The Unfinished Clue (by Georgette Heyer)

I am enjoying re-reading Georgette Heyer’s light crime fiction, something I only discovered in the past twenty years or so after having loved her historical romances since I was in my teens. I first read ‘The Unfinished Clue ‘in 2008, and had entirely forgotten the plot and the characters.

Dinah Fawcett is the main character in this book; she’s a likeable, determined young woman with a sense of humour and a lot of affection for her sister Fay. Fay is rather feeble, and married to the older, over...