A Chorus of Innocents, P. F. Chisholm
A Chorus of Innocents, P. F. Chisholm
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A Chorus of Innocents
A Sir Robert Carey Mystery

Author: P. F. Chisholm

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Unabridged: 9 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2015

Synopsis

Thursday, 12th October, 1592. Eighteen days after the action closes in An Air of Treason, courtier Sir Robert Carey and Carey’s surly, larcenous, and loyal henchman Henry Dodd, land sergeant of Gilsland, are back in Carlisle and the Debateable Lands—the Border country, the wild North, the land of the hot trod where the thieving, feuding reiver clans are “English when it suited, and Scots at their pleasure.”A Chorus of Innocents ushers forward Lady Elizabeth Widdrington, a married woman whom Carey adores but respects. It opens when a very pregnant young woman rides to Lady Widdrington’s tower crying that her minister husband has been murdered and she herself has been raped.Listeners will meet canny King James VI; his amoral favorite Lord Spynie; the fey Lady Hume; Mr. Anricks, a surprisingly skilled tooth drawer; Young Henry Widdrington with his unfortunate spots; and all the boys in murdered Minister Burn’s choir. The action proceeds full tilt and finishes with a bang.

About P. F. Chisholm

Patricia Finney has a degree in modern history from Oxford University. She has published fifteen novels, including three Elizabethan thrillers, several children’s books, and the Robert Carey series of crime novels set in Elizabethan England.

About Derek Perkins

Derek Perkins is a professional narrator and voice actor. He has earned numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, as well as numerous Society of Voice Arts nominations. AudioFile magazine named him a Best Voice consecutively in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Augmented by a knowledge of three foreign languages and a facility with accents, he has narrated numerous titles in a wide range of fiction and nonfiction genres.

Reviews

Goodreads review by PattyMacDotComma on November 16, 2020

4.5★ “There was nothing wrong with killing somebody for money, of course, but killing one of your own surname for an outsider? That was disgraceful.” Yep, it’s that kind of book, so trigger warning about triggers, just being introduced in this adventure with “dags”, a kind of matchlock pistol. But Sgt......more

Goodreads review by Carl on September 02, 2017

A Chorus of Innocents By P.F. Chisolm ISBN: 978146420460 A 2015 release from Poisoned Pen Press This reviewer is not a big fan of historical crime novels. There are, however, a few authors working in the genre who have deep understanding of the requirements of the genre, and who honor the strictures of w......more

Goodreads review by Redsteve on June 02, 2019

This installment of the Sir Robert Carey series takes the reader back to the Scottish border, after several books set in London and Oxford. While parts of the book focus on Sir Robert and Sergeant Dodd, the main character of A Chorus of Innocents is Lady Elizabeth Widdrington, who Carey is STILL car......more

Goodreads review by wade on January 04, 2016

One of a series of mysteries set in Scotland in the 1500's. This one's plot revolves around the murder of a minister whose pregnant wife is raped during the encounter. He is nearly decapitated and not only do we eventually find the culprit but we learn a lot about the language and culture of Scotla......more

Goodreads review by Nigel on November 09, 2018

The Scottish border 1592, and a Minister is murdered by two men. His pregnant wife rides off in a panic all the way to Lady Elizabeth Widdrington, who in spite of misgivings of what her husband will do when he finds out, rides back to help arrange the funeral and perhaps find out what's going on. Th......more

Quotes

“As always, the scene Chisholm sets is a veritable time-travel portal you step through the instant you turn to the first page.” Dana Stabenow, New York Times bestselling author

“Set in the contentious borderlands between England and Scotland in 1592, Chisholm’s absorbing seventh Sir Robert Carey mystery focuses on Carey’s lady love, Elizabeth Widdrington…Chisholm illuminates the daily life of the period from the social position of women and children to food preparation, religion, and dentistry, as the action builds to the surprising conclusion.” Publishers Weekly

“This time out, it’s Sir Robert Carey’s unhappily married love, Elizabeth, who solves a murder steeped in political intrigue…One of Chisholm’s best Elizabethan mysteries, combining all the historical information readers have come to expect with a swiftly moving story featuring a strong woman whose romantic aspirations have yet to be fulfilled.” Kirkus Reviews

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