The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith

Patricia Wentworth

Feb 2023 · BEYOND BOOKS HUB · AI-narrated by Madelyn (from Google)

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Of the four who formed the Inner Council three were present. Most of the Delegates had expected that the head of The Council, the head of the Federated Organisations, that mysterious Number One whom they all knew by reputation and yet had never seen in the flesh, would be present in person to take the chair. But the Delegates who had entertained this expectation were doomed to disappointment. Once again Number One’s authority had been delegated to the other three members of The Council. Of these, Number Three was Molloy, the big, handsome Irishman who rented the flat. He sat facing the door, a fine figure of a man in the late forties. Number Two leaned forward over the fire, warming his hands, his pale, intellectual face expressionless, his eyes veiled. Belcovitch, who was Number Four, was on his feet speaking. They were large, bony feet, in boots which had most noticeably not been made for him. He spoke fluently, but with a heavy foreign accent....FROM THE BOOKS.

About the author

Patricia Wentworth (1877-1961) was a British author of crime fiction, chiefly famous for her series of thirty-two whodunit mysteries featuring Miss Maud Silver. Wentworth began her writing career in 1910 with her first novel, A Marriage Under The Terror, set in the French Revolution, which won the Melrose prize, and wrote over thirty other novels of mystery and adventure outside the Miss Silver series. Graham Scott is a narrator and voice actor based in the UK. As well as solo performances of works by authors including PG Wodehouse, Charles Dickens, R Austin Freeman, Dorothy L. Sayers, Jules Verne, Anna Katherine Green, Joseph Conrad, GK Chesterton, and John Buchan, Graham is also a regular performer in group productions with both Voices of Today and The Online Stage. Website: www.GrahamScottAudio.com