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Death of a Beauty Queen (The Bobby Owen Mysteries, #5)

E.R. Punshon

Start date: December 12, 2020

Finish date: January 6, 2021

Discussion: Buddy reads

Why we're reading this: Continuing our series of Bobby Owen buddy reads.
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Dec 26, 2020 Carolien rated it really liked it

Shelves: english-mystery, 2020

A beauty contest is held in the local cinema in the suburb of Brush Hill, London. Before then winner can be announced, one of the contestants is found with a knife stuck in her throat. Superintendent Mitchell and Bobby Owen are in charge of the subsequent murder investigation. There is no shortage of potential murderers including a prominent local politician and his son, a number of the girl's admirers and her fellow contestants. I really appreciate the detailed police work that forms a large pa ...more

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Oct 01, 2018 ShanDizzy rated it really liked it

Many typos

I managed to decipher the mystery despite the typing errors. (Can't expect perfection from an old book subjected to modern technology.) It was intriguing. Bobby is growing as a detective under Mitchell's tutelage. On to the next one. ...more

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Dec 12, 2020 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: e-r-punshon

I enjoyed reading this episode in the Bobby Owen series, but was a bit surprised to find he did not appear to be the main policeman in this procedural story. Mitchell played a bigger part, and did seem to keep more of his thoughts to himself, he also instructed a superior officer to Owen to take a bigger part in the investigation than Owen. I know at times Owen does dither a lot, but felt we were cut short on some of Owen's thoughts, than we have been in previous books. On this occasion we have ...more

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Nov 17, 2020 Sandy rated it liked it

Shelves: own, mystery-classic, z2020-own-24, rread-2020

While there too many coincidental interrelationships among the suspects to be believable, their intertwined lives made an interesting plot. Bobby Owen is still an inspector in training and misses clues. The lead role goes to his boss, Mitchell, whom I quite like. Bobby does outshine his two immediate superiors; they may have been promoted above their abilities. Looking at the number of books in the series, Bobby has plenty of time to hone his skills.

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