Without a Trace

The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, Book 12

By: Mel Starr

Narrated by: Steven Crossley

Lady Philippa, the wife of Sir Aymer, a knight of the realm, disappears while travelling from her husband’s manor to Bampton. She and her maid are traveling in an enclosed wagon, while her husband and his grooms and a squire are mounted.

When the party arrives at Bampton Castle neither the lady nor her maid are within the enclosed wagon: they have simply vanished. As the disappearance may have happened while the travelers were on Lord Gilbert’s lands, his surgeon and bailiff, Hugh de Singleton, is assigned to discover what has happened to the lady. Has she been taken? Her has she fled her husband?

A few days later her husband receives a ransom demand, and Hugh is named to deliver the money. Why him? The ransom is paid, but the lady is not returned. Can Hugh help find her, or is it already too late?

©2019 Mel Starr (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing

WELCOME BACK STEVEN CROSSLEY!!

When I first began listening to this wonderful series, it was Crossley’s vocal performance that brought the story to life. Then, he was replaced. The next reader was adequate, but did not rise to Crossley’s skill. Thank you Mr. Crossley for returning to grace our imaginations of Starr’s story of mysteries, crimes and miscreants at work, with your superlative performance.

Always fun

Interesting story line and it’s informative to travel in the 1300s in post plague England.

I LOVE this series!! High de Singleton = excellent

This whole series is wonderful. Hugh de Singleton, is humble, makes mistakes & gets there in the end. The characters are well formed & so are the mysteries. The details are correct historically. I just really really enjoyed all of it & HOPE that they release 13 & 14 in audio format (and 15 when it comes out) Steven Crossley is wonderful - as usual!!

One of the best in the series

I really enjoyed this story. It had a nice, leisurely pace, with enough action to hold my interest. I hope that Audible will soon have Mel Starr's two new books in this series available to audible listeners.

These get better and better!!!

Another excellent story from Mel Starr! This is thoroughly enjoyable and the author explains the fact that the places and some characters are historically accurate. Very interesting!!