Murder on Principle

Name: Murder on Principle
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Eleanor Kuhns
ISBN: 9781666522952

Author: Eleanor Kuhns

Series: A Will Rees Mystery #10

Narrator: Pat Grimes

Unabridged: 8 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 12/02/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction, Amateur Sleuth, African American & Black Fiction

Synopsis

November 1800, Maine. After helping their long-time friend Tobias escort his wife, along with a liberated slave and her child, from the Great Dismal back to Durham, Will and Lydia Rees’s lives are interrupted when a dead body is found near their home. The body is that of Mr. Gilbert, a slaveholder from the Great Dismal. Was he murdered in pursuit of the former slaves? When it’s discovered Gilbert was infected with smallpox, and Gilbert’s sister arrives demanding justice and the return of her absconded slaves, Will is torn. Finding the killer could lead to the recapture of the former slaves. Letting them go free could result in a false arrest and endanger the Durham community. But Will must make a choice…

About Eleanor Kuhns

Eleanor Kuhns is the 2011 winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel competition. She lives in Campbell Hall, New York, received her master's in Library Science from Columbia University, and is currently the Assistant Director at the Goshen Public Library in Orange County, New York.

About Pat Grimes

Pat Grimes is an experienced voice actor. When not recording, he can be found writing, playing guitar, singing, traveling, or doting on his small dog, Charlie. Born in Los Angeles, he now makes his home in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sue on August 07, 2021

This is my first experience reading a Will Rees mystery. This episode is set in 1800, Durham Maine, in November during the final weeks before the Presidential election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. As such, it includes many topical issues of the time: presidential politics, abolition vs s......more

Goodreads review by Glen on January 05, 2022

I won this book in a goodreads drawing. Will Rees is pulled into another mystery. After the events of the last book, (I don't think I've read any books in this series) slave catchers have come to Maine to bring back some former slaves that Rees and his wife helped free. When the slave catchers start d......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on November 28, 2021

Love Eleanor Kuhns! She is able to use well researched facts, along with a mystery, and memorable characters. Her books are not long but carry you away to that time period in a smooth writing style. Will and Lydia are in the midst again helping others to survive during the 1800s in Maine. I can not......more

Goodreads review by Missi on December 09, 2021

Even though Murder on Principle by Eleanor Kuhns is about murder, it has a relaxed feel to it when you are reading it. It could be because the main character, Will Rees, is a very relaxed person or it could be because the story is set in the 1800's and things are done at a much slower pace, or it co......more

Goodreads review by Katreader on November 12, 2021

MURDER ON PRINCIPLE by Eleanor Kuhns The Tenth Will Rees Mystery A body found on Will Rees's property brings more trouble than expected. The well dressed man was a Southerner intent on recapturing Sandy and her son, slaves Rees recently helped bring to Maine. Even dead the man brings problems in the......more