Internet Archive's in-browser audio with external links "theater" requires JavaScript to be enabled. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. Please see your browser settings for this feature.

No Clue! A Mystery Story

by: James Hay

Publication date: 2009-03-08

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: librivox, audiobook, mystery, murder, Sloanehurst, James Hay

Language: English

LibriVox recording of No Clue! A Mystery Story, by James Hay. Read by Roger Melin.

“No Clue! A Mystery Story” finds detective Jefferson Hastings at the home of wealthy but eccentric Arthur Sloane one hot summer night, when two other guests at Sloanehurst stumble across the body of young Mildred Brace lying dead on the lawn. Sloane’s daughter Lucille asks Hastings to help solve the crime, but Hastings gets surprisingly little help from anybody he interviews, including Mr. Sloane himself and even the mother of the victim. With few clues to aid him and nobody beyond suspicion, including himself, seemingly rock solid alibis begin to fall apart, expanding the list of potential suspects, and Hastings must rely on subtle expressions and the scant evidence at hand to try to solve the murder. (Summary by Roger Melin)

For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.

For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.

Download M4B (200MB)

Addeddate: 2009-03-08 20:27:29

Boxid: OL100020219

Call number: 2930

External-identifier: urn:storj:bucket:jvrrslrv7u4ubxymktudgzt3hnpq:no_clue_rm_0903_librivox

Identifier: no_clue_rm_0903_librivox

Ocr: tesseract 5.0.0-beta-20210815

Ocr_autonomous: true

Ocr_detected_lang: en

Ocr_detected_lang_conf: 1.0000

Ocr_detected_script: Latin

Ocr_detected_script_conf: 1.0000

Ocr_module_version: 0.0.13

plus-circle Add Review

comment
Reviews

Reviewer: benefitsingers - - February 4, 2011
Subject: Agreeing with wagstaff

I would say a three star book with a 5 star reader as well. The story is interesting enough to keep you waiting to find out "who done it", but even that to me was a bit odd in how it was written. I probably would not have enjoyed this book as much if it had been read by anyone other than the wonderful Roger Melin. He is what kept me listening.

Reviewer: mcm2500 - - July 13, 2010
Subject: Very Good

An interesting book with interesting characters. Although I was a little disappointed that Mrs. Brace's history was not gone into more. I wanted to know why she was as she was. Reader was excellent.

Reviewer: mikezane - - June 19, 2009
Subject: I liked this book...

and I have listened to it 2x.

The owner of the house, Slone, is a riot, his exclamations and whiney tendencies were very funny.

A young woman is found murdered on Slone's lawn, and as it happens, he is a fan of detecting and has Detective Hastings over for a visit at that time. At Slone's daughter's insistence, Hastings begins investigating the murder. Slone doesn't like this idea tho, and tries to get rid of him.

What is Slone hiding? Who is the real killer? Good story, likeable characters.

Roger Melin is a good reader, I enjoy listening to his books.

Reviewer: wagstaff - - March 14, 2009
Subject: A Good Mystery Well Read

This is a better than average Who-Done-It. The plot moves right along and maintains the listeners attention for the most part. The ending is somewhat prediable, but There really aren't many plausible suspects to begin with. The reader is very professional and reads extremely well....A five star reader with a three star novel. Four Stars overall. _

122,455 Views

11 Favorites

4 Reviews