Munster's Case

For Waldemar Leverkuhn, a retiree living with his wife in a small unit in an unassuming block of apartments, the day couldn't begin more auspiciously. He, along with three friends, have won the lottery. It's a modest but healthy sum of money and the old men toast to their good luck with a celebratory dinner at their usual haunt. The day ends, however, with Leverkuhn drunk, stumbling, belligerent, and eventually dead in his bed, stabbed twenty-eight times in the chest with a carving knife. After a cursory investigation on Leverkuhn's few friends and irritable family members that leads to more questions than answers, Leverkuhn's quiet, weary wife incredibly confesses to her husband's murder. The case seems to have solved itself, but when the Leverkuhn's formidable neighbor, Else Van Eck, goes missing and is later discovered in gruesome fashion, Detective Munster and his team find themselves back in the fog and chasing after whisps of clues that indicate that the murders are inextricably linked.

“"The mystery, like the detection, manages to be both routine and gripping." ”

Gallows humor punctuates the solid plot as Munster s introspective musings lead to a surprising ending.
"Publishers Weekly" [HC starred review]"

The mystery, like the detection, manages to be both routine and gripping.
"Kirkus Reviews""

"Gallows humor punctuates the solid plot as MUnster's introspective musings lead to a surprising ending."
--"Publishers Weekly" [HC starred review]

"Gallows humor punctuates the solid plot as Munster's introspective musings lead to a surprising ending."
--"Publishers Weekly" [HC starred review]

"The mystery, like the detection, manages to be both routine and gripping."
--"Kirkus Reviews"

Simon Vance, a former BBC Radio presenter and newsreader, is a full-time actor who has appeared on both stage and television. He has recorded over eight hundred audiobooks and has earned five coveted Audie Awards, and he has won fifty-seven Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, which has named him a Golden Voice.

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