Introducing turn-of-the-century archaeologist-sleuth Margaret Murray in the first of a brilliant new historical mystery series.
October, 1900. University College, London. When the spread-eagled body of one of her students is discovered in her rented room shortly after attending one of her lectures, Dr. Margaret Murray is disinclined to accept the official verdict of suicide and is determined to find out how and why the girl really died.
As an archaeologist, Dr. Murray is used to examining ancient remains, but she’s never before had to investigate the circumstances surrounding a newly dead corpse. However, of one thing Margaret is certain: if you want to know how and why a person died, you need to understand how they lived. And it soon becomes clear that the dead girl had been keeping a number of secrets.
As Margaret uncovers evidence that Helen Richardson had knowledge of a truly extraordinary archaeological find, the body of a second young woman is discovered on a windswept Kent beach–and the case takes a disturbing new twist.
M J Trow is a military historian by training and the author of the longrunning Inspector Lestrade and “Mad Max” Maxwell detective series, the Kit Marlowe Tudor mystery series, the Grand and Batchelor Victorian mysteries and the new Geoffrey Chaucer medieval mystery series. He lives in the Isle of Wight.
Ana Clements is an experienced audiobook narrator who had a successful career in finance before she decided to follow her dreams and become an actor. Trained in both singing and sound engineering, she worked in provincial musical theater for nine years and now works full time recording audiobooks and voiceover for corporate clients throughout the United States and Europe. Spanish by birth but raised in London, she is fluent in both Spanish and English.