The Layton Court Mystery: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Layton Court Mystery, credited to Anthony Berkeley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Layton Court Mystery by Anthony Berkeley. Read in English by Anne Erickson. A Roger Sheringham mystery In a typical English country house, a murder is committed. The wealthy Victor Stanworth, who'd been playing host to a party of friends, is found dead in the library. At first it appears to be suicide, for the room was undoubtedly locked. But could there be more to the case? As one of the guests at Layton Court, gentleman sleuth Roger Sheringham begins to investigate. Many come under suspicion, but how could anyone have killed the man and gotten out of the room, leaving it all locked behind? Note: This work contains an anti-Semitic remark, the offensiveness of which both the author and the publisher seem to be unaware.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Layton Court Mystery
• Author credits: Anthony Berkeley
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 8:00:21

Catalogue topics

• locked room mystery
• country house mystery
• detection club
• british golden age mustery

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 01 - Chapter 1: Eight O'clock in the Morning — 17:48
2. 02 - Chapter 2: An Interrupted Breakfast — 19:14
3. 03 - Chapter 3: Mr Sheringham is Puzzled — 20:47
4. 04 - Chapter 4: Mr Sheringham is Reluctant — 17:14
5. 05 - Chapter 5: Mr Sheringham Asks a Question — 17:06
6. 06 - Chapter 6: Four People Behave Remarkably — 17:18
7. 07 - Chapter 7: The Vase That Wasn’t — 19:44
8. 08 - Chapter 8: Mr Sheringham Becomes Startling — 13:10
9. 09 - Chapter 9: Mr Sheringham Sees Visions — 21:31
10. 10 - Chapter 10: Mrs Plant is Apprehensive — 15:34
11. 11 - Chapter 11: Mrs Stanworth Exchanges Glances — 16:15
12. 12 - Chapter 12: Hidden Chambers and What-Nots — 14:01
13. 13 - Chapter 13: Mr Sheringham Investigates a Footprint — 18:15
14. 14 - Chapter 14: Dirty Work at the Ash Pit — 18:16
15. 15 - Chapter 15: Mr Sheringham Amuses an Ancient Rustic — 15:14
16. 16 - Chapter 16: Mr. Sheringham Lectures on Neo-Platonism — 15:31
17. 17 - Chapter 17: Mr. Grierson Becomes Heated — 17:45
18. 18 - Chapter 18: What the Settee had to Tell — 13:49
19. 19 - Chapter 19: Mr, Sheringham Loses and Wins the Same Bet — 18:56
20. 20 - Chapter 20: Mrs. Plant Proves Disappointing — 15:40
21. 21 - Chapter 21: Mr. Sheringham is Dramatic — 21:02
22. 22 - Chapter 22: Mr. Sheringham Solves the Mystery — 16:11
23. 23 - Chapter 23: Mrs. Plant Talks — 18:22
24. 24 - Chapter 24: Mr. Sheringham is Disconcerted — 13:38

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