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Death in the Aviary
The Charlotte Blood Chronicles (Related to this series)
- Author
- Victoria Dowd
- Narrator
- Sophie Roberts
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 10 September 2025
- Run Time
- 10 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The locked lift mystery of Ravenswick Abbey has remained unsolved for a year. On New Year’s Eve
1928, nine people entered the murderous lift at Ravenswick Abbey, only eight came out alive…
December 1929, and back-room journalist Charlotte Blood is sent to the isolated Ravenswick Abbey in the wilds of Dartmoor to investigate the murder of the heir to the Ravenswick fortune. She faces a locked room mystery like no other, a crime impossible to solve. Almost a year ago, on New Year’s Eve, nine members of the Ravenswick household stepped into a vast, ornate lift installed for the ailing head of the family, Lord Ravenswick. Only eight people stepped out. It is an impossible locked lift mystery that a year on, no one has solved. Charlotte Blood must unravel the mystery and with it the terrible truth behind the family. Her search will not only lead her down a dangerous path, it will reveal some of the dark secrets that lurk in her own life…
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Details
- Author
- Victoria Dowd
- Narrator
- Sophie Roberts
- Duration
- 10 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9781004205707
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
Synopsis
A ‘locked lift’ mystery for Golden Age crime fans, from award winning author Victoria Dowd. The locked lift mystery of Ravenswick Abbey has remained unsolved for a year. On New Year’s Eve1928, nine people entered the murderous lift at Ravenswick Abbey, only eight came out alive…December 1929, and back-room journalist Charlotte Blood is sent to the isolated Ravenswick Abbey in the wilds of Dartmoor to investigate the murder of the heir to the Ravenswick fortune. She faces a locked room mystery like no other, a crime impossible to solve. Almost a year ago, on New Year’s Eve, nine members of the Ravenswick household stepped into a vast, ornate lift installed for the ailing head of the family, Lord Ravenswick. Only eight people stepped out. It is an impossible locked lift mystery that a year on, no one has solved. Charlotte Blood must unravel the mystery and with it the terrible truth behind the family. Her search will not only lead her down a dangerous path, it will reveal some of the dark secrets that lurk in her own life…
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