Unruly Son (AKA Death of a Mystery Writer) - Robert Barnard

Written by Robert Barnard
Read by Graham Roberts
Format: MP3
Unabridged

“Sir Oliver Fairleigh-Stubbs, an overweight and overbearing man who revels in stirring up trouble, after he collapses and dies at his birthday party.

“He left behind a family who was relieved to be rid of him, especially since he’d amassed quite a fortune as the author or best-selling detective novels.

“To the family’s surprise, Sir Oliver left most of his estate to his eldest son who openly hated his father, while the long-suffering wife, calculating daughter, and unpleasant younger son are each to receive the income from one carefully chosen book.

“But the manuscript of the unpublished volume left to Sir Oliver’s wife—a posthumous “last case” that might be worth millions—has disappeared, and the author’s death is beginning to look less and less like an accident.

“The spirited Welsh Inspector Meredith, who in some respects resembles Sir Oliver’s fiction hero, steps into the picture to look into the proceedings.

“It doesn’t take long to discover the old man had been poisoned, his favorite after-dinner liqueur spiked with nicotinic acid, and that there are plenty of suspects.

“Meredith also begins to suspect that the clever murderer is taking his scheme from the plot of Sir Oliver’s missing novel.”