Fear Stalks the Village (1932) - Ethel Lina White torrent

Category: Crime, Mystery, Novel
Language: EnglishKeywords: British Library Crime Classic Golden Age Mystery
Written by Ethel Lina White
Read by Oona Beeson
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged
Release date
15-02-2024
Language
English
Format
Unabridged Audiobook
Length
10 hrs and 32 mins
Publisher
Soundings
Categories
Literature & Fiction
A novelist ambles down the lanes of a cosy country village, replete with Tudor houses and quaint cottages. In her writer’s mind she pictures the sordid truth beyond the veneer, a seemingly laughable proposition - until the coming of the letters. Anonymous letters from a poisoned pen, sowing discord and defaming everybody from the Rector to the ‘queen of the village’ Miss Decima Asprey. Naturally, where there is venom in the air and dark secrets are threatening to come to light, the shadow of death is not far behind.Ethel Lina White’s 1932 classic is one of the foundation stones of the village mystery sub-genre of crime fiction. Revelling in the delicious contrast of angelic outer appearances and the wickedness behind the facade, White’s novel is a witty and satisfying interwar mystery.©2024 Martin Edwards (P)2024 Soundings


Release date
15-02-2024
Language
English
Format
Unabridged Audiobook
Length
10 hrs and 32 mins
Publisher
Soundings
Categories
Literature & Fiction

A novelist ambles down the lanes of a cosy country village, replete with Tudor houses and quaint cottages. In her writer’s mind she pictures the sordid truth beyond the veneer, a seemingly laughable proposition - until the coming of the letters. Anonymous letters from a poisoned pen, sowing discord and defaming everybody from the Rector to the ‘queen of the village’ Miss Decima Asprey. Naturally, where there is venom in the air and dark secrets are threatening to come to light, the shadow of death is not far behind.Ethel Lina White’s 1932 classic is one of the foundation stones of the village mystery sub-genre of crime fiction. Revelling in the delicious contrast of angelic outer appearances and the wickedness behind the facade, White’s novel is a witty and satisfying interwar mystery.©2024 Martin Edwards (P)2024 Soundings