She learns that one of the women who attended the open-to-the-public Friday lectures was a suicide--though the handsome police constable doesn't believe that for a minute. Then she finds that a female s......more

Goodreads review by Jan on January 08, 2022

Professor Margaret Murray and Egyptologist Flinders-Petrie were real as is University College, London. The problems of class distinction and severe bias against women mitigated a little since then. The story is good whodunit fiction. The publisher's blurb is a good hook, and I don't do spoilers, but......more

Goodreads review by Dorothy on March 24, 2022

Historical mystery fiction featuring a female archaeologist around 1900 was a premise that intrigued me. Shades of Amelia Peabody from all those mysteries by Elizabeth Peters. In fact, Amelia and Margaret Murray would probably have been good friends. Both had a keen interest in solving modern-day my......more

Quotes

“Intriguing…Assured pacing matches the solid plot twists. Fans of Elizabeth Peters’s Amelia Peabody will want to see more of Murray.” Publishers Weekly

“Plenty of suspects, red herrings, and period detail make this a promising launch.” Kirkus Reviews

“Subtle humor, colorful characters, and a shock ending.” Booklist on The Reckoning

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