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There is a history of mysteries from the Golden Age set in girl's schools, such as Agatha Christie's, Cat Among the Pigeons and Josephine Tey's Miss Pym Disposes. Although this is a modern mystery, the series is set between the wars and, as such, has a period flavour.
This is the eighth in the series and so the reader should be familiar with the character of Angela Marchmont who, when we meet her, is visiting her god-daughter, Barbara's, school, Wakeley Court. It appears that Barbara has been in ...more
This is the eighth in the series and so the reader should be familiar with the character of Angela Marchmont who, when we meet her, is visiting her god-daughter, Barbara's, school, Wakeley Court. It appears that Barbara has been in ...more
3-3.5 stars - Another fun, cozy outing with Angela Marchmont, this time set at a girl’s school in Norfolk.
Angela is visiting her rambunctious goddaughter Barbara at the school, and trying to keep the headmistress from kicking her out for her various infractions. She’s a good girl, and bright, but high-spirited, and has been caught, among other things, running a betting book, and dropping eggs from the school roof onto passersby on the quad. The clever headmistress ropes Angela into funding a sch ...more
Angela is visiting her rambunctious goddaughter Barbara at the school, and trying to keep the headmistress from kicking her out for her various infractions. She’s a good girl, and bright, but high-spirited, and has been caught, among other things, running a betting book, and dropping eggs from the school roof onto passersby on the quad. The clever headmistress ropes Angela into funding a sch ...more
This is the eighth book in the Angela Marchmont series of mysteries. They were written in the 1920s but have only recently seen the light of day because the late author's family decided to publish them. Angela is a bit of a mysterious characters in that she appears to have done a lot and seen a lot of the world. She is well off financially and has a car and a chauffer but the reader knows very little more about her other than she is highly intelligent.
In this latest story she is trying to sort o ...more
In this latest story she is trying to sort o ...more
Some of Clara Benson's descriptions of people make me laugh - "Augustus Welland...the English master was tall and handsome, and evidently very pleased with the fact...Within a very few seconds it became clear that Mr. Welland's chief interest in life was Mr. Welland."
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I felt this was just not up to standard of the last few books in this series. It read more like a YA book than a real mystery. The stereotype characters just didn't work for me. I had guessed the main plot from very early on, and the journey to the end wasn't thrilling. I will read on, in the hope that this book was just a hiccup in this author's writing.
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