Death of Mr. Dodsley, John Ferguson
Death of Mr. Dodsley, John Ferguson
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Death of Mr. Dodsley

Author: John Ferguson

Narrator: David Thorpe

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 06/01/2023


Synopsis

Mr. Richard Dodsley, owner of a fine second-hand bookshop on Charing Cross Road, has been found murdered in the cold hours of the morning. Shot in his own office, few clues remain besides three cigarette ends, two spent matches and a few books on the shelves which have been rearranged. In an investigation spanning the second-hand bookshops of London and the Houses of Parliament - since an MP's new crime novel Death at the Desk appears to have some bearing on the case - John Ferguson's series sleuth MacNab is at hand to assist Scotland Yard in an atmospheric and ingenious fair-play bibliomystery.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sabrina on December 03, 2023

Oggi sono qui per parlarvi di un'altra bellissima novità arrivata nelle nostre librerie. Come sapete sono una grande amante del genere, quindi potevo mai farmelo scappare? Assolutamente no. Con il segnalibro personalizzabile per appuntare i libri che hai già. Da portare con te quando vai in libreria. N......more

Goodreads review by Cary on February 10, 2023

Interesting story - I guessed the murderer pretty early on but it was fun to see how it developed and how the detective worked it out.......more

Goodreads review by Chris on June 08, 2023

I forgive a lot in Golden Age crime fiction, and this is a perfect example of why. Ferguson clearly admired the Freeman Wills Croft school of steady, methodical fair play crime fiction but doesn’t have Croft’s uncanny ability to make impossible crimes have not so much an elegant solution as a watert......more

Goodreads review by John on July 26, 2023

Two and a half stars. Very slow going at the start with lots of re-hashing the facts by McNab and Scotland Yard. Fairly easy to spot the culprit. Nicely written though overall rather disappointing.......more

Goodreads review by Richard on January 13, 2025

Really struggled to finish the book. TMI. Characters are boring. It just plods along.......more