Murder at Black Oaks

A Robin Lockwood Novel, Book 6

By: Phillip Margolin

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer

"Narrator Thérèse Plummer's ability to enhance author Phillip Margolin's characters and dialogue keeps the listener focused from start to finish. Lockwood's character is strong and fascinating, and the secondary characters are equally interesting and diverse. Plummer's narration creates unique voices, paints a landscape that shapes the setting, and makes the story as interesting as the locale where Melville chose to retire and the audiobook's events unfold."- AudioFile Magazine (Earphones Award Winner)

Narrator Thérèse Plummer, who has been the voice for the Robin Lockwood series, masterfully draws listeners into the fifth installment. Plummer deftly differentiates characters, men and women, with appropriate emotional intensity." —AudioFile on The Darkest Place

In Phillip Margolin's Murder at Black Oaks, Attorney Robin Lockwood finds herself at an isolated retreat in the Oregon mountains, one with a tragic past and a legendary curse, and surrounded by many suspects and confronted with an impossible crime.

Defense Attorney Robin Lockwood is summoned by retired District Attorney Francis Melville to meet with him at Black Oaks, the manor he owns up in the Oregon mountains. The manor has an interesting history - originally built in 1628 in England, there's a murderous legend and curse attached to the mansion. Melville, however, wants Lockwood's help in a legal matter - righting a wrongful conviction from his days as a DA. A young man, Jose Alvarez, was convicted of murdering his girlfriend only for Melville, years later when in private practice, to have a client of his admit to the murder and to framing the man Melville convicted. Unable to reveal what he knew due to attorney client confidence, Melville now wants Lockwood's help in getting that conviction overturned.

Successful in their efforts, Melville invites Lockwood up to Black Oaks for a celebration. Lockwood finds herself among an odd group of invitees - including the bitter, newly released, Alvarez. When Melville is found murdered, with a knife connected to the original curse, Lockwood finds herself faced with a conundrum - who is the murder among them and how to stop them before there's another victim.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

©2022 Phillip Margolin (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

I love it when you stump me

Better than Knives Out series at concealing who done it. And the difficult task of tying together multiple murders was precisely and exquisitely accomplished. The legal education was savory icing on the cake.

Enjoyed the book! Next one please. I really enjoy Therese Plummer reading these books! Always great

Enjoyed the book! Next one please. I really enjoy Therese Plummer reading these books! Always

Nice Twist!

As usual, the story was well developed and the characters were interesting. It moved swiftly. There were a couple of hints given, but the end still held surprises. Loved it!

Dissapointed

I struggled to finish this book. I usually enjoy Margolian's books. But this was not at all enjoyable.

Excellent!

I've read the entire series and I really do like this novel a great deal. it's complicated, legally sound and the characters are realistic. I am involved in the Innocence Project so passing support for this remarkable organization does my heart good! We should all be worried about innocent defendants being put to death by our legal system.

Favorite Author

Not the best of his books, but still entertaining. if you liked the movie "clue", you will like this story.

Best Robin Lockwood yet!

This had me from the get go. i couldn't stop listening! only took 3 days.

Weak addition to a good series

I’ve enjoyed this series and looked forward to this release. What a disappointment! Silly and predictable. Save your credit.

Fun book.

This was a fun book, A little bit of Agatha Christie going on here. It was enjoyable and kept me listening, not boring.

I love Therese Plummer as a narrator. She does a really good job on all the voices. The men sound like men and everyone gets their own distinct voice.

And then there were (a few more than) none!!

Murder at Black Oaks is a very good rewrite of an Agatha Christie novel. Or the game of Clue. Your choice. This started out with a great story about a wrongfully convicted man, imprisoned on death row for the first degree murder of his girlfriend. Years later the prosecutor subsequently opened a private law practice and ended up representing the man who actually committed the crime. Bound by confidentiality laws governing attorneys he could not say anything. Once the murderer died the former prosecutor hires Robin Lockwood to represent the convicted man. Unfortunately once he is released from prison his story basically ends and that’s where the Agatha Christie parallel begins.
I would have liked to have heard more about the man who had spent 30 years in prison for a crime he hadn’t committed.
Therese Plummer does an outstanding job narrating.
This book is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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