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Untimely Death by Cyril Hare

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Untimely Death

Author
Cyril Hare
Narrator
Chris MacDonnell
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Publish Date
11 June 2019
Run Time
4 hours 58 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction
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Francis Pettigrew travels to Exmoor for a holiday with his wife—an area in which as a young boy he was traumatized by coming across a dead body on the moor. In an attempt to exorcise this trauma, Pettigrew walks across the moor to the place where the incident occurred—only to find another dead body. Moreover, when he returns to the scene with the police, the body is gone. Did he really see a body, or is it a hallucination conjured up by his return to the scene of the crime that has haunted him since childhood? In Untimely Death, Cyril Hare conjures up an intriguing puzzle whose twists and turns will keep listeners on the edge of their seats until the final surprising resolution.

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Author
Cyril Hare
Narrator
Chris MacDonnell
Duration
4 hours 58 minutes
Release Date
11 June 2019
ISBN
9781977345639
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction

Synopsis

Francis Pettigrew travels to Exmoor for a holiday with his wife—an area in which as a young boy he was traumatized by coming across a dead body on the moor. In an attempt to exorcise this trauma, Pettigrew walks across the moor to the place where the incident occurred—only to find another dead body. Moreover, when he returns to the scene with the police, the body is gone. Did he really see a body, or is it a hallucination conjured up by his return to the scene of the crime that has haunted him since childhood? In Untimely Death, Cyril Hare conjures up an intriguing puzzle whose twists and turns will keep listeners on the edge of their seats until the final surprising resolution.

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