The Lost Gallows

By: John Dickson Carr

Narrated by: John Telfer

As the thick, autumnal fog chokes the capital, within the fire-lit lounge of London's notorious Brimstone Club a bizarre tale is being spun for Inspector Bencolin and his friend Jeff Marle. A member of the club has been sent a model of a tiny gallows, and the word is that the folkloric hangman Jack Ketch has been stalking the streets for victims by night.

The threat of this supposed bogeyman becomes thrillingly real when that same night Bencolin and Marle are almost run down by a limousine with a corpse behind the wheel. When an ominous message claims the car's passenger has been taken to the gallows at Ruination Street for hanging, the detective and his associate venture into the night to discover the truth behind the terrifying Ketch and a street which cannot be found on any map.

©1931, 2020 The Estate of Clarice M. Carr, Martin Edwards (P)2022 Soundings

An excellent narration can do so much…

I am hoping John Telfer enjoyed narrating this one because it certainly seemed so to me. It is one of the better Carr mysteries but the narration takes this audiobook to another level. Memorable.
Can John Telfer please be invited to lend his prowess to all the old, classic mysteries being turned into audiobooks?

Amazing atmosphere and a stunning finale

Carr's one of the best mysteries and the narrator brings it to life quite well. 5 stars all around.