The Arnifour Affair

Name: The Arnifour Affair
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Gregory Harris
ISBN: 9781490696751

Author: Gregory Harris

Series: Colin Pendragon Mysteries #2

Narrator: Edward Hibbert

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/30/2015

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

When a carriage bearing the Arnifour family crest-a vulture devouring a slaughtered lamb-arrives at the Kensington home of Colin Pendragon, it is an ominous beginning to a perplexing new case. Lady Arnifour's husband has been beaten to death and her niece, Elsbeth, left in a coma. Is the motive passion, revenge, or something even more sinister? Police suspicions have fallen on the groundskeeper and his son, yet the Earl's widow is convinced of their innocence. Even as Colin and his partner Ethan Pruitt delve into the muddy history of the Arnifour family, a young street urchin begs their help in finding his missing sister. Ethan regrettably familiar with London's underbelly, urges caution, yet Colin's interest is piqued. And in a search that wends from the squalid opium dens of the East End to the salons of Embassy Row, the truth about these seemingly disparate cases will prove disquieting, dangerous, and profoundly unexpected .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Althea on April 30, 2014

Tailor-made for Sherlock Holmes fans; this is one for those who've powered through all of Conan Doyle's detective's outings and are bemoaning the fact that there's no more to read. The detective here, Colin Pendragon, is clearly Holmes, and his sidekick/lover (the relationship is tastefully and obli......more

Goodreads review by ttg on November 01, 2014

3.5 stars - First off, this book will be appreciated by those who like gay mysteries, especially the historical kind, and are fine with diving into a *very Sherlock-inspired* mystery that has little to no heat between the detective and his live-in lover who also helps him solve crimes on the dark gr......more

Goodreads review by Terelyn on May 31, 2016

For a story that's supposed to be set in Victorian London, there are far too many 20th and even 21st century American colloquialisms. When Colin refers to the countess as 'viral,' I almost put it down right there. Good storyline, two interesting mysteries, but the author needs to do more work on per......more

Goodreads review by Laurie • The Baking Bookworm on December 27, 2013

Note: This review, as well as many more, can also be found on my blog, The Baking Bookworm (www.thebakingbookworm.blogspot.ca). Note: My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books for providing me with a complimentary e-book copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. My Review: I am alw......more

Goodreads review by Ulysses on April 26, 2018

The Arnifour Affair (Colin Pendragon #1) Gregory Harris Kensington Books, 2014 Four stars “It made me wonder, this business of family.” As sometimes happens, I got started the wrong-way-round with these Colin Pendragon books, by reading the second in the series first. Oddly, I like the first in the serie......more