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Comes a Stranger (The Bobby Owen Mysteries, #11)

E.R. Punshon

Start date: February 15, 2022

Finish date: March 10, 2022

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Why we're reading this: Next in our series of Bobby Owen buddy reads.
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May 09, 2022 Carolien rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2022, english-mystery

Bobby and his now fiancée, Olive, are visiting an old friend of Olive's. Her father was a collector of very old, classic books and the library world-renowned for its contents. However, both the members of the supervisory board are found dead and Bobby is asked to assist the local police in their investigation. One of my favourites in the series to far. Interesting characters and a very complex plot. ...more

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Feb 05, 2022 Jill rated it it was amazing

Shelves: e-r-punshon, jill-s-eighth-year-challenge

The 11th in the series, and still the plots differ, which is one of the reasons I really like these books. This story centres around a private library of rare original issues of old books. The library has been put together by the father of one of Olive's father's friends. Olive and Bobby having announced their engagement, find that Olive is invited to stay with the daughter of the library founder, somewhere she has stayed when she was very young. Bobby being put up at the local pub, but invited ...more

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Mar 09, 2019 ShanDizzy rated it liked it

Intriguing

This mystery contained a lot of different elements including, multiple murders, book forgeries, bullying, a diabolical mind and burning vengeance.

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Feb 16, 2022 Sandy rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery-classic, mystery-detective-grp, own, z2022-own-24, rread-2022

An excellent entry in the series. Bobby successfully investigates both new and old crimes and does so without showing up his superiors by keeping many of his opinions to himself. His chosen wife acts a lot more sensibly in this book than she did in the prior one and I have more hope for their future happiness. Quite an intricate plot and different from others in the series.

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