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Behold, Here's Poison - Georgette Heyer
Behold, Here's Poison
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When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper. But a post-mortem determines the cause of death as murder by poison. It falls to Superintendent Hannasyde to sift through all the secrets and lies among... show more
When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper. But a post-mortem determines the cause of death as murder by poison. It falls to Superintendent Hannasyde to sift through all the secrets and lies among the bitter, quarrelsome family.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780099493648 (0099493640)
Publisher: Arrow
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Series: Inspector Hannasyde (#2)
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Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it
3.5 Randall is terrible and his family aren't nice either
Can we say "obstruction of justice", thought you could. Today this would have got dealt with in a different way (I'd kinda like Randall to meet Peter Grant for a few rounds of debate). Still this is from a different time and a different way of policing. No-one really misses Dear Old Uncle Gregory wh...
Tannat
Tannat rated it
3.5 Behold, Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer
I finished this a week ago so I'm going to have to dredge my memory for things to say about it. Overall I found it an enjoyable mystery although I guessed some aspects of the solution to the murder. I didn't know that I was right, of course, and the motivations were a bit of a mystery, but it's al...
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books rated it
0.0 24 Festive Tasks: Doors 2 and 5 - Books for Guy Fawkes Night and Veterans' / Armistice Day
Georgette Heyer: Behold, Here's Poison(Narrator: Ulli Birvé) The first Georgette Heyer mysteries I read were her Inspector Hemingway books, which in a way meant I was starting from the wrong end, as Hemingway progressed to the rank of inspector from having been the lead investigator's sergeant in th...
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books
Themis-Athena's Garden of Books rated it
0.0 24 Festive Tasks: Doors 2 and 5 - Books for Guy Fawkes Night and Veterans' / Armistice Day
Georgette Heyer: Behold, Here's Poison(Narrator: Ulli Birvé) The first Georgette Heyer mysteries I read were her Inspector Hemingway books, which in a way meant I was starting from the wrong end, as Hemingway progressed to the rank of inspector from having been the lead investigator's sergeant in th...
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Abandoned by user rated it
3.0 My first filled square!
I had been sort of planning to use this one for the free square, but since OBD called "cozy mystery" this morning, and nothing could be cozier than this mystery, I can't resist actually filling a square! I do prefer Heyer's regency romances to her mysteries. This one was more enjoyable than the ot...
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