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Laddar... Behold Here's Poison (urspr publ 1936; utgåvan 1971)av Georgette Heyer
VerkdetaljerBehold, Here's Poison av Georgette Heyer (1936)
   Cerebral Mysteries (13) » 14 till Books Read in 2020 (2,029) Books Read in 2014 (849) Books Read in 2019 (1,575) Books Read in 2017 (2,498) British Mystery (124) Books Read in 2013 (1,087) Books Read in 2011 (166) Murder Mysteries (38) Detective Stories (71) Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. This was my first introduction to Heyer, and it took me awhile to take to her, but once I did, well, I enjoyed her a lot. The pleasure of these isn't the detective or the mystery, but rather this lovely look at the world in the 1920s & 1930s and how the smart set live. I adore her conversations, the match of wits between people and the intresting things that happen when a detective, an outsider, enteres their midsts to slove the crime. Great fun! (  ) Colleen5096 | Oct 29, 2020 |  3.5 stars (  ) natcontrary | Jun 22, 2020 | blackmailer killed by poisoned toothpaste ritaer | Jun 17, 2020 | Gregory Matthews presides over his country house full of squabbling siblings, a niece and nephew, and a full array of servants. Everybody knows he has high blood pressure, so when he is found dead in his bed one morning, the immediate assumption is “natural causes”; however, one of his sisters doesn’t like it and demands an autopsy, which soon enough proves murder by nicotine poisoning. Superintendent Hannasyde of Scotland Yard is called in, and finds that pretty much the entire family has reason to see Gregory dead, especially his heir Randall Matthews, one of Randall’s cousins Guy Matthews, Mrs. Zoe Matthews who is Guy’s mother and sister-in-law to Gregory - even the unmarried Miss Harriet Matthews who expects to inherit the house from Gregory! What’s worse, each suspect is lying about his or her movements, and none of them has an alibi that will hold up. When the house is rocked by a second death, it appears that all manner of family secrets must finally be revealed…. This is the second of four “Country House Mystery” novels, and it’s a pleasure to meet Superintendent Hannasyde again, along with these very spoiled, very wealthy and not-terribly-nice suspects. I actually figured out who the culprit was about halfway through, but had no clue as to the motive until the end, so that makes it a fair read in my estimation! Recommended. ( ) thefirstalicat | Nov 23, 2019 | Can't say I was overfond of this one: the characters were all pretty awful, even if the resolution of the mystery was quite good. (  ) JBD1 | Apr 7, 2019 | inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Meet the Matthews... before the next one dies It's no ordinary morning at the Poplars--the master is found dead in his bed, and it seems his high blood pressure was not the cause. When an autopsy reveals a sinister poison in his body, it's up to the quietly resourceful Inspector Hannasyde to catch the murderer in time to spare the next victim. But every single member of the quarrelsome Matthews family has a motive and none, of course, has an alibi. "The ingredients are so well and carefully mixed, the writing is so bright, and the solution so unexpected that the book achieves success and remains one no reader can fail to enjoy."--Manchester Guardian "A marvelous mélange of malice, murder, mystery, and mirth. Priceless!"--Saturday Review Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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