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Death in Fancy Dress

By: Anthony Gilbert
Narrated by: James Byng
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The British Secret Service, working to uncover a large-scale blackmail ring and catch its mysterious mastermind 'The Spider', find themselves at the country residence Feltham Abbey where a fancy-dress ball is in full swing.

In the tumult of revelry, Sir Ralph Feltham is found dead. Not the atmosphere bewildered guest Tony was expecting, he sets out make sense of the night's activities and the motives of the other guests.

Among them is Hilary, an independently minded socialite still in her costume of vivid silk pyjamas and accompanying teddy bear....

This classic country house mystery, first published in 1933, contrasts the splendours and frivolities of the English upper classes with the sombre overhang of the First World War.

©1933 Lucy Malleso (P)2020 Soundings Detective Fiction International Mystery & Crime Mystery Traditional Detectives
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Interesting story; beautifully read

I enjoyed this immensely. The characters are so vivid and the blackmailing gang make one feel that the stakes are very high. I particularly liked the narrator who did such an excellent job differentiating between the different voices and made the character of Dennis so endearing that I found myself caring even more about his happiness than I did the identity of the murderer. Will definitely look out for both more Anthony Gilberts and more audiobooks read by James Byng.

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Lost all interest…

Didn’t really care about any of the characters, very unsatisfying read. Struggled to finish but didn’t want to waste a credit.

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