Weyman’s narration dryly takes note of these, as does Agutter’s in the other two stories. James brightens all four tales with metafictional touches-from unapologetic references to her use of mystery tropes to allusions to Agatha Christie’s works. In “The Boxdale Inheritance,” Dalgliesh investigates an infamous 67-year-old murder case, while “The Twelve Clues of Christmas” presents a younger, newly minted Sergeant Dalgliesh who, on his way to his aunt’s Christmas Eve dinner, is interrupted by a frantic man who has just discovered his uncle’s apparent suicide. Adam Dalgliesh, narrated crisply and with touches of wry humor by reader Weyman, the voice of the poet-detective in previous audiobooks. Two of this quartet of posthumously collected short stories feature James’s New Scotland Yard sleuth, Supt.
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