Basically a perfectly good mystery that was slightly ruined by annoying characters. Like with Footsteps in the Dark I feel that Heyer mocks the crime-genre slightly (in a rather nice way) and most of the characters seem like carricatures of stock 'House party with lots of people who can't stand each...
The second last in my 2011 project of reading all of Georgette Heyer's mysteries, this was a fun read. It's an old-fashioned mystery of the locked room kind, complete with an old house, cantankerous victim, eccentric suspects and plenty of red herrings. Heyer is not, in my view, the most talented of...
I am downgrading to a 3-star from my previous 4-star. I had a hard time really getting into the book despite the hallmark Heyer touches (witty writing, cleverly drawn characters etc). It was gratifying that I couldn't remember who the killer was and only begin to suspect the real culprit after eli...
Georgette Heyer is the mistress of all things regency romance. She is less so in all things 20's era mystery but not bad. She creates the usual fun cast of characters and her cleverly witty banter is apparent. I kind of just kept wishing it was set back in the regency era but I likely would have ...
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