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The Second Revolver | The Belgian Detective Mystery Audiobook
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- Jul 22, 2026
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📌 Patreon - ad-free, early access, bonus content (tiers from $2.99/month) https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales Athens, 1932. Three thousand people crowd outside the Criminal Court to watch four accused people fight for their lives: a beautiful young widow, her formidable mother, a frightened nephew and the servant nobody expects to be believed. All four have confessed to some part of a brutal killing. All four have contradicted one another. Then Inspector Markou receives an anonymous message: ASK WHO FIRED THE SECOND SHOT. The confessed weapon has two discharged chambers, two pieces of metal were recovered from the victim, and a newly discovered bullet in the bedroom window came from another revolver. Yet the neighbour who heard the killing insists there was only one shot - and before he can explain, someone tries to silence him inside the courthouse. Between a brass key hidden in a servant's hand, a scarred stranger in the gallery, an empty grave and a trial that has become Athens's favourite entertainment, the Belgian Detective must discover what really happened in the Harokopou house - and why every accused person would rather accept a lie than tell the same truth. The Second Revolver is an original Golden Age-style courtroom mystery about false confessions, public spectacle and the dangerous distance between the story a city wants and the evidence it refuses to see. ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS This is an original work of historical mystery fiction inspired by the 1931 Harokopou crime and the trial that followed in Athens. The historical murder of Dimitrios Athanassopoulos, the accused household and the extraordinary public fascination with the case were real. The detective, the second revolver, the ballistics puzzle and the solution presented here are fictional. Names, dial…