The Treasure at Poldarrow Point, Clara Benson
The Treasure at Poldarrow Point, Clara Benson
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The Treasure at Poldarrow Point

Author: Clara Benson

Narrator: Elizabeth Klett

Unabridged: 9 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/14/2017


Synopsis

When Angela Marchmont goes to Cornwall on doctor's orders she is looking forward to a nice rest and nothing more exciting than a little sea-bathing. But her plans for a quiet holiday are dashed when she is caught up in the hunt for a diamond necklace which, according to legend, has been hidden in the old smugglers' house at Poldarrow Point for over a century.
Aided by the house's elderly owner, an irrepressible twelve-year-old, and a handsome Scotland Yard detective, Angela soon finds herself embroiled in the most perplexing of mysteries. Who is the author of the anonymous letters? Why is someone breaking into the house at night? And is it really true that a notorious jewel-thief is after the treasure too? Angela must use all her powers of deduction to solve the case and find the necklace—before someone else does.

Reviews

The third of the Angela Marchmont mysteries sees her head off to Cornwall, Penzance specifically, when her doctor recommends a rest following a bout of the flu, though she is initially reluctant to do so. Once there she unwittingly falls into another mystery (as do all detectives on holiday) when sh......more

Goodreads review by Pauline

This is the third in the Angela Marchmont series of cozies, and, seriously, I had a whale of a time with this book. It’s got smuggling, a secret room, mysterious tunnels, a missing diamond necklace and anonymous letters, not to mention a number of characters behaving in suspiciously odd ways. The pl......more

If you're a fan of Golden Age detective fiction, especially that of Patricia Wentworth or Dorothy Sayers, this series will *be* a treasure for you. Clara Benson (1890-1965) wrote a series of mysteries featuring amateur sleuth Angela Marchmont in the 1920s and 1930s, but she never sought to have them......more