The Deadly Hours - by Susanna Kearsley,Anna Lee Huber,C. S. Harris, Audiobook

Written by by Susanna Kearsley, Anna Lee Huber, C. S. Harris,
Read by Anne Flosnik
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Release date: September 10, 2020
Duration: 10:55:50

From Italy in 1733 to Edinburgh in 1831 to a series of chilling murders in London in 1870 and a lethal game of revenge decades later, a watch touches lives with misfortune—until it comes into the hands of one young woman who might be able to stop it for good.

This outstanding collaboration between outstanding novelists follows characters who are irrevocably linked by fate, each one playing a key role in breaking the curse once and for all.

Kearsley starts things off with “Weapon of Choice,” Set in 1733 Italy, where Scots travelers Hugh and Mary McPherson get drawn into an effort to foil the assassination of the Duke of Ormonde, who’s been targeted by a loyalist working “for the English Crown.” Meanwhile, the two meet a pirate who possesses a timepiece, La Sirene, made from gold it said to have been cursed after it was plundered from a cathedral. A surprising death follows.

The watch reappears in 1831 Edinburgh, where Huber’s series sleuth Lady Darby, is consulted by the head of the city’s largest criminal gang. He believes that it was responsible for a fatal illness that decimated his family.

Christina Trent’s entry, “A Pocketful of Death,” set in Edinburgh four decades later, is the standout, as La Sirene stopped working just before three deaths, an impossibility that proves to have a logical explanation.

Harris’s contribution, “Siren’s Call,” set in 1944–1945 England, adds the least to the saga. This is a solid introduction to authors who deserve a wider readership.