Detective Gretel

P.J. Brackston

Aug 2019 · Bolinda · Narrated by Kate Reading

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In the sleepy Bavarian town of Gesternstadt, gossip was viewed by many as a local sport, a popular hobby, a harmless pastime that showed only the depth and enduring nature of the interest of one neighbour for another. In Gretel’s opinion, however, tittle-tattle sowed the seeds of malice among the fertile soil of jealousy, often watered by the tears of its victims. So it was, that upon hearing from brother Hans of the whispers concerning a young woman, a married man and a thwarted lover, Gretel is compelled to rise from her beloved day bed to set things to rights. In doing so, she not only solves the crime, but begins her new life as Detective Gretel ...

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About the author

P.J. Brackston is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Witch's Daughter; The Winter Witch; and Nutters. She is also the author of the cosy crime series the Brothers Grimm Mysteries, including Gretel and the Case of the Missing Frog Prints, Once Upon a Crime and The Case of the Fickle Mermaid. Brackston lives in Wales with her family.

Kate Reading has been a freelance narrator for over 20 years. She has received two Audie Awards and numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, which has named her Narrator of the Year and Best Voice in science fiction and fantasy for her narration of Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series. As Jennifer Mendenhall, she has worked as a stage actor in the Washington, DC area and has been a member of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company since 1987.

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