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02715aim a2200361 i 4500 001 11D6A6161CAD11EA9987EF1297128E48 003 SILO 005 20191212010021 007 sd 008 121004s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1982688408 020 $a 9781982688400 028 $a DD45668 $b Recorded Books 040 $d IaEs $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Todd, Charles. 245 14 $a The murder stone / $c Charles Todd. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a Ashland, Or. : $b Blackstone Audio, $c [2019] 300 $a sound discs ( hr., min.) : $b digital, ; $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a Compact disc. 500 $a In container (17 cm.). 500 $a Title from container. 511 $a Narrated by. 520 $a The Great War is still raging in the autumn of 1916, when Francesca Hatton's beloved grandfather dies on the family estate in England's isolated Exe Valley. Grieving for the man who raised her, Francesca is stunned to find an unsigned letter among his effects, cursing the Hattons and their descendants. Now a stranger has shown up on her doorstep, accusing her grandfather of being a murderer.Ex-soldier Richard Leighton blames Francis Hatton for the death of his mother, who vanished nearly a quarter of a century earlier. Her body was never found, only a shawl stained with her blood. And Leighton is not the only one with a claim on Francesca's grandfather. On the day of his funeral, unexpected visitors arrive with the mourners, and Francesca is besieged by charges of Hatton's vicious dealings. Yet there is also a shy young woman who praises his secret generosity.At the center of the intrigue is an unusual white stone that lies hidden in a secluded garden where Francesca once played with her five male cousins, all of them dead now on the battlefields of France. According to the terms of Hatton's will, the Murder Stone must be dug up and transported to Scotland, where it is to be buried forever. But before Francesca can begin the journey, a series of ominous 'accidents' occur, culminating in the discovery of a bleeding body on the Murder Stone itself.Was Hatton the loving, caring protector his granddaughter always believed him to be' Or a vindictive, secretive man who cultivated dangerous enemies' Francesca sets out in pursuit of the truth'and into the sights of someone determined to exact a revenge long overdue. 541 $d 20190830. 650 7 $a FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional. 650 $a Audiobooks. 710 $a Recorded Books, Inc. 710 $a Blackstone Audio, Inc. 941 $a 1 945 $a cdab 952 $l EBPE325 $d 20191212010239.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=11D6A6161CAD11EA9987EF1297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search