Laetitia Rodd and the Case of the Wandering Scholar

By: Kate Saunders

Narrated by: Anna Bentinck

In 1851, private detective Laetitia Rodd is enjoying a well-earned holiday when she gets an urgent request for her services. Mrs. Rodd’s neighbor Jacob Welland is a reclusive rich gentleman dying of consumption, and he wants Mrs. Rodd to find his brother, who has been missing for 15 years.

Joshua Welland was a scholar at Oxford, brilliant, eccentric, and desperately poor when he disappeared from the university. Friends claim to have seen him since, in gypsy camps and wandering around the countryside. But the last sighting was 10 years before - when Joshua claimed to be learning great secrets from the gypsies that would one day astound the whole world.

Mrs. Rodd travels to Oxford and begins to search for the wandering scholar. But as she investigates, Mrs. Rodd discovers something dark - and extremely dangerous - lurking in the beautiful English countryside.

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Love this series!

Another enjoyable Laetitia Rodd mystery! Anna Bentinck’s performance is wonderful (I could listen to anything she narrates!), and the story is full of twists and turns.
I hope Ms. Saunders continues to write (beautifully) more books in this series!

Scholars, Gypsies and Coal Burners

It’s 1851 in London and widow, Laetitia Rodd is busy on a case, searching for the missing brother of reclusive, wealthy Jacob Welland, who badly wants to reconcile with Joshua, who has been missing some 15 years. The brilliant young Joshua, an Oxford scholar, went missing, and has roamed the forests for years, with only random sightings of a wild and frightful young man. With Jacob on his deathbed, he badly wants to talk to his brother and make amends for the past, hiring Mrs. Rodd to locate him. A seemingly impossible task, Mrs. Rodd accepts the case, searching among the gypsies and coal burners, for Joshua. But everyone is close mouthed. This is an interesting and atmospheric tale, which is most enjoyable, taking twists and turns when you least expect it! Excellent story and conclusion! I hope there are more in the series soon!

Enjoyable!

The performance is great! Want more of series! The story caused a wonderful time of listening. Thank you!

excellent 👍 storyline

the n narrator is excellent and I thoroughly enjoyed the second book by this author. I would also read another one in this series.

A good genteel English Mystery

well written and read, here I am at 3an listening to the end because I couldn't turn it off.

A Very Good Read!

Kate Saunders has a way of creating intricate plots, complicated characters, a winning narrator,
and an irresistible mystery within this world? The characters are flawed yet redeemable and loveable.
I am so into this series, but alas, it is limited, I hope there will be more!

Enjoyed this

Excellent narration!! This narrator is moving to the top of my favorites list. Delightful heroine, evocative historical details.

On My Way To Being A Big Fan of Laetitia Rodd

And of Kate Saunders. These two books - and one hopes, more - are very, very satisfying. They are intelligent and really well written, with very engaging characters who are both believable, and actually develop. I also love that Mrs Rodd is fifty - not a 'spritely ingenue', nor a ' wise old lady'. Although I do think these owe quite a bit to Miss Marple. And, of course, to Mr Holmes, whom I keep expecting to dash past in a handsome cab. They are NOT cute or winsome, though. Mrs Rodd comes across as completely believable, and Kate Saunders does a fantastic job of putting you right into Victorian England while somehow managing to avoid all the cliches about Victorian London, or giving a 'history lesson'. The plots are good, and also believable. But what really makes these two books sing are the characters - the secondary ones as well as the main character of Mrs Rodd herself. They are also beautifully narrated by Anna Bentinck. There is no need to read these in order. There are only two at the moment, and they both 'stand alone'. If you like Holmes, give these a try. The only thing that will make you sorry is that there aren't more of them!

More, more please!

It is so well written and so well performed. It is captivating and it satisfies the mind and soul. It upholds a moral quality yet reveals our humanity. In some way it reminds me of the way Anne Perry concludes her novels. I guessed who the murderer was, but kept hoping that someone else would be found guilty. I hope there will be more of Laetitia Rodd. Thank you.

Pleasant cozy but an odd ending

This pleasant mystery was entertaining and also relaxing. The characters are interesting and varied, the historical time period just right, but the ending seemed unlikely and was a bit of a disappointment. Still, the rest of the book is a wonderful listen.