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I thought I had read all this series but realised recently that I had for some reason missed the first one. This is a typical Golden Age mystery with a group of suspects in a country house. Sir Hubert Handesley's country house weekends are noted for their murder game. Unfortunately on this particular weekend there is a real corpse with a dagger in its back.
Roderick Alleyn, ably assisted by Nigel Bathurst, a journalist who appears in many of the Roderick Alleyn mysteries, has to try and break a c ...more
Roderick Alleyn, ably assisted by Nigel Bathurst, a journalist who appears in many of the Roderick Alleyn mysteries, has to try and break a c ...more
Un polar sympa mais sans plus.
Enjoyable. Quite liked Alleyn . Will be interesting to see how he progresses
A wonderful new detective has been introduced to me- Alleyn.
4.5 stars. A great cozy mystery. Smart writing and lots of humour. Inspector Alleyn is a brilliant and doggedly determined policeman, but also a "real" person.
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