The Murder of Thomas Cardwell (Casebook of Barnaby Adair #11)

The Murder of Thomas Cardwell (Casebook of Barnaby Adair #11)

Author: Stephanie Laurens Listening Length: 8h 24m
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#1 bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a perplexing case in which her favorite sleuths must untangle a web of interconnected motives to identify the man who killed Thomas Cardwell. When Thomas Cardwell, an upstanding man-of-business, is murdered, Roscoe enlists the aid of the best investigators in London ...

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C onsumed by curiosity, Penelope held Barnaby’s hand as, with their expanded group now including Gibson, Harrison, and Josh as well as O’Donnell, Morgan, Walsh, and a bevy of constables Stokes had summoned, they marched up the gravel track leading to the large doors of Harrison’s father’s rather ramshackle warehouse, set back from Brennan Road.

The constabulary had arrived minutes behind them, having been roused to action by a message from Stokes ferried hotfoot to Scotland Yard by a runner he’d dispatched before climbing into the carriage in Falcon Street.

As soon as the reinforcements had joined them, Stokes had led the company up the short track, with Harrison, Gibson, and Josh flanking him and Barnaby, Penelope, Jordan, and Ruth following, with the uniformed police at their backs.

The warehouse was entirely unprepossessing and appeared to have stood for decades.