Lament For A Maker by Michael Innes

Posted by Riklaa on January 23, 2013 at 4:11pm

Lament For A Maker  

by Michael Innes

SNT  31/12/88

128K    

Inspector Appleby discovers the doom that shrouded the life of mad recluse, Ranald Guthrie, the laird of Erchany, who fell from the ramparts of his castle on a wild winter night, and also the grim legends of the bleak and nameless hamlets, in a tale that oozes with sheer terror and suspense ...

The Laird of Erchany, Ranald Guthrie has two outstanding traits:  his miserliness, which is causing his castle to fall down around his ears; and his fear of death: he chants "Lament for a Maker" through his rat-infested halls, and the villagers of Kinkeig quite rightly think him mad.

He is served by the Hardcastles, a seedy old couple, and Tammas, a brain-damaged boy.  Two guests are stranded at Erchany on Christmas Eve by a snow storm, and one of them just happens to be the Laird of Erchany's American heir.  When Tammas struggles through the snow drifts and into the village of Kinkeig on Christmas morning, the early kirk-goers are interrupted by cries of murder most foul.  Inspector Appleby, a solicitor, a cobbler, a physician, and the Laird of Erchany's unwanted guests must work together to prevent more lives from being destroyed by a plot that seethes in fratricide, incest, and a centuries-old clan feud.

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  • Paul Hudson April 22, 2013 at 2:32am

    Was going to leave this one but saw the word upgrade mentioned so thought I'd pop it into my collection and compare.

    Paul

  • Jim Robarts April 21, 2013 at 5:51pm

    Thanks Rick.

  • Jenny April 20, 2013 at 6:35am

    Love the Appleby stories - thank you :-)

  • Couch Potato January 24, 2013 at 6:35am

    Thanks

  • Anson (Bob) Roberts January 23, 2013 at 6:35pm

    Thank you, sir. An improvement over my 64K mono file!

    • Riklaa > Anson (Bob) Roberts January 23, 2013 at 7:05pm

      You are both welcome.  -----------------------  Rick

  • Kurt L NYC January 23, 2013 at 6:12pm

    Thanks.

    You've been posting these quickly, but I've been able to keep up with the listening.

    • Riklaa > Kurt L NYC January 23, 2013 at 7:08pm

      I wish i could post the whole collection that I have, but I have only been posting a fraction of the total amount, that just those that were lost and those that are an upgrade to the encode that had been floating around the net.

  • Paul Hudson January 23, 2013 at 5:36pm

    Great stuff

    Paul

  • Jim Robarts January 23, 2013 at 5:32pm

    Thanks.

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