Murder Cuts the Mustard Audiobook (Free)

In the trim years following World War I, brash American adventuress Beryl Halliwell and prim and proper Brit Edwina Davenport form a private inquiry agency to make ends meet, hoping that crime does indeed pay . The latest incident to disturb the peace in the quaint English community of Walmsley Parva hits rather too near home-in fact, the prime believe has adopted residence in Edwina’s potting shed. Her older gardener Simpkins continues to be secretly sleeping there after a row along with his about Murder Slashes the Mustard disreputable brother-in-law and housemate, Hector Lomax. When Hector is found murdered in the local churchyard, Constable Gibbs comes looking for Simpkins, who was simply last seen arguing with his kin in the pub the night before. Based on the unhappy condition of her garden, Edwina provides grave doubts the shiftless Simpkins could muster the effort to murder anyone. The two sleuths throw themselves into weeding out suspects and rooting out the true killer. But that is no backyard range murder. The discovery of a valuable ring, a surprise connection to Colonel Kimberly’s Condiment Business, and a second homicide all pressure Beryl and Edwina to play catch-up because they relish the chance to contain the culprit . . .