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Death in Delft

A 17th Century Historical Murder Mystery (Master Mercurius Mystery Series, Book 1)

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Death in Delft

By: Graham Brack
Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
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Three missing girls. Only one body. Where are the others?

1671, Delft

Three young girls have been abducted from their homes. The body of one has been found in a shallow grave. The other two are still missing. The murder has shocked everyone in the peaceful city of Delft, and the mayor is desperate to catch the perpetrator before panic can spread any further.

With the bitterly cold January weather intensifying, it is doubtful that the other two girls are still alive. But whoever took them is still at large.

The mayor requests the help of Master Mercurius, a gifted cleric from a nearby university, and local artist Vermeer, who uses his skills to sketch the crime scenes.

Can they find the missing girls before it's too late? Will Mercurius be able to track down the killer?

Or will more victims succumb to Death in Delft?

©2020 Graham Brack (P)2021 Tantor Crime Fiction Fiction Historical Mystery Thriller & Suspense Exciting Mind-bending Murder Mystery

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17th century Holland is a place and period I know little about, which made this book appealing. Master Mercurius is an engaging character. An ordained catholic priest (in secret) who is simultaneously an ordained protestant priest, Mercurius is faced with some unique dilemmas. This rather naive university lecturer is sent to Delft to investigate the disappearance of three young girls, one of whom has been found dead.

I enjoyed the book and would like to read more by Graham Brack, but I may choose to read rather than listen. Though the narrator has a pleasant voice and is able to give different characters appropriate voices, i found his delivery too repetitive in intonation. There would be a whole sequence of sentences read with the same pitch and lift at the end. It felt as if I was listening to a shopping list. I also felt that there was a lot more humour in the text than came over in the narration.

Interesting and different

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A really good listen akin to the Cadfael type genre of detectives. Loved the characters and plot twists along the way

Fabulous listen

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An engaging and humorous detective story, wonderfully read. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Master Mercurius is an engaging and unusual character with a deadpan sense of humour and some unconventional theological views for the time. Looking forward to the next in the series.

Death and humour in Delft

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A different reader would have made this a five star. History, art, culture & and whodunnit. Unfortunately read in a dismissive drawl totally out of keeping with the story.

A book to read

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I was looking forward to this period "who-done-it", being set in C17th Delft, it promised much; a new detective character, a different culture and interesting times.
All those components are there, but the story is ruined by the narrator. His peculiar inflections, uneven rhythm and frankly - boring - voice made it difficult to listen to it.
I toyed with giving up and cutting my losses but in the end I decided to finish it, though doing so felt more like a penance than a joy.

Nearly a Hit, but No . . .

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"Death in Delft" is an excellent and surprisingly hilarious murder mystery set in 17th-century Netherlands. This was my first book by Graham Brack, but I'm looking forward to reading more by him.

Very enjoyable.

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I love historical detective stories like those by S J Parris and C J Sansom and this was a quick one in that sort of style and had a great narrator, it wasn’t especially long or complicated but was a nice little story with some good characters, I would recommend it though despite it being short.

Nice easy listen

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Totally absorbing,great plot, brilliantly read.
And as an artist myself, lovely to have Vermeer involved.
Off to buy his other books.

A joy

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Historical mystery set in 17th century Delft.
Even though this lacks the depth and complexity of C J Sansom's Shardlake series, I found this an enjoyable story, with a similar configuration set in an interesting historical period.
Audiobook finished within 24 hours and I have just ordered book 2, Untrue till Death

Shardlake in 17th century Netherlands?

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I like nothing better than finding a new mystery series. This interesting whodunnit links fictionally to historical figures of the day. The first person narrative adds a coherence to the novel. I enjoyed the lightness of style.
The narration is mostly excellent but has some distracting moments with exaggerated character portrayal plus some strange reading emphasis towards the end.

an interesting start to a series

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