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I nominate The Dead Shall be Raised & Murder of a Quack by George Bellairs
Two classic cases featuring Detective-Inspector Littlejohn.
In the winter of 1940, the Home Guard unearths a skeleton on the moor above the busy town of Hatterworth. Twenty-three years earlier, the body of a young textile worker was found in the same spot, and the prime suspect was never found - but the second body is now identified as his. Inspector Littlejohn is in the area for Christmas and takes on the investigation of the newly reopened case. Soon it becomes clear that the murderer is still at large...
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Nathaniel Wall, the local quack doctor, is found hanging in his consulting room in the Norfolk village of Stalden - but this was not a suicide. Wall may not have been a qualified doctor, but his skill as a bonesetter and his commitment to village life were highly valued. Scotland Yard is drafted in to assist. Quickly settling into his accommodation at the village pub, Littlejohn begins to examine the evidence...Against the backdrop of a close-knit village, an intriguing story of ambition, blackmail, fraud, false alibis and botanical trickery unravels.
I wanted to read it in June, but as you all only give 2 stars...
LOL, indeed! ;)
Welcome Kanishka, and best wishes for your exams! :)
Pity I missed this, though I had subscribed, as family needed me. ;) Wonder if it will be repeated?
I found this a bit complicated with all the characters with unusual names, and the not really understandable reason for murder - something like someone being bad from the beginning...
Seems like some changed their votes. ;)
I found this also confusing in the plot and sometimes dragging till the action-packed end. Don´t think I will read another in the series.
I want to read this, though it does sound a bit odd. ;)
Sandy wrote: "Oddly, I don't see Thus Was Adonis Murdered available on kindle in the US. My library has print copies."Interesting, I can see it, but I´m not from the US, and it´s also more expensive here.
As the books should be written or/and set in the GA period, it´s hardly eligible.
I nominate
A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen. Funny series set in the 1930s in London.It's 1930s London, and Lady Georgiana -- thirty-fourth in line to the throne -- has a lot on her plate, but little in her cupboards, in this national bestseller...
Baked beans and boiled eggs. That's what my houseguest, the Bavarian princess, will have to eat if I don't get help posthaste. The Queen of England has requested I entertain said princess, placing her in the playboy prince's path, in hopes he might finally marry.
But queens never consider money, of which I have little. And which is why I moonlight as a maid-in-disguise. My plans:
1) Clean house in manner of palace.
2) Blackmail brother, Binky, into sending a few quid.
3) Unteach Princess Hanni English from gangster movies -- lest she address the queen as "old broad."
4) Keep eye on princess at parties, where she drinks like a fish.
Then there's the matter of the body in the bookshop and Hanni's unwitting involvement with the communist party. It's enough to drive a girl mad...
Wrote to GR, and got the answer that they were aware of the problem and working on it.It would be good to post the issue officially on the home page, so that everyone´s aware of it.
It´s been since last week that I don´t get all of them or many hours later - very annoying! Always have to look at "My group discussions"...
Thanks Alwynne for the warning!
Thanks Judy, good to know! :)
I´m thinking of reading the Punshon. Is it a standalone? (I never read anything by him.)
Michaela wrote: "Thanks Sandy, I tried too! :)"And it was confirmed that I got my ticket! :)))
Thanks Sandy, I tried too! :)
I wondered about the motives too. In the beginning a bit dragging, then some action in the end, without any real good solution.
