Castle Skull, John Dickson Carr
Castle Skull, John Dickson Carr
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Castle Skull

Author: John Dickson Carr

Narrator: John Telfer

Unabridged: 7 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 02/01/2021


Synopsis

A dark shadow looms over the Rhineland where Inspector Henri Bencolin and his accomplice Jeff Marle have arrived from Paris. Entreated by the Belgian financier D'Aunay to investigate the gruesome and grimly theatrical death of actor Myron Alison, the pair find themselves at the imposing hilltop fortress Schloss Schädel, in which a small group of suspects are still assembled. As thunder rolls in the distance, Bencolin and Marle enter a world steeped in macabre legends of murder and magic to catch the killer still walking the maze-like passages and towers of the keep.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy on October 07, 2023

read in September like a 3.7 rounded up full post here: [URL not allowed] I have three Bencolin books under my belt so far and I'm working on a fourth, The Lost Gallows, right now. I've been highly entertained with the tinge of weirdness each series entry has brought with it, as w......more

Goodreads review by Lady Wesley on May 22, 2024

Review of the audiobook narrated by John Telfer Wow! What a ride. Castle Skull was everything I hoped it be. This early John Dickson Carr novel is not great literature, but it is great fun. It's chock full of creepy places, odd and interesting people, and gruesome murders. John Telfer is a narrator w......more

Goodreads review by Julian on November 20, 2024

I really enjoyed this book. It was refreshing in its way even though I could feel my credulity being stretched on one or two occasions. It would be unfair of me to say why this is, as it's important to the plot. A man called Myron Alison is an idol of the stage and has a flair for the dramatic. It se......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on January 25, 2021

This was a nail biter. At first we have no idea who anyone is until after they are gruesomely murdered. There are two detectives determined to beat the other at solving the cases (there are two murders. Are they related?). I thought this story held very well and even though there were quite a few cha......more

Goodreads review by Tim on February 15, 2018

At the start, this appears to be one of the spookiest murder mysteries of all time. One of the world's greatest magicians, who specializes in occult-themed performances, dies by apparently hurling himself from a train. His wife, the sister of one of the world's greatest Shakespearean actors, inherit......more