A Cryptic Clue

A Hunter and Clewe Mystery, Book 1

By: Victoria Gilbert

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Sixty-year-old Jane Hunter, forced into early retirement from her job as a university librarian, is seeking a new challenge to keep her spirits up and supplement her meager pension. But as she’s about to discover, a retiree’s life can bring new thrills—and new dangers.

Cameron “Cam” Clewe, an eccentric 33-year-old collector, is also seeking something—an archivist to inventory his ever-expanding compendium of rare books and artifacts. Jane’s thrilled to be hired on by Cam and to uncover the secrets of his latest acquisition, a trove of items related to classic mystery and detective authors. But Jane’s delight is upended when a body is discovered in Cam’s library. The victim, heir to a pharmaceutical fortune, was the last in line of Cam’s failed romances—and now he’s suspect number one.

Cam vows to use his intelligence and deductive skills to clear his name—but with a slight case of agoraphobia, rampant anxiety, and limited social skills, he’ll need some help. It comes down to Jane to exonerate her new boss—but is he truly innocent?

©2023 Victoria Gilbert (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

Exquisite storytelling

In this high quality mystery, the storytelling is lovely and highly polished, the story world is vivid and bright, and the characters are compelling. I'll definitely borrow more books by this author.

5 stars

A Cryptic Clue is an engaging mystery with an entertaining plot. I look forward to the next book.

Great Book!

Very interesting book with a great narrator!
Plot moves at a good pace and is never boring.

Twists and turns.

Twists and turns made this a good read for me. I would read other books with these characters.

Terrible

I thought this would be a good listen from the reviews, but unfortunately it didn’t hold my interest. I rarely stop listening to a book once I start, but this one was boring and predictable. The narrator was horrible. She basically just read the book in a monotone voice. Glad I didn’t spend money or a credit on this one.