The Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters, narrated by Grace Conlin
#2 Jacqueline Kirby
Historical Mystery
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 10.1.95
Time: 6 hours 52 minutes
Rating: 3.5 stars
Format: Audio
Source: Purchased
Sellers: Amazon
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Goodreads Synopsis:
In a remote English country mansion, modern devotees of the infamous King Richard III, immortally villainized by Shakespeare, have gathered for a grand weekend of role-playing and Ricardian scholarship. Jacqueline Kirby, an attractive American librarian attending the festivities, anticipates only one mystery to be the five-hundred-year-old question of whether Richard truly killed the little princess in the Tower of London. Jacqueline is amused at the group's eccentricities--until history begins to repeat itself. A dangerous practical joker recreates famous fifteenth-century murder beheading, poisoning, smothering, and even drowning in a butt of malmsey. As the jokes become more and more macabre, one at last proves fatal. Racing to untangle the murderous puzzle, Jacqueline puts all her observations together for a dazzling solution that will surprise even the most attentive listener.
