The Ordeal of the Haunted Room, Jodi Taylor
The Ordeal of the Haunted Room, Jodi Taylor
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The Ordeal of the Haunted Room

Author: Jodi Taylor

Narrator: Zara Ramm

Unabridged: 2 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 12/25/2020


Synopsis

A Christmas ghost story - Chronicles of St Mary's style! For fans of Doctor Who and Jasper Fforde... and A Christmas Carol.

Where better for the annual festive jump than the chance to experience a real Victorian Christmas?

On the longest night of 1895, a terrible storm rages above Harewood Hall. Max, Markham and an injured Peterson are welcomed in by the Harewood family, but soon realise that, in true St Mary's style, they couldn't have arrived at a better moment. For tonight marks the Ordeal of the Haunted Room. Dum ... dum ... dum ...

Every Harewood heir must endure one terrifying night alone in the Haunted Room before he can inherit the family seat. Legend says that a ghost will murder anyone who isn't the true successor.

Henry Harewood's ordeal will begin at midnight and end at dawn, but it isn't long before everything goes horribly wrong...

Readers love Jodi Taylor:

'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me'

'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun'

'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it'

'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked'

'A tour de force'

(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Jodi Taylor

LOSE TRACK OF TIME IN THE WORLD OF JODI TAYLORJodi Taylor is the internationally bestselling author of over twenty-five novels and more short stories that you can shake a stick at.Her Chronicles of St Mary's series follows a bunch of disaster-prone individuals who investigate major historical events in contemporary time. Do NOT call it time travel! She is also the author of the Time Police books. Set in the same world as St Mary's, this spinoff charts the highs and lows of an all-powerful, international organisation tasked with keeping the Timeline straight no matter what the cost. Efficient and disciplined, obviously they're nothing like St Mary's. Except when they are.In 2024, The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal accidentally grew from a short story to a full-length novel, revealing the origin story of two beloved characters who feature in both series.Jodi is also known for her gripping supernatural thrillers featuring the mysterious Elizabeth Cage together with the enchanting Frogmorton Farm series - a fairy story for adults.Born in Bristol and now living in Gloucester (facts both cities vigorously deny), she spent many years with her head somewhere else, much to the dismay of family, teachers and employers, before finally deciding to put all that daydreaming to good use and write a book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sara on December 25, 2020

Murder, ghosts and St. Mary's. It wouldn't be Christmas without Max, Markham and Peterson on a jump and this time we get a little mystery to solve too. It's atmospheric, slightly hysterical and always entertaining. As usual we're introduced to a group of facinating historical contemporaries as Max t......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on December 31, 2020

Lite on the time travel, except for the blindingly obvious, light on the humor, which still manages to be perfectly normal, this Xmas St. Mary's short story DOES happen to be heavy on the Cozy Mystery. Victorian Cozy, even! The light-hearted touch has all the tones of Marple with a great psych-out, b......more

Goodreads review by Vintage on April 27, 2021

A very British Sherlockian locked room mystery in Victorian England where Max, Peterson and Markham come to the rescue. As usual, Markham does the dirty work. A short story.......more

Goodreads review by Trish on December 30, 2020

Another delicious Christmas tradition: the annual short story with our beloved disaster magnets. This time, Max, Markham and Peterson end up in a Jacobian/Victorian house during what was supposed to be a normal assignment in 1895 (the typo in the ebook was entertainingly confusing until the year was......more

Goodreads review by Julia on January 07, 2024

The Traditional (illegal) Christmas Jump brings Max, Peterson and Markham to a manor house where a sinister ritual takes place. The "Time Travelling Three"(c) help to investigate the locked room mystery.......more