Authors:
Tessa Harris & Simon Vance
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Narrator
Simon Vance
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Length
10 hours 9 minutes
Language
English
"CSI meets the Age of Reason with a well-drawn, intriguing cast of characters" (Karen Harper) in Tessa Harris' superbly plotted historical mystery series, featuring eighteenth-century anatomist and pioneering sleuth Dr. Thomas Silkstone.
In the notorious mental hospital known as Bedlam, Dr. Thomas Silkstone seeks out a patient with whom he is on intimate terms. But he is unprepared for the state in which he finds Lady Lydia Farrell. Shocked into action, Thomas vows to help free Lydia by appealing to the custodian of her affairs, Mr. Nicholas Lupton.
But when Silkstone arrives at the Boughton Estate to speak to Lupton, he finds that sweeping changes threaten to leave many villagers destitute. After a man dies in the woods, it appears that someone has turned to murder to avenge their cause. But for Thomas, a postmortem raises more questions than answers, and a second murder warns him of his potentially fatal situation. Soon he discovers a conspiracy far more sinister than anything he has ever faced.
Tessa Harris, an English author born in Lincolnshire, holds a history degree from Oxford University. After four years of working with local newspapers, she set her sights on women’s magazines. She is regularly heard on local BBC radio and over the years has interviewed such people as Margaret Thatcher, Jeffrey Archer, Anthony Hopkins, Susan Hampshire, Alan Titchmarsh, Jackie Stewart, Boris Johnson, and Uri Geller.
Simon Vance is a stage, TV, and film actor who has narrated more than 200 audiobooks for which he has won multiple AudioFile Earphone Awards and Audie nominations. He has also been selected as an AudioFile Golden Voice. Formerly a BBC Radio newsreader in London, he now resides in Northern California.
Simon Vance is a stage, TV, and film actor who has narrated more than 200 audiobooks for which he has won multiple AudioFile Earphone Awards and Audie nominations. He has also been selected as an AudioFile Golden Voice. Formerly a BBC Radio newsreader in London, he now resides in Northern California.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Simon Vance
ISBN:
9781481503020
Length:
10 hours 9 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
January 27, 2015
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
“While this is a series best consumed in order, enough backstory is included for a newcomer to pick up the plot easily. It benefits from the narration by Simon Vance, who reads with a number of voices and accents for a fully dramatic performance. Verdict: This audiobook includes plenty of historical detail, and both mystery readers and fans of historical fiction will find it of interest.”
An interesting and unique series…[Harris] displays her complete historical knowledge with her easy and graceful presentation of the times. In this fifth installment, the personal stakes have never been higher…The twists and turns never stop, making Shadow of the Raven impossible to put down.”
“Deception, murder, and land wars thwart Dr. Thomas Silkstone’s latest attempt to find happiness with his beloved Lydia…One disaster relentlessly follows another for the lovelorn doctor from the Colonies.”
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