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The Agony Column

by: Earl Derr Biggers

Publication date: 2009-02-12

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: librivox, audiobook, fiction, mystery, Second Floor Mystery

Language: English

LibriVox recording of The Agony Column, by Earl Derr Biggers.
Read in English by peac.

English romantic adventure starring a young American in London and inspired by the personal ads (agony columns) in the London papers. In this treacherous tale of murder and intrigue young American Geoffrey West tracks a killer from the posh dining room of the Carlton Hotel to the opium dens of London's Limehouse district in search of the truth and the heart of his true love only to find the culprit all too close to home.

Earl Derr Biggers is better known as the author of numerous Charlie Chan novels.

The Agony Column was released as a movie under the name Second Floor Mystery in 1930. While this movie was in production, its two stars, Loretta Young and Grant Withers, eloped. (Summary by peac)

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Reviewer: tuesdaynext - - August 19, 2015
Subject: Nice little mystery

Entertaining mystery and very well read. Good job!

Reviewer: glttrgrl8 - - May 25, 2014
Subject: Unexpectedly good mystery and romance story!

I randomly picked this book on LibriVox from the mystery genre, and I'm glad I did. It was a very engaging, well-written, and engrossing story that kept me interested the whole time. And the narrator did a great job!

Reviewer: cas.jr - - October 18, 2012
Subject: mystery

A very good well done mystery and well read.

Reviewer: Timothy Ferguson - - August 26, 2012
Subject: An interesting story

Not a great mystery, but interesting as a story, and well read.

Reviewer: ekortright - - August 25, 2012
Subject: Very nice

Well written story, very well read. I enjoyed listening to it even a second time, after I knew the ending.

Reviewer: benefitsingers - - September 23, 2009
Subject: Very Good

A nice story to listen to. Very entertaining.

Reviewer: mikezane - - June 19, 2009
Subject: Neat story

This is such a neat story with a totally unique and unexpected ending. Reading is also well-done.

Reviewer: kayray - - March 1, 2009
Subject: Good stuff!

A very entertaining story, and beautifully read. Thanks, Peac!