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Murder Like Clockwork
- Author
- Nicola Whyte
- Narrator
- Nneka Okoye
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 12 March 2026
- Run Time
- 9 hours 32 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Antique clocks, musical boxes and automata, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Classic crime and mystery fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
An empty house that isn't empty. A victim who vanishes. An impossible crime?
Every Thursday at midday Audrey Brooks cleans the Petrov house. Mr Petrov is never home - in fact he seems to use the house purely as storage for his impressive collection of antiques - but that doesn't affect the care with which Audrey mops, polishes, and carefully winds each of the dozens of beautiful clocks that decorate the tall, elegant, empty London mansion.
Until the morning she finds a corpse in the back bedroom, the pristine walls and floor covered in blood, and flees the house in panic.
Fifteen minutes later, the police arrive... and find nothing. No body. No blood. The only thing slightly out of the ordinary is the clock in that back bedroom, which is now running four minutes slow.
With no victim, the police are convinced there was no murder, but Audrey knows better. A man has been killed, and if they won't do anything about it, she - and her annoying friend Lewis - will. Whodunnit is one thing, but this detective duo must also wrestle with when - and where on earth is the body? It's not long since they solved the murder of their neighbour, so they're not rookie sleuths, and at least this time the case has no connection to their home.
Does it?
A charming and witty locked room mystery full of twists, perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Tom Hindle, and Janice Hallett.
Critics Review
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PRAISE FOR 10 MARCHFIELD SQUARE:
'A hugely impressive debut that's cosy and classy in equal measure. A super-smart and delightful mystery that teases out the secrets of an entire neighbourhoodJanice Hallett
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I just loved 10 Marchfield Square. Clever, funny, ingeniously constructed - and what a cast! The mystery is gripping and beautifully unguessable, the characters are bursting with life, and the square itself is drawn with such subtlety and love. Brilliant
Alex Hay
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Whyte crafts a brand new kind of cosy mystery that leaps off the page and keeps you thinking throughout ... A proper whodunnit that oozes charm, wit and bloody murder
Jonathan Whitelaw
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
Loved the story, the twist and turns and the narrration is flawless!!!
shanas 2026-09-17
Details
- Author
- Nicola Whyte
- Narrator
- Nneka Okoye
- Duration
- 9 hours 32 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 March 2026
- ISBN
- 9781526673183
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Antique clocks, musical boxes and automata, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Classic crime and mystery fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Murder Like Clockwork by Nicola Whyte, read by Nneka Okoye.An empty house that isn't empty. A victim who vanishes. An impossible crime?Every Thursday at midday Audrey Brooks cleans the Petrov house. Mr Petrov is never home - in fact he seems to use the house purely as storage for his impressive collection of antiques - but that doesn't affect the care with which Audrey mops, polishes, and carefully winds each of the dozens of beautiful clocks that decorate the tall, elegant, empty London mansion.Until the morning she finds a corpse in the back bedroom, the pristine walls and floor covered in blood, and flees the house in panic.Fifteen minutes later, the police arrive... and find nothing. No body. No blood. The only thing slightly out of the ordinary is the clock in that back bedroom, which is now running four minutes slow.With no victim, the police are convinced there was no murder, but Audrey knows better. A man has been killed, and if they won't do anything about it, she - and her annoying friend Lewis - will. Whodunnit is one thing, but this detective duo must also wrestle with when - and where on earth is the body? It's not long since they solved the murder of their neighbour, so they're not rookie sleuths, and at least this time the case has no connection to their home. Does it?A charming and witty locked room mystery full of twists, perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Tom Hindle, and Janice Hallett.
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