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The Malvern Murders

Inspector Ravenscroft Detective Mysteries, Book 1

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The Malvern Murders

By: Kerry Tombs
Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
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A captivating historical murder mystery set in Victorian England. The Malvern Murders is packed with delicious dialogue, sly humour and Victorian atmosphere. Perfect for fans of M.R.C. Kasasian, E.S. Thomson, Oscar De Muriel and Karen Charlton.

Before Jack the Ripper terrorised London, Police Inspector Samuel Ravenscroft patrolled the streets of Whitechapel. Clever and hard-working, Ravenscroft nonetheless has the worst record in the force. He lets a murderer escape during a chase and is banished to the spa town of Malvern for a water treatment to cure his asthma. Ravenscroft accepts a dinner invitation from a new acquaintance, Jabez Pitzer. Before dinner, the maid finds Pitzer slumped over his desk - dead. Ravenscroft immediately recognises the signs - Pitzer has been poisoned. But the local authorities are reluctant to believe there is a murderer in Malvern. Hungry to prove himself, Ravenscroft is determined to solve the case. But the bodies mount up. Someone is killing local luminaries.

©2019 Kerry Tombs (P)2021 W F Howes Fiction Historical Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense England Mystery England Victorian Suspense

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I came across this story in one of the sales, and very glad I did. The characters are very entertaining and the story has lots of twists, but is gentle and absorbing.

I am looking forward to the next one in the series. Highly recommend listening.

brilliant story

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Really enjoyed this book, the plot was interesting and kept me wanting to keep listening.

I don’t agree with the other persons review, there was no letching in my opinion! But that’s the point, we all have differing opinions on books.

The narrator was superb and really bought the characters to life!

Have immediately downloaded the next book and really looking forward to see if it was as enjoyable as the first :-)

Really enjoyed this book!

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Enjoyed the narrator (managed regional accents very well) and the easy listen of a cozy murder mystery.

Cozy but clever story

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this book is OK. it's not amazing. the publisher's comparisons to mrc kasasian are stretching things a bit, this is very basic in comparison, and I'm surprised by so many great reviews of this. a little more work on character development may have helped, the central protagonist is a bit bland. the story itself was alright. I wouldn't describe it as captivating, it pootles along nicely in manner of an mc Beaton novel rather than demonstrating the pace, character depth and complexity of world building of Kasasian or the detail of Muriel. It was good enough to consider the next in the series, but maybe for a "switch off the mind" read rather than an engaging/exciting read.

OK. more MC Beaton than MRC Kasasian

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lovely and local, just a lovely read lovely characters and plot I really enjoyed it

Best read

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My problem with this book was that i didn’t really like the main character. He’s frankly a lecher and seems to throw himself into the life of another character with not much encouragement and while on duty. The plot hinge was a bit trite and this all felt very old fashioned in its writing and outlook.

A bit trite

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enjoyable story set in local area to myself! living a few miles from Malvern

enjoyable story

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Just a bit underwhelming, it never felt like there was any emotion in any of the characters,

Not bad writing

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First time to listen/ read kerry tombs
very good for me....all the way through
grand story
Great characters
Well thought out
I'm now on the hunt for more......

got lost in this in the writing - in a good way

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Great listen kept you guessing to the end , very likeable characters, good detail to history

The story

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