The Borough Treasurer: A dark secret from the past, a ruthlessly knotted cord, and a town built on a foundation of lies.

Thirty years ago, two young men were convicted of a shameful crime in the far south of England. After serving their time, they vanished, changed their names, and buried their past four hundred miles away in the quiet northern town of Highmarket. Today, Anthony Mallalieu wears the mayoral chain for his second term, and Milford Cotherstone serves as the highly respected Borough Treasurer. They are the very pictures of smug, self-satisfied prosperity.

But the past is a resurrectionist. When an eccentric new tenant named Kitely pays his rent, he drops a bombshell: he is a retired detective, and he remembers the Wilchester Assizes of thirty years ago. The price for his silence? A lifetime of blackmail.

That very night, Kitely is found dead in the thick pine woods of the Highmarket Shawl—strangled by a expertly knotted cord stolen from a local pig-killer. As an innocent man is cornered by the police, a desperate web of deception, murder, and high-stakes panic unravels in the dark.

Written by the master of classic British mystery J. S. Fletcher, brought to life by the gripping, atmospheric narration of Wendy Rawson, and presented by Legacy Voices Publishing, The Borough Treasurer is a timeless tale of greed, poetic justice, and the terrifying truth that no secret stays buried forever.

© 2026 Legacy Voices Publishing (Lydbog): 9780466622305

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Lydbog: 5. juni 2026