{"podcast":{"title":"Nocturnal Tales: Mystery Audiobooks and Crime Stories","slug":"nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120","podcast_index_feed_id":7848120,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10caa1704/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.lavertyprod.ie/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44974409/44974409-1765374843006-461a1b5dc3713.jpg","author":"Nicolas and Dora – Nocturnal Tales","episode_count":199,"summary":"Long-form mystery audiobooks for late-night listening. Original Golden Age Murder Mystery-inspired cases, classic-style whodunits, with new detectives like Veronica Lakewood – all told in a cinematic, immersive way with careful historical detail. Settle in, press play, and let the night take over. Our contact info: https://www.lavertyprod.ie/nocturnal-tales contact@lavertyprod.ie","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T18:19:22.474847+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120"},"episode":{"title":"Veronica Lakewood and the Casino Estrella | A Veronica Lakewood & Captain Hastings Mystery Audiobook","slug":"veronica-lakewood-and-the-casino-estrella-a-veronica-lakewood-captain-hastings-mystery-audiobook","published_at":"2026-06-07T19:00:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120/veronica-lakewood-and-the-casino-estrella-a-veronica-lakewood-captain-hastings-mystery-audiobook","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/12164784197/episodes/Veronica-Lakewood-and-the-Casino-Estrella--A-Veronica-Lakewood--Captain-Hastings-Mystery-Audiobook-e3kf1c6","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4161776486.mp3","summary":"Havana in the 1930s: a white Art Deco casino blazing with light, American millionaires in cream dinner jackets, Cuban officials with diamond pins, and upstairs behind a locked mahogany door a beautiful young heir lies dead with a knife wound below the heart — Julian Ashcroft, son of a shipping magnate, has been stabbed during a private card game in a room locked from the inside with only his father and his father's partner present, no weapon, no witness, and no explanation; as Veronica Lakewood and Captain Hastings follow a black sequin that belonged to no one's gown, a glove scented with orange blossom on a service stair, a private ledger of blackmail now missing, and a Cuban singer whose silence means more than her song, what begins as a locked-room puzzle becomes deeply personal when Veronica's own name appears in the dead man's book and the secrets of a Paris nightclub she thought she'd buried rise through the floorboards of a Havana casino; The Casino Estrella is an original Golden Age–style mystery about old debts, new cruelty, and the discovery that in Havana every crime arrives already wearing a disguise and the most dangerous secrets belong to the people who got out. ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS This is an original Golden Age–style mystery presented as a respectful homage to classic detective fiction. Veronica Lakewood is an original character. All characters and events in this story are fictional. No affiliation, endorsement, or official connection is implied. 💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS A locked room, a dead heir, and a ledger full of secrets. Severin killed to protect the woman he loved — but Vargas planted evidence to keep her afraid. When two men act for the same woman, which one is saving her and which one is keeping her? 🕵️ ───────────────────────────── 📖 GET THE E…","meta_description":"Havana in the 1930s: a white Art Deco casino blazing with light, American millionaires in cream dinner jackets, Cuban officials with diamond pins, and ups…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3888,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120/episodes/veronica-lakewood-and-the-casino-estrella-a-veronica-lakewood-captain-hastings-mystery-audiobook/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories-7848120/veronica-lakewood-and-the-casino-estrella-a-veronica-lakewood-captain-hastings-mystery-audiobook.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}