Murder in Adland

Detective Inspector Skelgill Investigates, Book 1

By: Bruce Beckham

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Meet maverick British detective DI Skelgill... "mad, bad and just a little bit cozy."

WHEN A HIGH-FLYING ADMAN is stabbed to death on a company weekend in the English Lake District, local detective Daniel Skelgill finds himself wrenched from his rural Cumbrian comfort zone.

As the investigation unfolds, DI Skelgill is led a merry dance between London and Edinburgh, at every turn confronted by uncooperative suspects—colleagues, wife and lovers of the deceased—each of whom is possessed of motive and opportunity.

Is this a crime of passion, a professional hit, or a cleverly calculated killing borne out of greed and jealousy?

In this traditional-style whodunit, the case can only be solved by carefully piecing together the essential clues—but Skelgill is running out of time. The patience of his superiors wears thin, while the actions of an anonymous agent provocateur serve only to advance the moment when the killer must strike again.

©2012 Bruce Beckham (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd

Great audio book!!

I’m looking forward to the next book!!
This one was a total 5 star!!
The narrator gives a perfect

Love it

I love British humor. This author and narrator are so good, but it takes me a bit to catch the dry humor. Then I enjoy it that much more. Excellent!

Can't wait for the next installment

Great story with the added humor was a bonus and always the narration was outstanding.

Loved this book

It was a great story, easy to listen without excessive amounts of people to get to know. It was a book that I didn’t see the answers and twists, I thought I did but I was wrong. I didn’t want to stop listening once I started.
I loved the narrator, I could imagine the characters in my mind through the descriptions but mainly through the narrator.
I was so looking forward to listening to more books but they are Virtual narration which I think is dire. Such a shame.

Predictable

The killer was too obvious. Not even a little twist at the end. A lazily written plot and not very great character development.