Murder in the Gunroom

Written by:
H. Beam Piper
Narrated by:
Anthony Wilson

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
327
Narrator
68
Release Date
January 2011
Duration
6 hours 54 minutes
Summary
The Lane Fleming collection of early pistols and revolvers was one of the best in the country. When Fleming was found dead on the floor of his locked gunroom, a Confederate-made Colt-type percussion .36 revolver in his hand, the coroner's verdict was "death by accident." But Gladys Fleming had her doubts. Enough at any rate to engage Colonel Jefferson Davis Rand—better known just as Jeff—private detective and a pistol-collector himself, to catalogue, appraise, and negotiate the sale of her late husband's collection. There were a number of people who had wanted the collection. The question was: had anyone wanted it badly enough to kill Fleming? And if so, how had he done it? Here is a mystery, told against the fascinating background of old guns and gun-collecting, which is rapid-fire without being hysterical, exciting without losing its contact with reason, and which introduces a personable and intelligent new private detective. It is a story that will keep your nerves on a hair trigger even if you don't know the difference between a cased pair of Paterson .34's and a Texas .40 with a ramming-lever. (Summary from the text)
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Anonymous

Good listen !!

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Patricia M.

Not my genre

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Anonymous

it was okay

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William N

Anything written by H. Beam Piper is going to be a good bet. This is one of the best.

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Joe L.

Keeps you interested

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Heleen W.

Good book, nice plot, very nice clean murder mystery. loved it!

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Tracy Shires

Great story! I downloaded this one mainly for my husband to enjoy while we took a road trip. It was fascinating and held our attention. Although you really have to listen closely in order to keep up with all of the different characters and such. Still a great book. The narrators did a good job.

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Gary Payne

Classic who done it. Highly technical with respect to historic side arms.

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Kathy King

This is a fun (almost) hard-boiled detective story with a couple of surprises. it's also read well.

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Anonymous

Too much gun technical information.

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Anonymous

My kind Of mystery

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Anonymous

Great story

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Anonymous

Pure enjoyment

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Anonymous

Interesting story and good narration

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Anonymous

Monologue and very boring

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Solveig S.

Because I didn’t understand the difference between various revolversI found the book very hard to stick to

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Anonymous

This was an OK read, not bad but on the top of my list

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Tamara R.

A lot of detail about collectible firearms! Good old gumshoe story. Narrator was nice and clear and his voice suited the story.

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Anonymous

Very interesting.

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Debbie POTTER

I got bogged down in all the "details" of the guns etc but I enjoyed the murder mystery story line and it moved along at a great pace.

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Anonymous

Thoroughly enjoyed. And the narrator was great.

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Anonymous

This book was 50 percent long winded listing of guns.

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GilbertMouse

A good fun read. Very specific descriptions of antique guns which some readers will enjoy. Some of the characters are just that; characters, but the mystery is strong enough to hold the story together.

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Anonymous

Well written and entertaining

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Anonymous

A nice story but the tail becomes a bit flat and by the end it was nice to know who did who.

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Anonymous

Very good plot with some twists and turns. Narrator was very good.

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Anonymous

Great surprise ending. Narrator was very well spoken and it seemed as if he was the detective dictating the case to a secretary for filing

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Anonymous

Sometimes hard to follow characters

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