G B Ralph Audiobooks

The Milverton Mysteries: queer cosy crime, starting with Murder on Milverton Square

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★ 4.3/5 average

683 listener ratings

Who is G B Ralph?

G B Ralph writes crime with the volume turned down and the wit turned up. Murder on Milverton Square belongs to the Milverton Mysteries, and our catalogue files it under crime and thriller alongside the LGBTQ+ shelf, a pairing that describes the book rather neatly: a whodunnit in which the sleuth’s love life is part of the furniture rather than a subplot to be handled delicately.

What the work shows is an author as interested in community as in culprits. A village square, neighbours with strong opinions, and an amateur investigator never quite as discreet as intended: the ingredients are traditional, the cast is not, and the combination is why these books have found the following they have.

G B Ralph in audiobooks

Philip Battley reads, across a shade over six hours, and listeners have turned out for this one in numbers that are unusual at this scale, settling on a comfortably positive average. That is a reliable signal in a genre where readers are quick to say so when a mystery has cheated them.

Begin with Murder on Milverton Square and let the Milverton regulars introduce themselves before later cases complicate matters. It is ideal company for a wet weekend and a decent pot of tea. The audiobooks below are there to be explored.