The Stolen Gold Affair, Bill Pronzini
The Stolen Gold Affair, Bill Pronzini
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The Stolen Gold Affair
A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery

Author: Bill Pronzini

Narrator: Erica Sullivan, Mark Peckham

Unabridged: 5 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/07/2020


Synopsis

The Stolen Gold Affair is the latest charming historical mystery in Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini’s detective series.In response to a string of gold thefts in a Mother Lode mine, Quincannon goes undercover as a newly hired miner to identify and capture the men responsible.Meanwhile, Sabina finds herself not only making plans for her and Quincannon’s wedding, but also investigating both an audacious real estate scam and an abusive young man’s villainous secret.

About Bill Pronzini

Bill Pronzini was named MWA Grand Master in 2008, making him and Marcia Muller the second pair of married mystery writers to be so honored. (Ross Macdonald and Margaret Millar were the first.) He has published ninety novels, including forty-six in his Nameless Detective series, four nonfiction books, and numerous short stories. Among his other accomplishments are six Edgar Award nominations, the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for the best crime novel published in France in 1988 (Snowbound), three Shamus Awards and the Lifetime Achievement Award (1987) from the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award (2005).

About Erica Sullivan

Read by Erica Sullivan, Kate Mulligan, Traber Burns, Jim Meskimen, Donald Corren, Paul Michael Garcia, and Arthur Morey

About Mark Peckham

Mark Peckham is an actor and director based in Rhode Island. In addition to working with Trinity Rep, Virginia Stage Co., and many Boston-area theaters, he was the voice of Joseph Smith in the award-winning PBS documentary American Prophet with Gregory Peck.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan

Princess Fuzzypants here: If you are looking for something different and good, I can recommend this book. The two protagonists are a man and women back in the years before the turn of the 20th Century who are partners in a detective agency and are preparing to marry each other in less than a month.......more

Goodreads review by Susan

John Quincannon goes undercover to find how miners are stealing from the gold mine where they work, while his business partner and fiancee, Sabina Carpenter, remains in San Francisco, planning their wedding. Sabina takes care of a few minor cases while John is gone, although since the cases are not......more

Goodreads review by Anne

The Stolen Gold Affair by Bill Pronzini is the eighth in the Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery series, and a wonderful entry it is. It is 1898 and San Francisco, California. John and Sabrina have been partners for years and are about to legalize their relationship as well. the wedding is just three w......more

Goodreads review by S.

Lovers of crime fiction will welcome the new historical private eye yarn by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Pronzini, writing solo this time but dedicating the novel to his frequent co-author (and spouse) Grand Master Marcia Muller. As the 19th century nears its end in San Francisco, romanti......more


Quotes

“Attractive characters, a finely tuned plot, and fascinating snippets of California history distinguish this outing. Who could ask for more?” Publishers Weekly