INSPECTOR STODDART'S COMPLETE MURDER MYSTERIES – 4 Intriguing Golden Age Thrillers in One Volume (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Dark beards, crystal beads, and British Golden Age whodunitsBy Annie Haynes
Length30h 36m
About this audiobook
This omnibus gathers Annie Haynes's four Inspector Stoddart novels—among them The Man with the Dark Beard, Who Killed Charmian Karslake?, The Crime at Tattenham Corner, and The Crystal Beads Murder—into a compact panorama of Golden Age detection. These mysteries combine ingenious plotting, domestic suspicion, inheritance intrigues, and atmospheric settings with a prose style poised between Victorian sensation fiction and the brisker puzzle-form of interwar crime writing. Stoddart's methodical investigations unfold through clues, motives, and social observation rather than mere melodrama. Haynes, one of the notable early women writers of British detective fiction, published during the same flourishing period that produced Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. Her work reflects both the conventions and anxieties of the 1920s: shifting class relations, female vulnerability and agency, and the hidden violence beneath respectable surfaces. Ill health and her death in 1929 curtailed her career, lending these novels additional historical poignancy. Readers interested in the foundations of classic crime fiction will find this volume especially rewarding. It is recommended for admirers of fair-play mysteries, period atmosphere, and subtly subversive domestic crime.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (123)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length30 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 4, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INSPECTOR STODDART'S COMPLETE MURDER MYSTERIES – 4 Intriguing Golden Age Thrillers in One Volume (Annotated)
2The Man with the Dark Beard (pt. 1)
3The Man with the Dark Beard (pt. 2)
4The Man with the Dark Beard (pt. 3)
5Who Killed Charmian Karslake? (pt. 1)
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6Who Killed Charmian Karslake? (pt. 2)
7Who Killed Charmian Karslake? (pt. 3)
8Who Killed Charmian Karslake? (pt. 4)
9The Crime at Tattenham Corner (pt. 1)
10The Crime at Tattenham Corner (pt. 2)
11The Crime at Tattenham Corner (pt. 3)
12The Crime at Tattenham Corner (pt. 4)
13The Crystal Beads Murder (pt. 1)
14The Crystal Beads Murder (pt. 2)
15The Crystal Beads Murder (pt. 3)
16The Crystal Beads Murder (pt. 4)
17Memorable Quotes
Inspector Furnival's Most Mysterious CasesAnnie Haynes22h 58m4.2 (24)$1.99 · $0.00
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Inspector Furnival's CasesAnnie Haynes22h 58m$2.99 · $0.00
Inspector Stoddart's Most Famous CasesAnnie Haynes30h 34m4.0 (19)$1.99 · $0.00
Golden Age Murder Mysteries - Complete Inspector Furnival & Inspector Stoddart SeriesAnnie Haynes53h 23m4.2 (19)$2.99 · $0.00
The Abbey Court Murder (Murder Mystery Classic)Annie Haynes7h 45m3.6 (741)$1.99 · $0.00
THE CRIME AT TATTENHAM CORNER (Murder Mystery Classic)Annie Haynes8h 15m3.8 (187)$1.99 · $0.00
THE MAN WITH THE DARK BEARD (Murder Mystery Classic)Annie Haynes7h 8m3.5 (341)$2.99 · $0.00
THE CROW'S INN TRAGEDY (Murder Mystery Classic)Annie Haynes7h 57m3.6 (211)$1.99 · $0.00
WHO KILLED CHARMIAN KARSLAKE? (Murder Mystery Classic)Annie Haynes7h 46m3.6 (400)$1.99 · $0.00
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