The Riverside Villas Murder
Penguin Classics
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
The Riverside Villas Murder
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
John Heffernan
-
By:
-
Kingsley Amis
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
A mummy is stolen from a small-town museum along with some Roman coins and a soaking wet man collapses in 14-year-old Peter Furneaux's living room bleeding from the head. What was a suspected student prank is followed by murder.
At first it is impossible to see the connection, but the eccentric Colonel Manton does. With Peter's help the colonel unravels a mystery that strikes fear into the heart of a genteel suburban neighbourhood and gives Peter rather more excitement than he bargained for at the tennis club social. This meticulously paced thriller shows Amis at his most subtle and daring.
©1973 Kingsley Amis (P)2020 Penguin AudioListeners also enjoyed...
What listeners say about The Riverside Villas Murder
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Daniel W. Wright
- 07-04-24
Wonderful.
Quite simply a wonderfully written and narrated story.
Rich, nostalgic, melancholic and beautiful.
Highly recommended
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Lawton
- 12-11-23
Gentle classic mystery
Very much in the style of a golden age of crime caper, this story gently unfolds through the eyes of a teenager boy. There are some dated comments as to be expected but it’s an enjoyable listen, some humour and observations on social mores and the perspective of youth. All of this is rooted in the time of its setting. Excellent narration.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Graham G Grant
- 07-02-21
Murder, sex and growing up - Golden Age crime drama with a twist
This is genteel fare, on the face of it, inspired by Golden Age-style detective stories: quaint settings, ingenious murder methods, and eccentric investigators ... but like a lot of Amis’s work, a familiar genre is given a fresh dimension. The central character is Peter Furneaux, a teenager whose dad is falsely accused of murder. Peter is infatuated with a glamorous neighbour. Colonel Manton runs the murder probe - shrewd, champagne-swilling, with a secret about his personal life. The story kicks off with a theft from the local museum. We follow Peter as he thinks about girls, plays records and does his French homework, against the backdrop of the murder investigation. It’s never less than entertaining, a throwback novel but one that quietly subverts or at least has a little gentle fun with the genre. Amis had written a novel on similar lines - a ghost story/sex caper called The Green Man; it’s clear he enjoyed genre experimentation. This story is clever, funny, well-told, and well-narrated.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful