Choose any audiobook from over 180,000 titles... yours to keep with a free trial.
Search Suggestions
It's 1860, and Inspector Faro has been transported back to one of the darkest moment of his career - the chase of notorious Macheath from Scotland to the Kent countryside. A chance encounter with an old friend leads to Faro's sojourn in William Morris's Red House while he continues his search. The tranquillity is disrupted by a burglary at a nearby mansion; the young maid who discovered the break-in has disappeared. Faro has only one suspect, but he must struggle against the indifference of the police, and the secrets of the obstructive locals, to find both Macheath and his potential victim before it is too late. With Faro himself a marked man, the truth is much closer than anyone could have imagined.
MoreWe've sent an email with your order details. Order ID #:
Listen on the Audible app or these devices.
Launch Audible App-or-
Download Free Audible AppTo access this title, visit your library in the app or on the desktop website.
Listen on the Audible app or these devices.
Launch Audible App-or-
Download Free Audible AppAudible does not currently have the rights to sell this title in your country.
Please consider another book.
Continue BrowsingPlease add a payment method to continue.
Add a Payment MethodPlease edit your payment details or add a new card.
If the problem persists, contact customer service at (888) 283-5051
Review My Payment MethodIf the problem persists, contact customer service at (888) 283-5051
Please select a default credit card to continue.
Select Credit CardIt looks like you've already used the specified payment method for a free trial.
Please contact customer service if you think we have made a mistake. (888) 283-5051
Start Your $14.95 MembershipIf the problem persists, contact customer service at (888) 283-5051
If the problem persists, contact customer service at (888) 283-5051
Robbie MacNab may have saved this one.
The plot is slow moving, but so is rural British life in the mid-19th Century. However even at that, the young Inspector Faro is a pretty dull and unimaginative hero. There are a couple of interesting little plot twists, but overall the book is a snoozer.
The hero certainly in no Sherlock Holmes, and he has to be bailed out.
Now this is clearly the book's strength. I have listened with pleasure to Robbie MacNab interpret everything from medieval village life to contemporary murder mysteries. He is by far the most gifted narrator that I have come across in years of enjoying audio books.
Yes, for the pleasure of listening to Robbie MacNab.
I understand why so few of the books in this author's series have been recorded.
- George H. Cox
A nice comfortable read
I liked best the character of Inspector Faro. He is a good old fashion plodding detective, without any of the modern detective idiosyncrasies, such as alcoholism, depression, etc...
I liked least that the story dragged on at times.
The most interesting aspect was the real life murder mystery it discussed in the body of the story. The least interesting was the background of the real life painters who were characters in the story.
The very end when the solution of the mystery is revealed.
No, it is definitely a stand alone. Again, the story was too long, so you get to the point that you want it to end. I couldn't think of reading a continuation of this story.
I enjoy this series just as I enjoy a nice cup of coffee in the morning. Inspector Faro, the Victorian setting, a more polite time, all add to the reading pleasure of this series. The mysteries are good, not great, not seat of your pants, but good. The only true negative is they are too long. If the author would just trime about 25% off the length of the stories, it wold move from a three star to a four star.
- Michael
