Death in Ecstasy: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #4 (Inspectr Roderick Alleyn)
Ahhh, prussic acid, that hallmark of classic Golden Age mysteries. Did lovely Cara Quoyne get a whiff of the bitter almonds as she raised the goblet to her lips? We’ll never know: With a single sip she transported herself to the Hereafter. At least, that’s the romantic view. But Inspector Alleyn...
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Ahhh, prussic acid, that hallmark of classic Golden Age mysteries. Did lovely Cara Quoyne get a whiff of the bitter almonds as she raised the goblet to her lips? We’ll never know: With a single sip she transported herself to the Hereafter. At least, that’s the romantic view. But Inspector Alleyn has little interest in romance; he’s investigating a murder. Cara was a deeply spiritual young woman, a novice with the House of the Sacred Flame. It seems, however, that somebody was operating from very un-spiritual motivations.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781937384128 (1937384128)
Publish date: March 16th 2012
Publisher: Felony & Mayhem
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Cozy Mystery,
Golden Age Mystery
Series: Roderick Alleyn 1 (#4)
It was fine but I clearly need to take a break.
Some rather grating stereotypes bring an already not-special effort down.
I normally love these books, but I don't know why, I had to plough my way through this one - forcing myself to finish. Maybe because there were no sympathetic characters. Even Alleyn seemed disinterested over the whole thing.,
I listened to the audio version:8 Cd's / 7 hours & 52 minutesNarrator: James Saxon
A little above average Marsh. Reading in order of publication makes for a nice progression in the way Alleyn interacts with his "crew". Inspector Fox is still learning French, he moved to an advanced class, Sergeant Bailey gets to fingerprint all the suspects and Nigel Bathgate the young wide eye jo...
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