by Georgette Heyer
Oh, my, that was just delightful. What a lovely way to spend a Saturday!
This was a bland but soothing respite from the psychological terror that was Edith Wharton.
First in Heyer's Inspector Hemingway series.From my blog:Last year during the month of August, Sourcebooks put all of the electronic versions of Ms. Heyer’s books on sale for $1.99 on Smashwords, which Amazon quickly price matched. As a result, I ended up buying around 30 books. A number of them wer...
A buddy read with my friend Jemidar and worth closer to 3 1/2 stars. The third last novel in my 2011 Heyer mysteries reading project, this is neither my favourite nor my least favourite of these novels. I'll start with what I liked about it. As with all of Heyer's mysteries - and most of her other n...
Buddy read with Kim :-).A lighthearted cosy mystery full of wonderfully eccentric people, high drama, red herrings and a very clever 'howdunit.' Definitely keeps you guessing to the end. Not your usual detective novel, but great fun all the same.
Very nice drawing room comedy of manners and murder.
Wally Carter, his ward Mary, his wife Ermyntrude, and her daughter Vicky are an odd bunch. They are rich, thanks to Ermyntrude's first husband, but not very socially acceptable. That is, until Ermyntrude secures a Georgian Prince to stay for the weekend. During the visit, tempers flare and secret...
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