Two for sorrow [electronic resource] : a new mystery featuring Josephine Tey / Nicola Upson.
"They were the most horrific crimes of a new century: the murders of newborn innocents for which two British women were hanged at Holloway Prison in1903. Decades later, mystery writer Josephine Tey has decided to write a novel based on Amelia Sach and Annie Walters, the notorious 'Finchley baby farmers, ' unaware that her research will entangle her in the desperate hunt for a modern-day killer. A young seamstress--an ex-convict determined to reform--has been found brutally slain in the studio of Tey's friends, the Motley sisters, amid preparations for a star-studded charity gala. Despite initial appearances, Inspector Archie Penrose is not convinced this murder is the result of a long-standing domestic feud--and a horrific accident involving a second young woman soon after supports his convictions. Now he and his friend Josephine must unmask a sadistic killer before more blood flows--as the repercussions of unthinkable crimes of the past reach out to destroy those left behind long after justice has been served ..."--Publisher's web site.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780792780342 (electronic audio bk.)
- ISBN: 0792780345 (electronic audio bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (ca. 14 hr., 57 min.))
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [North Kingstown, R.I.] : BBC Audiobooks America, 2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Unabridged. "Sound Library"--Container. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator: Davina Porter. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on hard copy version record. |
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Subject: | Tey, Josephine, 1896 or 7-1952 > Fiction. Women dramatists > Scotland > Fiction. Women > Crimes against > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > England > London > History > 20th century > Fiction. FICTION > Mystery & Detective > General. |
Genre: | Downloadable audio books. Detective and mystery stories. Audiobooks. |