The Fallen Architect

Name: The Fallen Architect
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Charles Belfoure
ISBN: 9781501997112

Author: Charles Belfoure

Narrator: Samuel Roukin

Unabridged: 9 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/09/2018

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

In this riveting novel from The New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect, a man in disgrace finds that digging up the past is the only road he can take. Architect Douglas Layton has lost everything. The balcony of one of his beautiful music halls collapsed during a packed performance, killing dozens. Layton knows the flaw was not in his design; someone else must have caused the dreadful catastrophe. But with no proof and a hoard of furious Londoners screaming for blood, someone has to take the fall-and Layton finds himself facing a five-year prison sentence. When he is finally freed, Layton is determined to start over. With a new name and identity, he takes a job as a set painter. But as Layton begins to discover dead bodies hidden within theatre halls across London, it soon becomes clear that something darker is chasing him. When he unearths a clue that ties the bodies to the disaster that ruined him, he knows that redemption is within his reach.unless the culprit gets to him first.

About Charles Belfoure

Charles Belfoure is the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect. A graduate of the Pratt Institute and Columbia University, he has taught at Pratt as well as Goucher College and is an architect by profession. His area of specialty is historic preservation, and he has published several architectural histories, one of which won a Graham Foundation national grant for architectural research. For more information, visit www.charlesbelfoure.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on October 07, 2018

4 mysterious stars to The Fallen Architect! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Charles Belfoure has many fans of his writing, and I now count myself among them. As one may guess with the title, Douglas Layton is an architect who has lost it all. In a music hall of his design located in London, a balcony collapses, and man......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth of Silver's Reviews on February 17, 2020

How could his theater have collapsed? Everything was done perfectly to all the specifications. Douglas Layton was the architect who had drawn the plans for the Britannia Theater that collapsed on its opening night killing over a dozen people. He was convicted and sent to prison for five years. When he......more

Goodreads review by Faouzia on October 24, 2018

I wanted to read this book because of its title, it is rare that i come across thrillers featuring architects and i always thought it was an "under represented" profession in the thrillers world, although i think it has a lot of potentiel. I was actually excited about it. That said, i was then really......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on October 20, 2018

Back in 2015 I tried one of his books, then two years later another attempt with Paris Architect and now this since I clearly have a memory problem and definitely need Goodreads to help my recall. Note to Self: Do not try any future books by this author - you will not like it. Pros on this one: It did......more

Goodreads review by Lance on October 08, 2018

The Fallen Architect is an atmospheric novel featuring an intriguing mystery, a sympathetic lead (who can also draw and paint), and a (literally) theatrical supporting cast, all set effectively in a colorful milieu. If this sounds good to you, read it now before it makes the easy leap to Masterpiece......more