One of My Sons


Read by Laura Victoria

(4.6 stars; 378 reviews)

A young girl frantically summons a gentleman walking by on the street to come in and help her grandfather. Arthur Outhwaite answers her cry for help only to find himself as the last person to see her grandfather alive and left with the admonishment from the dying man to deliver a letter to someone, and to that person only. Unfortunately, he dies before he can inform Outhwaite who that particular person is. Being in a house of strangers, Outhwaite is thrust into the mystery of not only finding this unknown person, but is also faced with the mysterious circumstances under which the child's grandfather died. (Summary by Laura Victoria) (9 hr 53 min)

Chapters

The Child, and What She Led Me Into 8:26 Read by Laura Victoria
The Young Doctor and the Old 23:09 Read by Laura Victoria
What a Door Hid 16:55 Read by Laura Victoria
'He Drank it Alone' 8:49 Read by Laura Victoria
Hope 18:51 Read by Laura Victoria
A Happy Inspiration 6:19 Read by Laura Victoria
The Elderly Gentleman by the Newel-Post 25:24 Read by Laura Victoria
The Man Behind the Screen 37:18 Read by Laura Victoria
The Clock that had Run Down 12:10 Read by Laura Victoria
The Pencil 8:04 Read by Laura Victoria
Something to Think About 3:51 Read by Laura Victoria
Gossip 9:34 Read by Laura Victoria
Indications 28:10 Read by Laura Victoria
A Sudden Turn 19:32 Read by Laura Victoria
The Missing Pocket 11:24 Read by Laura Victoria
In the Parlour at Mrs. Penrhyn's 17:44 Read by Laura Victoria
The Monogram 30:18 Read by Laura Victoria
The Phial 16:56 Read by Laura Victoria
I Make My First Move 8:25 Read by Laura Victoria
The Little House in New Jersey 14:11 Read by Laura Victoria
Mille-Fleurs 17:27 Read by Laura Victoria
A Disagreeable Hour with a Disagreeable Man 18:33 Read by Laura Victoria
In My Office 26:13 Read by Laura Victoria
An Old Catastrophe is Recalled 24:27 Read by Laura Victoria
A Summons 11:23 Read by Laura Victoria
Ferry Lights 15:02 Read by Laura Victoria
Rain 15:58 Read by Laura Victoria
By the Light of a Guttering Candle 53:46 Read by Laura Victoria
The Quiet Hour 11:26 Read by Laura Victoria
An Unexpected Ally 10:44 Read by Laura Victoria
Sweetwater Has an Idea 13:13 Read by Laura Victoria
With the Shade Down 12:12 Read by Laura Victoria
In Which We Can Pardon Mr. Gryce His Unfortunate Illness 12:42 Read by Laura Victoria
'It Was the Shock!' 19:26 Read by Laura Victoria
Roses 5:23 Read by Laura Victoria

Reviews

Wonderful, entertaining, utterly magnificent.


(5 stars)

Excellent. There is a chapter 35 at the end that is not shown in the list but it will automatically begin to play after chapter 34. Wait for it because it makes the end of the book fantastic.

intricate plot & interesting characters


(5 stars)

Typical well-crafted AKG mystery, but the characters are even more interesting than usual, and the plot even more mysterious. Enjoyable read!

Another excellent mystery


(5 stars)

Narration was excellent. Story as befitting time written, has good descriptive and character development. Did not guess the ending and enjoyed the various threads characters followed to conclusions.

one of AKG’s more riveting tales


(4 stars)

there were times when i suspected the killer merely because AKG tends to be very classist (product of her time and status but still; yuck) and i really couldn’t see her spending so much time detailing the virtues of the virtuous brothers and then committing to actually making one of them guilty. still it was very engaging and i enjoyed the protagonist. the detailed account of the train engineer hurtling along the tracks trying to save the runaway carriages was extremely well written and had me breathless with anticipation!!!

Snowed in Again


(5 stars)

All those stars are for the excellent reader whose voice is so pleasant I would gladly listen to her read the LA phone book. As usual, the story seems very long and filled with the moralizing so popular at the time it was written. The solid upright man ends up with the extraordinarily beautiful and virtuous maiden. Unfortunately, the character of Detective Gryce is not fleshed out in this book, making just a cameo appearance.

Great story and fabulous reader


(5 stars)

This was a well written mystery and love story. I did not have an inkling of the person who committed the crime until the end. And the conclusion of the book made me smile and feel very good. The reader has such a wonderful voice and gave the story the right feelings and perfect handling of the subject.

beautifully narrated delightful story


(4.5 stars)

It's not very often I don't figure out the answer but this was well done. Laura Victoria does a superb job of narrating

Whew, a slog


(2 stars)

The reader was very good. But only if you are enamored of over-the-top melodramatic romances brimming with the character stereotypes of men and women of a bygone era would I recommend this book. Also, it's very long and overly wordy. And (spoiler alert) if you've never encountered a mystery resolution adhering to the most famously quoted detective story trope, this book's for you.