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The Riddle of St Leonards'
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
The year is 1367, and the people of York are suffering. Not only has the harvest failed, but the plague has returned. In the midst of this, scandal threatens St Leonard's Hospital, which is struggling to stay solvent and has suffered thefts. The deaths of several of its aged residents seems timely, for their care has long exceeded the sums they bequeathed. Rumours start to fly that their deaths were no accident. . . . Owen Archer, already fully occupied helping his wife Lucie, the city's apothecary, deal with the plague, is forced to investigate.
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- Learning is fun!
- 27-03-22
Moving, as well as full of intihyes
The Owen Archer series is well worth listening to. They always give an insight into the true life experienced by those who lived in the period, as well as being entertaining.
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- Mair
- 21-12-22
Solid historical who dunnit
As always Robb delivers a twisting plot that leaves the listener guessing right up to the last minute. Stephen Thorne does his usual superb job of bringing the characters to life. They become so real under his skilled performance his voice really is theirs.
My problem with this instalment of the Owen and Lucy Archer series was the number of characters heads we inhabited. I’m all for focalised points of view but there were times when it drifted into head hopping, particularly with the minor characters. Surely these would have been better delivered from a third person perspective? There were snippets of different POV thrown in for perhaps a paragraph and muddled into some one else’s perspective.
It all became a tad confusing and I found myself thinking ‘Wait… what… who is this?’
I’ll probably download the next in the series in the hope this text was a bit of an aberration.
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- Pen
- 05-08-13
The Riddle of St.Leonards'
Once again, another good story from Candace Robb's Owen Archer books. I enjoyed it very much and Stephen Thorne is a good narrator.
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- The Curator
- 13-03-20
Murder in the time of plague
If you’re hoping for a break from Coronavirus, this may not be your best choice although it has some suggestions for staying healthy which are no worse than I’ve seen on Facebook. Otherwise it’s a good murder mystery.
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