The Lights of Ardnacrusha | A Captain Arthur & Anne Foster Mystery Audiobook

📌 Patreon — every new case first, ad-free and early ($2.99/month) https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales 🌐 Website — every story we've ever made, free to listen. No paywall, no account, no password. https://nocturnaltalespodcast.com Dublin, May 1929. Rain on the office windows, and a woman of fifty-five in a black coat who has crossed Ireland to sit in the client's chair of a small Dublin enquiry agency. She places a metal disc upon the blotter. The number 417 is stamped into it. It belonged to her son Patrick, killed the previous August in an explosion on the Shannon hydro-electric works at Ardnacrusha — and blamed, by the official inquiry, for his own death. Now a letter has come from Berlin. The engineer who signed that finding writes that he knew part of it to be untrue, and that he will return for the opening of the Shannon Scheme in July to make his statement before a witness she trusts. So Captain Arthur, Anne Foster and a spaniel of settled opinions take the train to Limerick, into the greatest engineering work the young Free State has ever attempted: pylons marching across the fields, a canal held high above the country, and several thousand men who know exactly what they are not supposed to say. The Lights of Ardnacrusha is an original Golden Age-style mystery set against a real moment in Irish history. The great works around it were real, and we set out what is actually recorded about them in a factual epilogue at the close. ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS An original mystery written by Nocturnal Tales, inspired by the spirit of the great Golden Age crime writers. Plot, characters and text are entirely our own, and all characters and events are fictional. The Shannon Scheme and its opening on 22 July 1929 are real, and discussed factually in the closing epilogue. No affiliation is implied. 💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS A widow with two pound notes, a disc with clay still in the numbers, and an official report that says her son caused his own death. Who did you suspect first — and when did you change your mind? 🕵️ 🕒 CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction 01:41 - Number 417 25:48 - The Great Scheme 55:54 - The Opening of the Gates 1:21:27 - The Walking Light 1:49:52 - The Missing Frames 2:13:25 - The Man Behind the Picture 2:37:00 - Epilogue - The Road to Kingsbridge 2:48:05 - Historical Epilogue - The Real Lights of Ardnacrusha 2:56:33 - Closing 📖 GET THE EBOOK — $3.99 📌 Patreon — included with Writing Table & Archive Society, or one-time purchase https://www.patreon.com/posts/156573383 🛒 Gumroad — EPUB + PDF included https://nocturnaltalespod.gumroad.com/l/ebookvol2 ❤️ SUPPORT & LISTENING OPTIONS 📌 Patreon — every new case first, ad-free and early https://www.patreon.com/NocturnalTales 🌐 Website — every story, free, no account needed https://nocturnaltalespodcast.com 📺 Rumble — free, supports us with ad revenue https://rumble.com/c/c-7820714 ❤️ Buy Me a Coffee — one-time support https://buymeacoffee.com/nocturnaltales 💛 PayPal — one-time tip https://paypal.me/nocturnaltalesprod 🎧 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nocturnal-tales-mystery-audiobooks-and-crime-stories/id1896195848 🧾 CREDITS Written by Nocturnal Tales. Narrated by Nocturnal Tales. 🔖 TAGS / KEYWORDS golden age mystery audiobook, irish history mystery, shannon scheme ardnacrusha, ireland 1929 mystery, captain arthur mystery, anne foster mystery, limerick mystery, irish free state history, full length mystery audiobook, classic detective story audiobook, original golden age mystery, vintage detective fiction 🏷️ HASHTAGS #NocturnalTales #GoldenAgeMystery #IrishMystery #IrishHistory #ClassicMystery #FullAudiobook #Whodunnit #DetectiveFiction