Weekend at Thrackley

Name: Weekend at Thrackley
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Alan Melville
ISBN: 9781407969404

Author: Alan Melville

Series: British Library Crime Classic

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Unabridged: 7 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Soundings

Published: 10/01/2018

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious stones, to a weekend party at his country house, Thrackley. The house is gloomy and forbidding but the party is warm and hospitable except for the presence of Jacobson, the sinister butler. The other guests are wealthy people draped in jewels; Jim cannot imagine why he belongs in such company. After a weekend of adventure with attempted robbery and a vanishing guest secrets come to light and Jim unravels a mystery from his past.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bev

I'm taking a revolver to Thrackley. You never know with blokes like Carson. A bit potty, but otherwise quite harmless. and I hate these harmless, potty people. They're always up to something. ~Freddie Usher As Martin Edwards tells us in his excellent introduction*, Weekend at Thrackley was Melville's......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth

4.5 ⭐️ What a gripping read! There are so many elements of this that felt unique. We know who the villain is early on and what his crime is but there are still mysterious elements to unravel. I thought Jim Henderson was a likable and believable amateur sleuth, especially since he had been a captain......more