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A Case of Life and Limb
The Trials of Gabriel Ward (Related to this series)
- Author
- Sally Smith
- Narrator
- Jeremy Clyde
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 17 July 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 50 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Criminal justice law
- Rating
- 3.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
'As brilliant a cosy crime novel as you'll ever read' JANICE HALLETT
'A masterful voice in the mystery world' S. J. BENNETT
1901. Gabriel Ward KC is hard at work on a thorny libel case involving London's most famous music hall star and its most notorious tabloid newspaper, but the Inner Temple remains as quiet and calm as ever. Quiet, that is, until the mummified hand arrives in the post...
While the hand's recipient, Temple Treasurer Sir William Waring, is rightfully shaken, Gabriel is filled with curiosity. Who would want to send such a thing? And why? But as more parcels arrive - one with fatal consequences - Gabriel realises that it is not Sir William who is the target, but the Temple itself.
Someone is holding a grudge that has already led to at least one death. Now it's up to Gabriel, and Constable Wright of the City of London Police, to find out who, before an old death leads to a new murder.
Critics Review
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Witty and cunningly plotted . . . as entertaining as her first
Sunday Times
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A masterful voice in the mystery world. As you’d expect from an ex-King’s Counsel, her language is as rich as it is precise ... Topsy Tillotson is a heroine I thoroughly enjoyed rooting for, and the court scenes are a heart-in-mouth highlight. I’m a big fan of the series and I’m already looking forward to Gabriel’s next adventure
S. J. Bennett, bestselling author of Death in Diamonds
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Sally's books are sheer pleasure
Lauren Laverne
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We have the top-hatted world of the Temple, malice and vicious competition alongside Gabriel’s calm scholarship, the well-observed dynamics of class and gender conventions within and outside the Temple, police procedure, muckraking journalism, fine courtroom description, murders, tombs and homosexuality, all delivered with calm, skill, wit, humanity and a searching reaching into personalities and values
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Following up on a successful debut novel is tough for any author. Expectations are high but rarely fulfilled. Smith is one of the exceptions ... a brilliant mystery
Daily Mail
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Perfectly paced with lots of twists and turns and an intellectually satisfying denouement
Historical Novel Society
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[Gabriel Ward KC is] one of the most attractive figures to appear in crime fiction recently. Sally Smith ... brings both lightness of touch and elegance of prose to her enchanting story
Literary Review
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Two sometimes overlapping plot lines are deftly woven together in a meticulously researched work that opens the doors of readers to the history and traditions of the Temple
The Times
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Absolutely exquisite and a total charm. It reminds me of Dickens at his best. An utterly joyous read that sends you back in time with effortless skill
Imran Mahmood, author of Finding Sophie
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An excellent and well-paced story, and the anachronistic world of the bar is brilliantly described ... I look forward to the next
Law Society Gazette
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Praise for A Case of Mice and Murder: 'A delight from start to finish'
Sunday Times
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A triumph of ingenuity
Daily Mail
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A cunning and delightful mystery with rich, wonderful characters and period detail so vivid, you can touch it
Ian Moore, bestselling author of Death and Croissants
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A total delight! ... Intelligent, insightful mystery ... all skillfully woven together with a poignant, human story. I devoured it in one sitting!
Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, author of A Murder of Crows
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Intriguing, engaging, and thoroughly satisfying
T. E. Kinsey, bestselling author of A Quiet Life In The Country
User Reviews
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Details
- Author
- Sally Smith
- Narrator
- Jeremy Clyde
- Duration
- 9 hours 50 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 July 2025
- ISBN
- 9781526668790
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Criminal justice law
- Rating
- 3.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 4.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents A Case of Life and Limb by Sally Smith, read by Jeremy Clyde.'As brilliant a cosy crime novel as you'll ever read' JANICE HALLETT'A masterful voice in the mystery world' S. J. BENNETT1901. Gabriel Ward KC is hard at work on a thorny libel case involving London's most famous music hall star and its most notorious tabloid newspaper, but the Inner Temple remains as quiet and calm as ever. Quiet, that is, until the mummified hand arrives in the post...While the hand's recipient, Temple Treasurer Sir William Waring, is rightfully shaken, Gabriel is filled with curiosity. Who would want to send such a thing? And why? But as more parcels arrive - one with fatal consequences - Gabriel realises that it is not Sir William who is the target, but the Temple itself.Someone is holding a grudge that has already led to at least one death. Now it's up to Gabriel, and Constable Wright of the City of London Police, to find out who, before an old death leads to a new murder.
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