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This is the fifth in the Angela Marchmont series and is set in a snowbound castle, over New Years, where Angela is a guest of the Earl and Countess of Strathmerrick. Also invited are the American Ambassador, and his wife and secretary, our old friend, Freddie Pilkington-Soames, the Foreign Secretary, various family members and a famous scientist. The house party is meant to act as cover for the scientist to reveal his secret weapon, but he never turns up.
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3.5 stars. Fun, interesting mystery - Hogmanay (Scottish New Year’s Eve), 1928, at Fives Castle - the distinguished guests are snowed in, a missing scientist shows up dead, and Angela Marchmont is up to her neck in it!
I was not a huge fan of the previous Angela Marchmont book I read with the Reading the Detectives group, but wanted to give her another try further along in the series- sometimes it takes a while for an author to hit their stride.
This book was more enjoyable if still somewhat pred ...more
I was not a huge fan of the previous Angela Marchmont book I read with the Reading the Detectives group, but wanted to give her another try further along in the series- sometimes it takes a while for an author to hit their stride.
This book was more enjoyable if still somewhat pred ...more
The Incident at Five’s Castle is the fifth in the Angela Marchmont series of books by Clara Benson. This one picks up somewhat from the previous book where we met the young (also somewhat Wodehousian) reporter Freddy Pilkington-Soames, and one of his set Gertie, the daughter of the Earl of Strathmerrick. Gertie has taken a liking to Angela and invites her to the Hogmanay celebrations at Fives Castle, her family home, where many of the guests are political and diplomatic bigwigs. The party is to
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This is the fifth in the Angela Marchmont series and is set in a snowbound castle, over New Years, where Angela is a guest of the Earl and Countess of Strathmerrick. Also invited are the American Ambassador, and his wife and secretary, our old friend, Freddie Pilkington-Soames, the Foreign Secretary, various family members and a famous scientist. The house party is meant to act as cover for the scientist to reveal his secret weapon, but he never turns up.
If you like an old-fashioned mystery, the ...more
If you like an old-fashioned mystery, the ...more
If you like nineteen twenties mysteries then you will probably enjoy this one. It was actually written during that era but is only now seeing the light of day. Modern readers may find it difficult to understand the worry about spies but at the time this was a huge concern. Angela Marchmont - that enigmatic and well off widow - is invited to Fives Castle to celebrate New Year 1928. Thanks to a chapter of incidents which seems to follow her around she manages to make an unfortunate impression on h
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This was a great festive -time read. It is actually set at snowbound Scotland, where the guests are both friends and politicians, celebrating Hogmanay. Angela Marchmont being among them, soon finds herself caught up in a mystery involving a missing scientist, his papers, blackmailing and espionage. I think these books are getting better as they go along. We do find out more of Angela's past, which is interesting, and we can also enjoy the humour surrounding her and Freddie Pilkington-Soames, and
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