Double Treasure

The Long Island Mysteries

By: Clarence Budington Kelland

Narrated by: Virginia Ferguson

Buried pirate treasure and a wisecracking heroine lead to romance, adventure, and murder in Prohibition-era Long Island!

Wisecracking Jane Teach had pirate blood, a take-charge attitude, and a penchant for sticking her nose in the wrong places. Sober-minded Bill Popple was from one of Long Island's first families, a conservative-minded young man who walked the straight and narrow. When they met it was loathing at first sight, definitely not a match made in heaven. But with six people trying to kill them over a dead bootlegger's lost fortune and a pirate's treasure secretly buried 300 years ago, they both needed each other.

First Bill Popple, the muscular, serious-minded research student, unearths information that makes the odds high in favor of pirate gold being hidden long ago on what is now Hartman's property. Then Jane Teach, the streamlined girl of ready wit, who seems to know more than Bill does about almost everything, suggests that there may be not one treasure but two, the first one part of her ancestor's lost loot, the second a bootlegger's ill-gotten gains. Next Jane and Bill discover a corpse lying on a beach near Oxbow Bay with gold pieces sunk into its eye sockets.

Soon the pair find themselves up to their necks in mystery and dark doings involving the heterogeneous group of strangers who have appeared suddenly in town to wait and watch for…what? From then on Jane and Bill never experience a dull moment.

How they extricate themselves, and at the same time solve two deep mysteries, adds up to an absorbing novel of skullduggery and sudden death in which excitement and romance mount to an increasingly high pitch and culminate in a wholly satisfying climax.

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brilliant

An intriguing and interesting tale that drew me in and kept me listening raptly. This covers all the bases- intriguing, murder , romance , suspense, and a great adventure. June was bold baggage, and I enjoyed her character. The other characters were interesting and engaging with an unpredictable storyline. So many twists and turns that kept me engaged and guessing who done what until the end. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this and am giving an honest opinion. The narrator did an excellent job bringing the characters and story to life.

Fun romantic adventure

Double Treasure by Clarence Budington Kelland is a wonderful book. There are zany characters, pirate treasure, intrigue and mystery twists and enough twists and turns to keep you guessing. The narration by Virginia Ferguson is wonderful. Her performance brings the characters and story to life. I received a free audiobook code for my honest review.

Read why 5 stars first

I’m rating this 5 stars for the story and performance solely on my inability to appreciate what apparently is a work of art read by an accomplished narrator. Neither were my cup of tea.

I felt like the audiobook would never end. It was SO SLOW and sounded like a boring professor reading aloud in American Lit class. Yet, when I did a little homework, I learned that the author wrote this in 1946. That explains EVERYTHING.

Reading through his biography, I can’t fault this. Only blame myself for expecting something totally different from the synopsis.

Most Unexpected Treasures

Double Treasure ( The Long Island Mysteries ) By Clarence Budington Kelland Is A Mystery Worthy Of Being Compared To Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Novels…& Filled With Appropriate Skulduggery. Set In 1920’s Prohibition …Port Franklin …Nantucket Long Island Filled With Marvelous Characters…The Clever Bill Popple ( Tiny Or Yokel) & His Friends
The Steadfast John Sandys &
The Delightful Nell Ryder..Who Together The Three Of Them Spend Their Summer Hunting For The Pirate Captain Gillan’s Treasure …& The Mysterious Newcomer…Henry Hartman …Who Managed To Get Himself …Murdered….&
The Questionable Summer Visitors …The Charming Count Van Breslau…The Lovely Jane Teach…& The Strange Twins / Quelch & Gillan Cullover…….. Their Schooner The “Quidah Merchant” …Who Search Diligently For Quite A Different Type Of Treasure ..Hartman’s Hidden Gold…But When Faithful Watchdog Trotter Is Murdered…Things Turn Dicey .. The Hunts For The Two Separate Treasures Became One…& The Stakes Were Raised …Considerably……Who Will Uncover The Two Treasures…& Who Will Survive The Uncovering…And Who …IF Any …Will Possess What Is Found….And Will The Two Treasures Be ALL That Is Uncovered… OR Will Something ELSE Supersede The Treasures Discovered ?!? …… Narrated Expertly By : Virginia Ferguson ….Listen & See….Much Enjoyed and Highly Recommended. I Voluntarily Reviewed An Advanced Copy Of This Audio Book.