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Tour de Force (Inspector Cockrill #6)

Christianna Brand

Start date: April 16, 2021

Finish date: May 13, 2021

Discussion: Buddy reads

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Apr 05, 2021 Susan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is the sixth in the Inspector Cockrill mysteries, first published in 1955, and one I hadn't read before. It sees our dogged Inspector heading out on a conducted tour of Italy and, of course, his heart is softened by a young lady passenger, Louvaine Barker, a famous author. Also on the tour is Mr Cecil, the rather effeminate dress designer we first meet in, "Death in High Heels," published back in 1941, Leo Rodd, a former concert pianist who lost an arm and attracts much female sympathy, his ...more

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Mar 29, 2021 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: jill-s-seventh-years-aty-challenge, christianna-brand

I did like this, but found it different from those books before, as it read like one of the farcical holiday comedies that they put on TV. Inspector Cockrill, takes a foreign holiday on one of those tours of Italy. His group of travelers include various characters, ranging from some very rich and apparently well-known, to those lesser known like himself. As quite often happens, the holidaymakers begin to pair off. Eventually their tour comes to San Juan el Pirata, an island that is ruled by one ...more

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Jul 20, 2023 Ellen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Aug 10, 2023 Laura Anne rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, mediterranean

I love when the “impossible crime” turns out to have multiple solutions. Although the final twist is wildly implausible, it is nevertheless an entertaining summer holiday puzzle.

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