The Z Murders (1932) – J. Jefferson Farjeon Free Audiobook

Written by J. Jefferson Farjeon
Read by Tim Bentinck
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

• Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
• Release date: 09-11-20
• Publisher: Soundings

Richard Temperley’s pretty annoyed with his bad-tempered fellow passenger on the train, who snores like a train himself. (We find out later that the disagreeable old curmudgeon’s named John Amble.) But Temperley’s not annoyed for long: As soon as Temperley and Amble arrive in fogbound London before dawn and take refuge in a hotel, Amble settles himself into an armchair, goes back to sleep — and never reawakens. How could he with a bullet in his heart, having been shot through the window while he slept?

The “Z” of The Z Murders refers to a token that police Detective-Inspector James discovers at the scene of the crime: a crimson-enameled metal Z. What — or who — is Z? Could it be an item belonging to the victim? Or the murderer? Or to a pretty but anguished young woman who Temperley saw fleeing the scene of the crime? At any rate, Temperley’s determined to track down the mystery woman. Needless to say, in tracking down the damsel in distress, Temperley — and Detective-Inspector James, who’s also in hot pursuit — also get closer to the killer.