Length5h 17m
About this audiobook
The Stroke of Death is Tom Tompkins's swansong. Now retired, he continues to have an input into the affairs of Thornham CID, although increasingly bad health significantly inhibits his efforts from time to time. He also encounters one of the most ruthless criminals he has ever encountered in his long career and the duel between them can only lead to the death of one or the other. We see the continuing influence of Pauline Caves, who together with Anne Anstruther, represent the two most important people in his life.
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GenreMystery and Thriller
Length5 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 9, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE STROKE OF DEATH
26MARIOS
2PROLOGUE
27for long.
3CRIMINALIS ACTORES
28any hound off the scent.
4more like a cult than a faith.
29GORDON
5road to wealth and power.
30for him.
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6a fairly lengthy commute each day.
31kind of legend.
7“Anything for me yet, Den?”
32“Every day?”
8“Or a woman with big feet?”
33“Here?”
9body and head back to the nick.
34“Yes.”
10with Harry and Sally.”
35ANNE
11and me.
36a head like concrete.
12“What about Adam Osman?” asks Harry.
37“Yes.”
13inform him?”
38“Yes, why?”
14ADAM
39quit.”
15for.
40“What about Osman?” asks Sally.
16indulge in a full English plus two large cups of coffee.
41“Yes.”
17your housekeeper?”
42“No, but…”
18“Why? Who’s John Emms?”
43PAULINE
19his desk.
44“Why?”
20windbag.
45“Famagusta?”
21everything.
46“There’s more. Remember the Hussar Club?”
22CHARYS
47B. F. Skinner
23his name.”
48Constable Faith Wryton.
24“Some Arab country.”
49“Why?”
25him on campus again.
50“What about Tom?”
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