Murder Has a Motive

Name: Murder Has a Motive
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Francis Duncan
ISBN: 9781501962059

Author: Francis Duncan

Series: Mordecai Tremaine Mysteries #2

Narrator: John Curless

Unabridged: 9 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/02/2018

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine must solve a small-town mystery before the next victim takes their final bow When Mordecai Tremaine emerges from the train station, murder is the last thing on his mind. But he has never been able to resist anything in the nature of a mystery-and a mystery is precisely what awaits him in the village of Dalmering. Rehearsals for the local amateur dramatic production are in progress. When the star of the show is found dead, the spotlight falls on Mordecai, whose reputation in the field of crime-solving precedes him. With a murderer waiting in the wings, it is up to Mordecai to derail the killer's performance.before the curtain closes on another victim. Author bio: Francis Duncan was the author of more than twenty crime novels published between 1937 and 1959.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Yun on June 02, 2018

Murder Has a Motive is a quintessential old-fashioned English murder mystery featuring amateur detective Mordecai Tremaine. The plot of this book progresses steadily, with answers being revealed that adds even more questions, until it all comes together at the very end. Even though I could guess who......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on November 29, 2023

I was not familiar with Francis Duncan at all until Chirp had a sale on Duncan’s books. How is Duncan not better known? Murder Has a Motive is the second in a series that features the unprepossessing amateur sleuth Mordecai Tremaine, a rotund bachelor with pince-nez, which were long out of date by t......more

Goodreads review by Kris (My Novelesque Life) on January 12, 2018

RATING: 4 STARS (I received an ARC from the NETGALLEY) (Review Not on Blog) This is a reissue from the 1940s and it is a novel is written like it's peers, Agatha Christie (Poirot) and Patricia Wentworth (Miss. Silver). Mordecai Tremaine is a fun character and the mysteries are fun. I am definitely in f......more

Goodreads review by Emily on May 03, 2018

Definitely a B-level Golden Age Detective writer. There was too much description of characters' slight sensuous mouths or clear eyes, but the cast of characters was broad enough that a lot of the minor characters ran together. I wasn't captivated by Mr. Tremaine, and I hate it when the detective blu......more

Goodreads review by Peter on January 15, 2018

Murder Has a Motive is the second in the now rediscovered Mordecai Tremaine detective series. As in the previous book (though I do not believe this series is being republished in order) Murder for Christmas, the reader finds the amature detective and retired tobacconist, and friend of a Scotland Yar......more