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    The Motive
    The Motive
    The Motive
    Audiobook38 minutes

    The Motive

    Written by Ronald Knox

    Narrated by Gordon Griffin

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    About this audiobook

    A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. “It’s not a scientific mind you need in the legal profession,” he insisted; “it’s a kind of artistic gift. You’ve got to be imaginative.” As Sir Leonard Huntercombe tells the elaborate story of one of his clients, listeners will love piecing together this strange locked-room mystery set on a sleeper train to Aberdeen.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSoundings
    Release dateDec 1, 2018
    ISBN9781407978413
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    • 4/5
      Fun for a half hour's puzzle in an old club room. Well read. Elsewhere, I give 5 ⭐ to the beautifully performed, superbly written Knox contribution to "6 Against the Yard".
      Knox himself is a very interesting man. How many priests wrote worldly stories quite like these?