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by David Roberts (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Constable (29 Oct 2009)
  • ISBN-10: 1845296915
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845296919
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 40,572 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The tenth and final murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne.


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August 1939, the last hot days of a perfect English summer, war is now certain, this week, next week . . . soon. Lord Edward Corinth, newly married, is determined to spend these last days of peace quietly with Verity in their new house, The Old Vicarage, in the sleepy Sussex village of Rodmell, a honeymoon of sorts. Fight against it as he might, for Edward it turns out to be a busman's holiday. The poet, Byron Gates is bizarrely murdered after the village fete - executed, in fact, his head chopped off on a wooden block, and Edward is asked to investigate. Alas, murder is not yet done with Verity and Edward. For even in the hallowed studios of Broadcasting House, murder dares to rear its ugly head while Verity is being interviewed about her interesting life as a war correspondent. And before she can take up her new foreign posting, reporting on the international crisis for the New Gazette, there are more deaths, and the intrepid couple embark on one of their most dangerous investigations to date. Praise for David Roberts: 'Roberts just keeps getting better with each book.' Publishers Weekly; 'Roberts pays meticulous attention to period detail and the result is a really well crafted and charming mystery story.' Daily Mail; '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.' Guardian; 'Roberts has captured brilliantly the light and shade of pre-War Britain under the falling shadow of Nazism. A gripping, richly satisfying whodunit, with finely observed characters, sparkling with insouciance and stinging menace.' Peter James.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Murder after the fete, 4 Nov 2009
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Verity and Edward are newly married and settling into their home in a sleepy Sussex village. It is 1939 and everyone is very much on edge waiting for World War II to really start. Verity is waiting for a foreign posting in her job as foreign correspondent to Lord Weaver's Daily News. Edward is waiting for MI5 and the Foreign Office to tell him what tasks he has been assigned. Apart from the waiting everything seems peaceful.

The village fete goes well until the headless body of Byron Gates, a well known poet, is found on the village green. Suspects are many and varied and this is not the only body to be discovered in the course of the story. I loved the background; there are appearances by Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Dylan Thomas and Sir John Reith - later Lord Reith. The village, with its high concentrations of artists and authors is also interesting.

This story flows easily and the dialogue is excellent. I especially liked the way Edward and Verity misunderstand and needle each other - very realistic and typical of the start of a marriage where the couple have not lived together before. Edward is reluctant to investigate the murder but finds himself drawn into it because he feels the police are not doing their jobs properly. Verity is also intrigued and sets out to find out what she can about the murder victim.

This is a well written story with very little `on the page' violence and the ending is unexpected- for me at least - and well done. I shall be looking forward to the next one in this series.
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