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Constantinople at sunset, 1925. The domes and minarets stand black against a copper sky, gulls scream over the Galata waterfront, and Arthur and the Belgian Detective are aboard the Caledonia, a British steamer bound for Piraeus and home, after a delicate matter involving a French diplomat, a missing emerald and a Bulgarian gentleman.
Among the passengers is Mrs Lavinia Cartwright: seventy, upright, dressed in black, carrying a silver-topped cane she does not appear to need, and already at war with her cabin, the steward, the coffee and the decline of the British Empire.
As the last passengers come aboard, her cane strikes the deck. She has gone white. A tall, grey-haired man with a slight stiffness in his left leg has just walked up the gangway, and she knows his face.
"That man is dead," she says. "I saw him murdered. Fifteen years ago."
Through an uncurtained window in Pembridge Gardens, in 1910, she watched two men fight and one fall. She fetched a policeman. When they returned, the house was empty: no body, no blood, nothing. Now the dead man is booked into Cabin 24 under another name. And by the following morning, Mrs Cartwright's cane is lying beside an overturned deck chair, and her shawl is hanging from the rail.
ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS This is an original mystery written by Nocturnal Tales, inspired by the spirit of the great Golden Age crime writers — but the plot, characters and text are entirely our own creation. All characters and events in this story are fictional. No affiliation, endorsement, or official connection is implied.
💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS A dead man walks up the gangway, and the only witness vanishes overnight. Who did you suspect first — and did you believe Mrs Cartwright was really gone? 🕵️
🕒 CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction 01:39 - Chapter One 11:53 - Chapter Two 21:24 - Chapter Three 29:51 - Chapter Four 39:07 - Chapter Five 48:47 - Chapter Six 58:41 - Closing
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🧾 CREDITS Written by Nocturnal Tales. Narrated by Nocturnal Tales.
🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDS Belgian detective mystery audiobook, Constantinople mystery, mystery at sea audiobook, 1920s steamer mystery, fifteen-year-old murder, disappearing witness mystery, Arthur narrator mystery, golden age mystery audiobook, classic whodunit audiobook, full-length mystery audiobook
