Death of a Foreign Gentleman, Steven Carroll
Death of a Foreign Gentleman, Steven Carroll
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Death of a Foreign Gentleman

Author: Steven Carroll

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Unabridged: 7 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2024

Synopsis

Cambridge, UK, 1947. Martin Friedrich, a German philosopher, is cycling through an intersection on his way to give a lecture when a speeding car strikes and kills him. Shortly afterwards, Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter - an Austrian-born cockney Jew, whose parents were interned during the war as enemy aliens - stands over the body of Friedrich, contemplating the age-old question: who did it? Friedrich might have been one of the finest minds of his age, but he was problematic: arrogant and a womaniser, he was also a member of the Nazi Party in the 1930s. As Stephen is soon to discover, there is no shortage of suspects. Friedrich was hated by almost everybody, even those who loved him. Is there any sense to his death, or was it just a case of rotten, random luck? Has the universe spoken? Or are there more sinister factors at work?

About Steven Carroll

Steven Carroll was born in Melbourne. His first novel, Remember Me, Jimmy James, was published in 1992. The Art of the Engine Driver and The Gift of Speed were short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award, which the final book in the trilogy, The Time We Have Taken, won in 2008. Steven Carroll lives in Melbourne with his partner and son.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on December 21, 2024

Having completed his quartet of novels about T.S. Eliot with Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight (2022), Steven Carroll's new novel places the minor character from that novel, the detective Stephen Minter, at its front and center. Minter was born into a Jewish Austrian family who fled to the UK during the......more

Goodreads review by Tundra on September 10, 2024

3.5 stars. I don’t think the reveal of who committed this crime is the important part of this story. Rather, I think this was more about the ‘why’ and it was done very well. The backstories and relationships between the characters were well written and the ending, while completely over the top, was......more

Goodreads review by Kay on June 28, 2024

An elegant, well-paced, literary murder mystery set in post WW2 Cambridge. Which of his many enemies killed the visiting Nazi philosopher? The first in a promising series with Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on July 21, 2024

2-2.5. Started strong but kinda lost me by the end.......more

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