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EPISODE · Aug 31, 2026 · 1H 17M

The Murder Beneath the African Moon | The Belgian Detective Mystery Audiobook

from Nocturnal Tales: Mystery Audiobooks and Crime Stories · host Nicolas and Dora – Nocturnal Tales

📌 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 Kenya, 1938. The Muthaiga Club, the Ngong road, and a set of transplanted English aristocrats who travelled six thousand miles in order to behave in ways they could never have got away with at home. Arthur arrives convinced that half the British population of Nairobi is hiding from something. The Belgian Detective disagrees. People do not travel six thousand miles to escape themselves, he says. They merely arrange for their mistakes to be made in better weather. There is a dinner. A broken glass. A man who makes enemies as easily as he makes conquests. And a warning delivered across a crowded ballroom that everybody laughs at — until the following morning. Then the lights fail. A motorcar goes roaring away into the dark. And a Bentley is found tilted down an embankment on the Ngong road, with a dead man behind the wheel. A lady in silver. A photograph from Zanzibar. A last dance nobody wants to talk about. And a colony where everyone has an alibi because everyone was drinking with everyone else. The Murder Beneath the African Moon is an original Golden Age-style mystery about exile, appetite, and a society so busy protecting itself that it never quite gets around to finding the killer. ℹ️ FOR LISTENERS This is an original mystery written by Nocturnal Tales, inspired by the spirit of the great Golden Age crime writers. The plot, characters and text are entirely our own creation; the historical epilogue draws on the real murder of Lord Erroll in 1941, one of the most famous unsolved killings of the last century. All characters and events in the story are fictional. No affiliation, endorsement, or official connection is implied. 💬 QUESTION FOR THE COMMENTS The real case has never been solved — not because there were no suspects, but because there were too many people with reasons to want it closed quickly. Does a crowd of powerful, embarrassed witnesses make the truth harder to find than no witnesses at all? 🕵️ 📖 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 Belgian detective mystery audiobook, Lord Erroll murder inspired, Happy Valley set, Kenya 1938 mystery, colonial Africa mystery, Muthaiga Club mystery, unsolved murder mystery, Bentley on the Ngong road, Arthur narrator mystery, golden age mystery audiobook, high society scandal, classic whodunit audiobook, full-length mystery audiobook, historical mystery audiobook

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