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The Countess in the Frame | A Captain Arthur & Anne Foster Mystery Audiobook
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- Jul 20, 2026
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📌 Patreon — ad-free, early access, bonus content (tiers from $2.99/month) https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales Dublin, and the young Arthur & Anne detective agency takes its second client: Mrs Vale, a handsome, iron-composed widow whose impractical nephew Julian has just announced his engagement to a Hungarian countess. Countess Ilona Várady is staying at the Shelbourne — though not, it seems, as an ordinary guest, but as a companion and interpreter. The aunt suspects a common fortune-hunter. What Arthur, Anne and Pip uncover is stranger and far cleverer: a three-afternoon exhibition of portrait miniatures on Merrion Square, a dealer with a smooth manner, and a crate booked for the evening mailboat from Dún Laoghaire. It is the countess herself who leans close to a glass case and quietly announces that the exquisite little portrait within is not the one that stood there before. A chip in the glass that has somehow healed. A landscape hung to distract the eye. And a crisp new pound note that could not possibly have changed hands on the day everyone swears it did. The Countess in the Frame is the seventh volume of the Arthur, Anne and Pip mysteries — an original Golden Age-style story of art forgery, sharp eyes, and a partnership settling at last behind its second desk. The seven Captain Hastings, Anne and Pip stories, in chronological order: The Case of the Unwitting Detective The Bridegroom Who Mislaid Himself The Corpse at the Costume Ball Pip and the Bell at Whitehaven The Stag’s Head Has Lost His Crown The Favourite Who Refused to Run The Countess in the Frame ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS This is an original Golden Age-style mystery presented as a respectful homage to classic detective fiction. All characters and events in this story are fictional. No affiliation, endorse…