The Murder Pit, Mick Finlay
The Murder Pit, Mick Finlay
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The Murder Pit

Author: Mick Finlay

Narrator: Malk Williams

Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2019


Synopsis

Where Evil Lies Buried
1896: Sherlock Holmes has once again hit the headlines, solving mysteries for the cream of aristocracy. But among the workhouses and pudding shops of South London, private detective William Arrowood is presented with far grittier, more violent and considerably less well-paid cases. Arrowood has no doubt who is the better detective, and when Mr. and Mrs. Barclay engage him to find their estranged daughter, Birdie, he’s sure it won’t be long before he and his assistant, Barnett, have tracked her down.
But this seemingly simple missing-person case soon turns into a murder investigation. Far from the comfort of Baker Street, Arrowood’s London is a city of unrelenting cruelty, where evil is waiting to be uncovered…

About Mick Finlay

Mick Finlay was born in Glasgow but left as a young boy, livingin Canada and then England. Before becoming an academic, he ran amarket stall on Portobello Road, and also worked as a tent-handin a traveling circus, a butcher’s boy, a hotel porter, and variousjobs in the NHS and Social Services. He teaches in a psychologydepartment, and has published research on political violence andpersuasion, verbal and nonverbal communication, and disability. Helives in Brighton with his family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ken on June 11, 2019

Arrowood was one of my best discoveries last year. The Victorian detective who lives in the shadows of the famous and much lauded Holmes is left to deal with the much grittier and violent crimes in the capital. This dark London scene sees Arrowood assigned the task of tracing Mr and Mrs Barclay’s estr......more

Goodreads review by Anovelqueen on February 22, 2019

Private investigator William Arrowood and his assistant Barnett are contemporaries of Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Whereas Sherlock handles cases of the wealthier class, Arrowood investigates for the working class/poor of London. He is called upon to investigate the disappearance of Birdie who is not......more

Goodreads review by Sonja Rosa Lisa ♡ on January 18, 2021

Ich liebe Sherlock Holmes- Geschichten, Detektivgeschichten ganz allgemein und die düstere Atmosphäre Londons im 19. Jahrhundert. So bin ich dann auf die Reihe rund um den Privatermittler William Arrowood aufmerksam geworden. Schon der erste Band hat mich gefesselt, und nun hat mich auch dieser zwei......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives on January 10, 2019

The Murder Pit, the second novel to feature Victorian Enquiry Agent William Arrowood and his assistant, Norman Barnett, is a superb choice for those who like Victorian murder mysteries with a stunning sense of time and place. Written in the same style as what became known as the golden age of crime,......more

Goodreads review by Jayaprakash on March 07, 2019

An excellent second installment in this series. While Sherlock Holmes deals with matters of national importance and the problems of the gentry, the poorer inhabitants of London turn to a seedier private investigator, William Arowood. A rotund, frequently drunken man possessed of great shrewdness, ra......more