Chapter and Verse

A short story from the British Library Crime Classic collection Murder by the Book. Cryptic inscriptions in an antique Bible appear to record three gruesome deaths that took place in a quiet English village in 1779. Nearly 200 years later, a fourth person is found dead under similarly violent circumstances. As the investigation unfolds, suspicions are roused by the parallels with other events in the village’s history, and the book becomes key to unravelling a more than one mystery.

© 2022 Soundings (Audiobook): 9781407999203

Release date

Audiobook: 1 March 2022