The Frozen Shroud, Martin Edwards
The Frozen Shroud, Martin Edwards
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The Frozen Shroud
A Lake District Mystery

Author: Martin Edwards

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/02/2013

Synopsis

Death has come twice to Ravenbank, a remote community in Englands Lake District, each time on Halloween. Just before the First World War, a young womans corpse was found, with a makeshift shroud frozen to her battered face. Her ghostthe Faceless Womanis said to walk through Ravenbank on Halloween. Five years ago, another woman, Shenagh Moss, was murdered, and again her face was covered to hide her injuries. Daniel Kind, a specialist in the history of murder, becomes fascinated by the old cases and wonders whether the obvious suspects really did commit the crimes. He spends Halloween at a party in Ravenbankonly to find death returning to this beautiful but isolated spot. Once more, the victim is a woman; once more her damaged face is shrouded from view.

About Martin Edwards

Martin Edwards has received the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest honor in British crime writing, given for the sustained excellence of his contribution to the genre. His novels include Mortmain Hall and Gallows Court, which was nominated for two awards including the CWA Historical Dagger. British librarians awarded him the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2018 in recognition of his body of work. His eighth Lake District Mystery is The Crooked Shore and earlier books in the series include The Coffin Trail, shortlisted for the Theakston's prize for best British crime novel.

Martin is a well-known crime fiction critic, and series consultant to the British Library's Crime Classics. His groundbreaking study of the genre between the wars, The Golden Age of Murder, won the Edgar, Agatha, H. R. F. Keating, and Macavity awards. The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books won the Macavity and was nominated for four other awards, while Howdunit, a masterclass in crime writing by members of the Detection Club, won the H. R. F. Keating prize and was nominated for five other awards.

He has edited over forty anthologies and published diverse nonfiction books, including a study of homicide investigation, Urge to Kill. An expert on crime fiction history, he is archivist of both the Crime Writers' Association and the Detection Club. He was elected eighth president of the Detection Club in 2015, spent two years as chair of the CWA, and posts regularly to his blog, Do You Write Under Your Own Name?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sue on July 17, 2013

This is the latest in Martin Edwards' Lake District series. In this episode, three women are killed at a remote estate over the course of a century, all in the same way...by having their faces bashed in and then covered by a shroud, one five years ago before the current murder. The setting is well d......more

Goodreads review by Mike on May 09, 2021

Hmmm found it difficult to get absorbed in this book. Perhaps coming into a series at book 6 didn’t help. But to be fair I normally come into series in the wrong chronological order. I couldn’t feel for the characters. The Lakeland setting didn’t appear much in the frame. The resolution of the murde......more

Goodreads review by Sally on August 20, 2013

Obviously this author is pretty successful but I actually didn't finish reading this book. I found the plots and characters quite unbelievable and the dialogue very stilted - sort of a hybrid between Miss Marple and Midsomer Murders that just doesn't sound right in the 21st century. However I accept......more

Goodreads review by Bev on April 14, 2013

DK: He was dying, and it mattered little to him whether the story came out in five years or fifty. He settled for leaving it to be dug up by a researcher who shared his academic interests and had the time and inclination to wade through his journals. HS: It's taken a long time. DK: Unravelling secrets......more

Goodreads review by Richard on June 10, 2013

Mr. Edwards picked a tough subject to write about: three murders with the same appearance separated by 100 years from first to last. Number 2 and 3 are both contemporary...they just don't make any sense, like regular murder. He gave us a good look at the tiny community where all this takes place, but......more

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