Murder at the Fitzwilliam

Written by Jim Eldridge

Narrated by Peter Wickham

After rising to prominence for his role investigating the case of Jack the Ripper, former Detective Inspector Daniel Wilson is now retired. Known for his intelligence, investigative skills, and most of all his discretion, he's often consulted when a case must be solved quickly and quietly. So when a body is found in the Egyptian collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, Wilson is called in. As he tries to uncover the identity of the dead man and the circumstances surrounding his demise, Wilson must contend with an unhelpful police inspector and Abigail Fenton, the archaeologist who discovered the body and is determined to protect the Egyptian collection. Can they find a way to work together to solve the mystery?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Soundings
• Release date: Feb 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781407977355

Jim Eldridge

Jim Eldridge was born in central London towards the end of World War II, and survived attacks by V2 rockets on the Kings Cross area where he lived. In 1971 he sold his first sitcom to the BBC and had his first book commissioned. Since then he has had more than one hundred books published, with sales of over three million copies. He lives in Kent with his wife.

Reviews for Murder at the Fitzwilliam

[Deborah ONeal · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

But there are some v annoying technical issues: the end of each chapter is clipped off, taking with it who knows how many words and what information.

The narrator does a fine job with all male voices, but The 2 main females are turned into baby dolls, speaking always through pouty kiss face. Dreadful, especially as Abigail is meant to be intelligent and freethinking as to the ‘role of women’ in business and society. So annoying!

[Alice Grix · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Excellent, I am going to read the next book in the series, just love the characters.

[Pickwick Papers · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Terrible editing , end of each chapter is cut off ! Emagin reading a book to find someone had ripped out the last page of every chapter!!

[Christina Haestier · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It's a shame the chapters cut off at the end

[doug · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

OK so they telegraph the murderer in this book a little but still packed full of good characters. An interesting mystery and a good narrator.

[Megan Patrick · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Mystery was okay, nothing spectacular but interesting enough. But the "love" story elements got more and more cringey as the book progressed. The handling was super heavy handed and all 'tell, don't show'. I'm going to give the second book a chance because I like the male lead (Abigail is all over the place and borderline insufferable, especially as she's supposed to be oh so smart but there's no real sign of it. I've literally no idea what Daniel sees in her). But if it's more of the same, I already know it will join the figurative DNF pile.

[Prior Shelley · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Liked the narrator’s voice and style but wish the end of each chapter was not cut off I the middle of a sentence.