Who Killed The Earl Of Moran?

Who Killed The Earl Of Moran?

Author: Stephanie Laurens Listening Length: 8h 45m
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#1 NYT-bestselling author Stephanie Laurens is back with a challenging case in which, from the first, the Adairs and Inspector Stokes are under significant pressure to identify the murderer of a powerful nobleman. When the Earl of Moran is found bludgeoned to death in his study, the finger is pointed at his mother’s c...

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T he following morning, as early as possible—that being the relatively early-by-ton-standards hour of ten o’clock—Barnaby, Penelope, and Stokes were admitted to the Fitzhugh residence in Hertford Street by the kindly but faintly disapproving butler.

He showed them into the drawing room. “If you will wait here, sirs, ma’am, I will ascertain if the mistress is available.” His tone suggested he was making no promises.

They sat and waited.

As the minutes ticked by, Stokes stirred, then grumbled, “The Commissioner was almost pleading this morning for me to make an arrest for the murder. Apparently, the arrest of the poisoners—sensational as those were—has only whetted the rabble’s appetite for learning who killed the earl.”