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Dec 10, 2014
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3.5 stars.
I really liked this murder mystery, which was also a study of the British social order & anti-semitism. Dr Bottwink owes a lot to Hercule Poirot, but otherwise for me this was quite an original tale & I will be happy to read more by this author.
I really liked this murder mystery, which was also a study of the British social order & anti-semitism. Dr Bottwink owes a lot to Hercule Poirot, but otherwise for me this was quite an original tale & I will be happy to read more by this author.
Aptly named, this was a very enjoyable humorous read. It had all the elements I love: country manor, snowstorm leaving victims and murderer in isolation, snooty upper crust family with the standard butler, poison, and a foreigner—a little like Hercule Poirot—on the scene to ferret out clues until authorities can arrive. Even though I sometimes get lost in the various titles of the British aristocracy, the characters were easy to distinguish and the actual motive escaped my attention completely u
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