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Georgette Heyer's brilliant and highly acclaimed series of detective novels, now in a handsome new package
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A civilised game of Duplicate Bridge ends in a double murder in which both victims were strangled with a tourniquet of picture wire. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? The odds of solving this crime are stacked up against Inspector Hemingway. Fortunately, this first-rate detective doesn't miss a trick. (20040922)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A bridge party results in the death of Dan Seaton-Carew who turns out to have been an extremely unpleasant character. It will be fairly obvious to the modern reader that the victim was involved in the drugs trade though it would not have been as obvious to a reader in the 1950s. Mrs Haddington - in whose house the murder is committed - is nasty to her staff and her friends alike. Her daughter Cynthia is a silly empty headed socialite who her mother is trying to marry off to the highest bidder to secure her own place in society.
Chief Inspector Hemingway is soon on the case though the more he digs the more suspects he finds and the more unpleasant the main characters appear to be. This is a well plotted story with some interesting - though not terribly likeable - characters. There are plenty of red herrings scattered about and plenty of clues though I have to admit I didn't work out who the first murderer was until very close to the end of the story.
I think the book needs to be read in the context in which it was written rather than immediately being condemned as dated and irrelevant. Life was different in the mid 1950s. I enjoyed it and found it worth reading.
Chief Inspector Hemingway is soon on the case though the more he digs the more suspects he finds and the more unpleasant the main characters appear to be. This is a well plotted story with some interesting - though not terribly likeable - characters. There are plenty of red herrings scattered about and plenty of clues though I have to admit I didn't work out who the first murderer was until very close to the end of the story.
I think the book needs to be read in the context in which it was written rather than immediately being condemned as dated and irrelevant. Life was different in the mid 1950s. I enjoyed it and found it worth reading.
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A better detective story than others by this author we have read. Inspector Hemingway does a good job of discovering the persons who strangled a blackmailer / drug-dealer and his mistress. The identity of the first murderer comes as a distinct surprise, although the alert reader will latch onto the second murderer as soon as the Marriages and Legitimacy Act is mentioned. Several good red herrings, a nice use of the drug trade, and plenty of wit and amusing characters (Insp. Grant, Cynthia Haddington, Lord Guisborough) make this a memorable tale.
8 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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If you only know Georgette Heyer for her romantic historical novels, you are in for a treat. She also wrote witty and stylish detective novels, with characters you warm to from the start.
A tennis party in an English village is followed by the discovery of a body. Everybody has an alibi, but somebody must be guilty. Is it the dead man's neice, who keeps house for him? Or perhaps the local solicitor, who resents the fact that the deceased has taken over many of his clients. Could it be the couple at the local farm, who are obviously hiding a guilty secret? Why is one man trying to get himself suspected of the murder?
Add to this the suspicion that the dead man has been trying his hand at blackmail, and you have all the ingredients for a first-class murder mystery.
Enter Georgette Heyer's Scotland Yard detectives, one of whom is determined to clear up the case before he goes on holiday!
In the midst of all this activity, two young people have more romantic matters on their mind.
Read, and enjoy!
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