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"'This is a witty and meticulous recreation of the class-ridden middle England of the 1930s... a perfect example of golden-age mystery traditions with the cobwebs swept away, for the many readers who like their sleuthing elegant and their sex and violence concealed behind the curtains.' Guardian"
Crime Time 1 April
A Grave Man packs a powerful punch.
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It's 1937 and the clouds of war darken every doorstep, including that of Lord Edward Corinth and his long-time independent Communist journalist girlfriend, Verity Browne. When a man is murdered yards from them in the church where a former friend and government official is being buried, Edward and Verity are drawn into the lives of the Pitt-Messangers, leading to Verity accepting an invitation to the country house of her school friend Virginia, where Maud Pitt-Messanger is staying. Ginny Castlewood, whose rich husband Sir Simon lavishes his wealth on his country seat and various charities, expeditions and institutes, unwittingly leads Verity and then Edward into the realm of Simon's dangerous friends, who advocate a Nazi idealism of eugenics and race purification, including experiments with the disabled and creating an ancient Aryan ideal breed. At the same time, Maud Pitt-Messanger, who has struck up a close friendship with fellow Communist Graham Harvey, a writer living on Sir Simon's estate, first tries to take her life, in what all believe to be a cry for help, then is murdered at the local cricket match. The police, first called in due to the theft of one of Sir Simon's rare archeological knives (his link with the Pitt-Messanger family), are now faced with solving another murder.
Luckily, Edward and Verity are on hand to help. Though with Verity's interest in first Graham and then the aristocratic German Adam von Trott, things are not exactly going smoothly in their own relationship. Can they put their romantic differences aside to solve the case?
'A Grave Man' is another intriguing edition in the Edward and Verity pre-World War Two series, with an engaging if slightly confusing look at the issue of eugenics and the 'master race' of Nazi idealism mixed up with a rather stop-start murder investigation. Very readable, despite this, and as always, a satisfying ending.
Luckily, Edward and Verity are on hand to help. Though with Verity's interest in first Graham and then the aristocratic German Adam von Trott, things are not exactly going smoothly in their own relationship. Can they put their romantic differences aside to solve the case?
'A Grave Man' is another intriguing edition in the Edward and Verity pre-World War Two series, with an engaging if slightly confusing look at the issue of eugenics and the 'master race' of Nazi idealism mixed up with a rather stop-start murder investigation. Very readable, despite this, and as always, a satisfying ending.
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David Roberts writes very much in the style of Dorothy Sayers when she depicted her Lord Peter Wimsey. He and Harriet are mirrored by Lord Corinth and his side-kick. However the time is before the Second World war and includes a great deal of the history of the causes in accurate detail, including the Spanish Civil War. The mysteries are plausible and gripping. The series needs to be read in the order of writing to gain the best effect.
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