Death in the Stocks
A Moonlit Night, a Sleeping Village, and an Unaccountable Murder... In the dead of the night, a man in an evening dress is found murdered, locked in the stocks on the village green. Unfortunately for Superintendent Hannasyde, the deceased is Andrew Vereker, a man hated by nearly everyone,...
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A Moonlit Night, a Sleeping Village, and an Unaccountable Murder...
In the dead of the night, a man in an evening dress is found murdered, locked in the stocks on the village green. Unfortunately for Superintendent Hannasyde, the deceased is Andrew Vereker, a man hated by nearly everyone, especially his odd and unhelpful family members. The Verekers are as eccentric as they are corrupt, and it will take all Hannasyde's skill at detection to determine who's telling the truth, and who is pointing him in the wrong direction. The question is: who in this family is clever enough to get away with murder?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781741211450 (174121145X)
Publish date: 2003
Publisher: Hinkler Books
Pages no: 295
Edition language: English
Series: Inspector Hannasyde (#1)
Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer Book 1 of Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemmingway A Moonlit Night, a Sleeping Village, and an Unaccountable Murder... In the dead of the night, a man in an evening dress is found murdered, locked in the stocks on the village green. Unfortunately for Superintend...
Yes, well, it's fair to say that Georgette Heyer was not the world's best mystery writer and the plotting in this one is not particularly strong. (I say this because I guessed the culprit early in the piece. It was just a process of elimination, as there weren't that many suspects to choose from!) ...
A wealthy mine owner is found dead in a little village. It's a neat crime that leaves even Scotland Yard all at sea. When a man has had many enemies and no one seems to moan him nobody is a fit suspect. But then there is motive and detective Hannasyde has his hands full trying to prove a member of V...
I like Hannasyde. He's so laid back.Heyer writes such digestible, tasty work.
This was exquisite. Not a wrinkle, sharp tongue crisp dialogs, unexpected and expected romantic triangles, a mystery that isn't dumb down, Scotland Yard detectives that are pleasantly intelligent but not creative, leaving the lead character to solve the mystery. I loved it. With this title I can und...
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