The Shadow of Memory, Connie Berry
The Shadow of Memory, Connie Berry
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The Shadow of Memory

Author: Connie Berry

Narrator: Ruth Urquhart

Unabridged: 11 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/10/2022


Synopsis

As Kate Hamilton plans her upcoming wedding to Detective Inspector Tom Mallory, she is also assisting her colleague Ivor Tweedy with a project at the Netherfield Sanatorium, which is being converted into luxury townhouses. Kate and Ivor must appraise a fifteenth-century painting and verify that its provenance is the Dutch master Jan Van Eyck. But when retired criminal inspector Will Parker is found dead, Kate learns that the halls of the sanatorium housed much more than priceless art. Kate is surprised to learn that Will had been the first boyfriend of her friend Vivian Bunn, who hasn’t seen him in fifty-eight years. At a seaside holiday camp over sixty years ago, Will, Vivian, and three other teens broke into an abandoned house where a doctor and his wife had died under bizarre circumstances two years earlier. Now, when a second member of the childhood gang dies unexpectedly—and then a third—it becomes clear that the teens had discovered more in the house than they had realized. Had Will returned to warn his old love? When Kate makes a shocking connection between a sixty-year-old murder and the long-buried secrets of the sanatorium, she suddenly understands that time is running out for Vivian—and anyone connected to her.

About Connie Berry

Connie Berry is an experienced author who specializes in international mysteries. Like her characters, she grew up in the world of fine antiques. When not writing, she enjoys foreign travel, cute animals, and all things British. She received degrees in English from DePauw University and The Ohio State University. A member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, she currently resides with her husband in Ohio.

About Ruth Urquhart

Ruth Urquhart is a professional narrator, actor, and producer with over twenty years of experience in theater, film, television, and education. She has toured internationally and appeared in the Irish sitcom Give My Head Peace. When not narrating, she runs her own theater company. Born and raised in Scotland, she currently resides with her partner, two children, and their animals in Yorkshire, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gloria

The Kate Hamilton Mystery series is a great series of mysteries that is engaging and entertaining. The first story was set in Scotland while this one is set in Suffolk in the village of Long Barston. In this, the fourth story of the series, Kate and Detective Inspector Tom Mallory, who met in Scotla......more

Goodreads review by Mark

Kate Hamilton and her fiancé, Tom Mallory, are trying to plan their wedding, but having difficulty making decisions. Meanwhile, Kate and her colleague, Ivor, are asked to sell a painting that might be several centuries old. Something about it seems off to Kate, however. Then there’s the murder in Ka......more

Could a murder from 60 years ago when Will, Vivian, and other friends were teenagers resurface and have them in danger? Will was murdered as he was on his way to see Vivian, but no one is really sure what he was going to tell her. Vivian's friend Kate finds out from Will's son that he had received a p......more

Goodreads review by Jerri

I started reading The Shadow of Memory on a sizzling hot day in May and in minutes, I was whisked away to Long Barston, Suffolk, England on a cold night as Kate Hamilton (an American antiques dealer) and her dear friend Vivian Bunn (a retired secretary) find themselves in a graveyard with a problem.......more