

The Tainted Coin
Author: Mel Starr
Narrator: Steven Crossley
Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 05/26/2020
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction
Author: Mel Starr
Narrator: Steven Crossley
Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 05/26/2020
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction
Mel Starr was born and grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating with an MA degree in history from Western Michigan University in 1970, he taught history in Michigan public schools for thirty-nine years. Since retiring, he has focused on his highly successful novels.
Steven Crossley is a multi-Earphones Award winner and twice-nominated Audie finalist who has narrated over two-hundred audiobooks. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has established an acting career on both sides of the Atlantic in theatre, television, film, and radio drama. A member of the internationally acclaimed company Complicite, he has performed with distinguished companies in New York and London.
Quick comment that I do love these books! I'm constantly surprised that they don't seem to be more well-known. I do have to say that this one was a bit disappointing. A) The mystery was solved well before the end (AND it was Hugh's arch-nemesis OF COURSE which I'm a little over), b) I lost count of......more
This is definitely a book for fans of historic fiction, taking place in 14th century England. The protagonist is a surgeon and bailiff to Lord Gilbert Talbot. As bailiff he is charged with finding the murderer of those killed on his lord's lands. In this book, an itinerant merchant is found near deat......more
(view spoiler)[The Tainted Coin, Mel Starr Our hero fails. He doesn't bring the murderers to justice. He doesn't recover the stolen treasure. He makes idiotic mistakes, failing to guard the treasure, failing to guard the rear entrance to the witness's house. (hide spoiler)]......more