Murder's a Swine

Name: Murder's a Swine
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Nap Lombard
ISBN: 9781407993690

Author: Nap Lombard

Series: British Library Crime Classic

Narrator: Kris Dyer

Unabridged: 9 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 06/01/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British

Synopsis

When newlyweds Agnes and Andrew Kinghof are present for the discovery of an over-ripe corpse in the air-raid shelter of their apartment building, the two set out to put their amateur detective skills to work. The dead man's sister is nearly frightened to death by the appearance of a grinning pig's head outside her window, and she claims to be threatened by someone calling himself 'The Pig'. The newlyweds deduce that it must be someone who lives in the same apartment building. Set during the Second World War, this deceptively light-hearted page-turner is one of two detective novels jointly-written by Pamela Hansford Johnson and her first husband and journalist, Neil Stewart, under the joint pseudonym 'Nap Lombard'.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lady Wesley on August 15, 2023

Review of the audiobook narrated by Chris Dyer. This is a delightful Golden Age mystery set in London during the Phony War of 1939. The plot may not rise to the level of Sayers or Christie, but this reader did not solve the case. The prose and characterization are excellent, as we get to know a group......more

Goodreads review by Elisabeth on August 02, 2022

3.5 stars. Well-written, with engaging amateur-detective characters (I love it when somebody pulls off a genuinely happy and likable married couple) investigating a pretty decently-plotted though quite nasty crime (or rather series of crimes).......more

Goodreads review by Sid on June 01, 2022

Murder’s A Swine is a light, enjoyable mystery, originally published in 1943. It is well told, has quite engaging protagonists and the early wartime setting is interesting. The plot...well, it’s pretty silly really. Agnes Kinghof discovers a body in an air-raid shelter and there follow some sinister......more