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In which, a partner in the firm of Horniman, Birley & Crane is found dead in a locked deed box in the solicitors' office. Grisly.
There's a lot of inter-office shenanigans and one-up-manship, the secretaries withstood a ridiculous amount of sexism, bullying and inappropriate overture from various men in the firm. It made for interesting reading but definitely is not part of the mystery-solving by the police and their in-house man, Bohun is mostly observing and not very actively trying to get to t ...more
There's a lot of inter-office shenanigans and one-up-manship, the secretaries withstood a ridiculous amount of sexism, bullying and inappropriate overture from various men in the firm. It made for interesting reading but definitely is not part of the mystery-solving by the police and their in-house man, Bohun is mostly observing and not very actively trying to get to t ...more
This is the fourth in the Inspector Hazlerigg series, published in 1950, although it works very well as a stand-alone novel.
Henry Bohun is a young man who has a medical condition, which means he sleeps very little. This is very helpful in allowing him to read, and study, long hours and, when we meet him, he has just joined the firm of Horniman, Birley and Craine, as a newly qualified solicitor. I enjoy novels set in the workplace and this is full of office gossip and lecherous solicitors, whose ...more
Henry Bohun is a young man who has a medical condition, which means he sleeps very little. This is very helpful in allowing him to read, and study, long hours and, when we meet him, he has just joined the firm of Horniman, Birley and Craine, as a newly qualified solicitor. I enjoy novels set in the workplace and this is full of office gossip and lecherous solicitors, whose ...more
Henry Bohun has just started work as a newly qualified solicitor with the reputable firm of Horniman, Birley and Craine when a body is found in a deed box. The dead Mr Smallbone's presence threatens to destroy the firm's reputation especially as the police - in the person of Inspector Hazlerigg - start thinking that the death has to have been an inside job.
Hazlerigg decides to trust the delightful Henry Bohun as he started with the firm after the murder and Henry finds himself involved in the in ...more
Hazlerigg decides to trust the delightful Henry Bohun as he started with the firm after the murder and Henry finds himself involved in the in ...more
I would have enjoyed this even more if I had any sort of understanding of the British legal system or mortgages... particularly as they worked in the 1950's.
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I was so wrong about who done and it was great!
"Now look here Inspector, Mr. Birley said in his most intimidating voice, "I can understand that you have to ask questions about this-er-death and about Smallbone and his affairs and so on. But questions about private workings of my firm, I cannot and will not tolerate. If you persist in wasting my time and my staff's time in investigating matters which have no possible connection with this er-death then I will have no alternative but to speak to th ...more
"Now look here Inspector, Mr. Birley said in his most intimidating voice, "I can understand that you have to ask questions about this-er-death and about Smallbone and his affairs and so on. But questions about private workings of my firm, I cannot and will not tolerate. If you persist in wasting my time and my staff's time in investigating matters which have no possible connection with this er-death then I will have no alternative but to speak to th ...more
Really good offering from the BLCC. Recommend.
I did enjoy the humour in this book. The banter between the solicitors, and also the gossip from the secretaries was really funny and what felt like real comments which would be made today. The lack of sleep experienced by one of the main characters amazed me, but I don't think it is known as parasomnias, handy to have though as he got so much reading done.
The author gave some believable reasons why each of the suspects could have been the murderer, and just when it looked as it everything had b ...more
The author gave some believable reasons why each of the suspects could have been the murderer, and just when it looked as it everything had b ...more
Excellent! Witty and entertaining, great characters, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and really liked the writing style. (I had in mind Sarah Caudwell's books). I also like a murder mystery set in an office. This was my first reading of this author and won't be my last.
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Dec 22, 2021
Carolien
marked it as to-read
