Innocent Victims, Minette Walters
Innocent Victims, Minette Walters
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Innocent Victims
Two Novellas

Author: Minette Walters

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 4 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2012


Synopsis

In December, 1924, a murder took place on a chicken farm in East Sussex, England. Although Norman Thorne never confessed to killing his girlfriend, Elsie, he was tried and hanged for the crime. In Chickenfeed, Walters burrows deep into an English legend, creating a suspenseful tale of fiction based in fact. Was Thorne guilty? If so, what was his motive?
 
 Set in the small village of Sowerbridge, The Tinder Box is a tale of chilling ambition. Patrick O’Riordan has been arrested for the brutal murder of elderly Lavinia Fanshaw and her live-in nurse, Dorothy Jenkins. As the village unites against the O’Riordan family, Siobhan Lavenham is convinced that Patrick is the victim of a prejudiced investigation. But when terrible secrets come to light, she is forced to question her loyalties.

About Minette Walters

Minette Walters is the author of thirteen novels—including The Shape of Snakes and The Sculptress—two novellas, and a number of short stories. Her work, which has been published in more than thirty-five countries, has received several major awards, including two Gold Daggers from the Crime Writers' Association in Great Britain and the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America. She lives in Dorset, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerry

'Innocent Victims' contains two chilling novellas about seemingly normal people who are driven to commit the most heinous crimes imaginable. The first tale, 'Chickenfeed' is based on the true story of the "chicken farm murder" that took place in east Sussex in 1924 and its main protagonists are Norma......more

Goodreads review by John

Two very readable novellas, one good and one okay. The okay one is Chickenfeed (2006), originally published as part of a scheme to promote reading skills among those who lacked them by presenting sophisticated ideas in simple language. (Gotta confess, I didn't notice the language as being much simple......more