The Palace Guard

By: Charlotte MacLeod

Narrated by: Andi Arndt

A museum robbery leaves a guard dead, and two Boston sleuths investigate: "If this is your first meeting with Sarah Kelling, oh how I envy you." (Margaret Maron)

It has only been a few months since Sarah Kelling's elderly husband passed away, and she is struggling to adapt to life as a penniless young widow. To make ends meet, she converts her stately Boston home into a boardinghouse, a decision that brings something even better than money: the company of art-fraud-investigator Max Bittersohn. The budding couple is standing on a balcony, recovering from a second-rate concert at a third-rate museum, when something plummets past them. The museum has been robbed, and a guard has fallen to his death. Dozens of priceless paintings have been stolen and replaced with forgeries, and to recover these masterworks will mean tearing the lid off the quiet life of the Boston upper crust. But it is a chance Sarah and Max must take, lest they join the guard on his long trip down.

©1981 Charlotte MacLeod (P)2021 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

The writing is wonderful, the mystery delightful

How I wish there were as many Kelling Bittersohn mysteries as there are Kellings. They are a treat to read and to listen to.

one of Charlotte MacLeod's best

the unique charm of Charlotte MacLeod's mysteries provide a warmth of story-telling that have delighted readers for generations.

Good read!

cozy-mystery, boston, murder-investigation, fun, vintage*****

Sarah and Max come up right in the middle of things once again! Sarah is surrounded by relatives and also her boarders as murder intrudes once again, but romance is finally in the air for Sarah and Max as well as cousin Brooks Kelling and an interesting boarder. I love this vintage series!
Andi Arndt is great as narrator!