Murder In Maastricht, Graham Brack
Murder In Maastricht, Graham Brack
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Murder In Maastricht

Author: Graham Brack

Series: Master Mercurius Mysteries

Narrator: Alex Wyndham

Unabridged: 6 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/20/2026


Synopsis

Are the sins of the past threatening the present . . . ?

1686, The Netherlands

After getting Master Mercurius jailed and nearly put to death with one of his schemes, the Stadhouder, William of Orange, has finally left Mercurius in peace.

But Mercurius is not able to remain in Leiden for long. A friendly debate on the sin of witchcraft has been proposed between the University of Leiden and the University of Leuven. And the scholars are to meet part-way in the city of Maastricht.

When researching the local witch trials from seventy years ago, Mercurius comes across astonishing charges that could not possibly be true. But the opposing side brings forth a witch-finder as a witness who is adamant that the women he charges bear the signs of the devil.

Before the debate can continue, the witch-finder is found brutally murdered. His body was left inside the library, locked from the inside with no other available exit.

Could this be the work of Satan? His wrath provoked by the investigation into local witch trials? Or is the culprit someone grounded much more in reality . . . ?

About Graham Brack

Graham Brack hails from Sunderland and met his wife, Gillian, in Aberdeen, where they were both studying pharmacy. After their degrees Gillian returned to Cornwall and Graham followed. This is now called stalking but in 1978 it was termed "romantic." They have two children, Andrew and Hannah, and three grandchildren, Miranda, Sophie, and Olivia. Gillian and Graham now live in Northamptonshire.

Graham's foray into crime writing began in 2010 when he entered the Crime Writers' Association's Debut Dagger competition and was highly commended for Lying and Dying (previously titled The Outrageous Behavior of Left-Handed Dwarves), in which the world was introduced to Lt. Josef Slonský of the Czech police. Slaughter and Forgetting followed. Both have been republished by Sapere Books along with another four in the series, Death On Duty, Field of Death, A Second Death, and Laid in Earth.

In 2014 and 2016 Graham was shortlisted for the Debut Dagger again. The earlier novel, Death in Delft (previously titled The Allegory of Art and Science), is set in seventeenth-century Delft and features the philosophy lecturer and reluctant detective Master Mercurius. Sapere Books published it in 2020.


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