The Family Vault

A Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn Mystery, Book 1

By: Charlotte MacLeod

Narrated by: Andi Arndt

An aging stripper's fresh corpse turns up in an old family tomb at Boston Common in this "first-rate suspense whodunit" (The Cincinnati Post).

Like many old New England families, the Kellings live to die. Although their family vault is spacious and comfortable, it will not do for Sarah Kelling's great-uncle Frederick. In his will, he demands to be buried inside the ancient family tomb at Boston Common, which hasn't admitted a new member in more than a century. But when the Kellings crack the old vault's door, they find a recently built brick wall - and behind it lays a surprisingly fresh corpse, a skeleton with rubies in its teeth.

Her name was Ruby Redd, and many years ago she was the toast of Boston's burlesque scene. Her murder case is ice cold, but when Sarah begins investigating it, she finds that the fiery passions behind Ruby's death still burn white hot. With the help of art-fraud-investigator Max Bittersohn, Sarah will solve the mystery of the stripper's murder - or take her own place in the family vault.

©2002 Charlotte MacLeod; Introduction copyright 2002 by Margaret Maron (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

A thoroughly enjoyable listen!

I remembered this book positively, but it definitely exceeded my expectations. The story was smart and exciting, the emotional beats were powerful and compelling, and it was funny and very charming to boot. Furthermore the readers perfance was excellent and very enjoyable. I highly recommend this book for fans of lightly humorous mysteries.

Enjoyable read

Enjoyable book, though not stellar. Perhaps I would have enjoyed it more if I’d read it or if there had been a different narrator.

Story enjoyable

Was pleased to see this series on Audible . However, will not continue the stories with this narrator.

enjoyable

not quite how I heard the book in my head while reading, but still enjoyable.

Decent

This was a decent mystery that went far to long than necessary. Sarah as a young bride/then widow trying to solve decades old murder then the murder of her husband and MIL with the mysterious Max.