Zofia Turbotynska Mysteries 1-2 - Maryla Szymiczkowa & Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator)

Written by Maryla Szymiczkowa & Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator)
Read by Moira Quirk
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

*These are not my rips. Many thanks to the original uploaders.

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Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing (A Zofia Turbotynska Mystery) Audio CD – CD, March 17, 2020

‘An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime.’ Olga Tokarczuk, 2018 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

‘The sprightly narrative and vivid evocation of turn-of-the-century Poland make for an enjoyable tale.’ Guardian

‘It’s fun and sparky and the glimpse of turn-of-the-century Polish manners and mores is beguiling.’ Daily Mail

‘The story fuses high comedy with an evocative portrayal of the period.’ Sunday Express

For fans of The Thursday Murder Club comes the thrilling opener to a new Agatha Christie-style mystery series set in Poland

Cracow, 1893. Desperate to relieve her boredom and improve her social standing, Zofia Turbotynska decides to organise a charity raffle. In a bid to recruit the patronage of elderly aristocratic ladies, she visits Helcel House, a retirement home run by nuns.

But when two of the residents are found dead, Zofia discovers that her real talents lie in solving mysteries.

Inspired by Agatha Christie and filled with period character and zesty charm, series opener Mrs Mohr Goes Missing vividly recreates life in turn-of-the-century Poland, confronting a range of issues from class prejudice to women’s rights, and proves that everyone is capable of finding their passion in life, however unlikely that passion may seem.

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Karolina and the Torn Curtain
The Zofia Turbotynska Mysteries, Book 2
Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Cracow, 1895. Zofia and her maid Franciszka have their hands full organizing Easter festivities, especially with the household short one servant—where has the capable Karolina disappeared to?

Shortly after, Zofia hears that the body of a young woman, violated and stabbed, has washed up on a bank of the River Vistula. Domestic work can wait—Zofia must go investigate. Shockingly, the body turns out to be none other than Karolina. Working with the police, Zofia’s investigations take her deep into the city’s underbelly—a far cry from the socialite’s Cracow she’s familiar with. Desperate to unearth what happened to Karolina, though, she pushes her prejudice aside, immersing herself among prostitutes, gangsters, and duplicitous politicians to unravel a twisted tale of love and deceit.

“Written with abundant wit and flair,”* Cracow’s finest, and most iconoclastic, amateur sleuth returns in a highly politicized feminist murder mystery.
*Kirkus Reviews

About the authors: Maryla Szymiczkowa (‘Shim-each-kova’) is the pen name of Jacek Dehnel and his partner Piotr Tarczyński. Jacek was born in Gdańsk and is one of the best known Polish writers of his generation. A writer, poet and translator, he is the author of several novels, among them Lala(Oneworld, 2018) and Saturn (Dedalus, 2012). Piotr was born in Cracow and is a literary translator (of Edmund White, Paul Beatty and Michael Chabon among others) and American studies scholar. They live in Warsaw.

©2016 Jacek Dehnel, Piotr Tarczynski. English translation © 2021 by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (P) 2020 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company (P)2021 HMH Audio