- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; New edition edition (18 April 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571170285
- ISBN-13: 978-0571170289
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 287,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The usual country house murder with the usual cast of characters? The colonel, the playboy, the clergyman are all here - and the usual murderer. Dorothy and Rosemary need only follow the clues and the culprit will be unmasked. But things are not what they seem at Eventide Lodge.
About the Author
Michael Dibdin was born in 1947. He went to school in Northern Ireland, and later to Sussex University and the University of Alberta in Canada. He lived in Seattle. After completing his first novel, The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, in 1978, he spent four years in Italy teaching English at the University of Perugia. His second novel, A Rich Full Death, was published in 1986. It was followed by Ratking in 1988, which won the Gold Dagger Award for the Best Crime Novel of the year and introduced us to his Italian detective - Inspector Aurelio Zen. In 1989 The Tryst was published to great acclaim and was followed by Vendetta in 1990, the second story in the Zen series. Dirty Tricks was published in 1991. Inspector Zen made his third appearance in Cabal, which was published in 1992. The Dying of the Light, an Agatha Christie pastiche, was published in 1993. His fourth Zen novel, Dead Lagoon, was published the following year. His next novel, Dark Spectre, was published in 1995. Two more Zen novels followed: Cosi Fan Tutti, set in Naples, was published in 1996 and A Long Finish was published in 1998. Blood Rain, the seventh Zen novel, was published in 1999. Thanksgiving was published in 2000, with the eighth Zen, And Then You Die, appearing in 2002. Aurelio Zen returned in Medusa, in August 2003, and then again in Back to Bologna in 2005. His last novel, End Games, was published posthumously in July 2007.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Michael Dibdin may be classed as something of a virtuoso author of crime novels, with books ranging from the dark Aurelio Zen series to the very thought provoking The Tryst and the nasty humour of Dirty Tricks (Crime). This books is completely different to anything else he's written, and is a most enjoyable read. Set in a gruesome residential home for the elderly, Dibdin unfolds a pastiche of the Agatha Christie genre of crime novels, in which Rosemary and Dorothy play detective. However, in a characteristically Dibdin manner, there's something much more sinister underlying this story, and horrendous cruelties and degradations are exposed, having been brought to attention by the central storyline.
This is a very brief book, I read it in a few hours, but extremely good. Warmly recommended.
This is a very brief book, I read it in a few hours, but extremely good. Warmly recommended.
`Nothing is more usual, after all, for the principal suspect to become the next victim.'
19 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback
The scene appears to be an ordinary country house hotel, inhabited by the usual cast of characters, including the Colonel, the playboy, the clergyman, a rich invalid and, of course, the usual murderer. Rosemary Travis and her friend Dorothy Davenport need only find the clues to unmask the murderer's identity.
Except that, of course, nothing is as it seems at the Eventide Lodge which isn't even an ordinary country house hotel. No, Eventide Lodge is a truly awful nursing home run by William Anderson and his sister Letitia and dreadful things seem to be happening to the small number of geriatric residents living there.
Why did Hilary Bryant die, and what happened to George Channing? Is another resident involved, or could it be the proprietors?
When Dorothy herself dies, the night before she is due to leave Eventide Lodge for terminal cancer treatment in hospital, Rosemary may have a mystery on her hands. Or perhaps not: Dorothy may have killed herself. Or, if not, who did and why?
`There is no room for sloppy guesswork or vulgar sensationalism.'
In fewer than 200 pages, Michael Dibdin creates a mystery which I found more interesting for the descriptions of Eventide Lodge and the ways in which the characters interact than for the solution itself. It's a quick read and an enjoyable one despite its bleak black aspects: any place remotely like Eventide Lodge needs its own Rosemary Travis.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
Except that, of course, nothing is as it seems at the Eventide Lodge which isn't even an ordinary country house hotel. No, Eventide Lodge is a truly awful nursing home run by William Anderson and his sister Letitia and dreadful things seem to be happening to the small number of geriatric residents living there.
Why did Hilary Bryant die, and what happened to George Channing? Is another resident involved, or could it be the proprietors?
When Dorothy herself dies, the night before she is due to leave Eventide Lodge for terminal cancer treatment in hospital, Rosemary may have a mystery on her hands. Or perhaps not: Dorothy may have killed herself. Or, if not, who did and why?
`There is no room for sloppy guesswork or vulgar sensationalism.'
In fewer than 200 pages, Michael Dibdin creates a mystery which I found more interesting for the descriptions of Eventide Lodge and the ways in which the characters interact than for the solution itself. It's a quick read and an enjoyable one despite its bleak black aspects: any place remotely like Eventide Lodge needs its own Rosemary Travis.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
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Having read some Aurelio Zen books by the same author I as surprised by this which is an uncompromising look at an old lady's way of coping with a far from caring care home by retreating into fantasy until reality appears to be matching her imagination. Not entirely successful but it is interesting and unusual. I would have approached it with different expectations if it hadn't been likened to Agatha Christie. It has none of the cosy safe feel of her books although that is clearly the source old the old lady's imaginings.
Worth a look.
Worth a look.
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