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Suspects Nine (The Bobby Owen Mysteries, #12)

E.R. Punshon

Start date: April 15, 2022

Finish date: May 7, 2022

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Mar 20, 2022 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: e-r-punshon

As the title says, there are a lot of suspects in this book that could have been the murderer. It took me a while to sort them out in my mind, which wasn't helped by one of the men having a woman's name, and a woman having a man's name. The beginning is set in the hat shop owned by Olive, Bobby's fiancée. A customer runs off with one of the hats, and so Bobby is asked to try and recover the stolen hat. The thief is a very domineering woman, pays for the hat, and has only taken it because it was ...more

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May 02, 2019 ShanDizzy rated it really liked it

Again I say that this is a delightful series. I am enjoying seeing Owen grow and mature into a crack detective. His relationship with Olive is sweet as well. This mystery was intricate with 9 suspects and many red herrings.

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Aug 31, 2018 Elsbeth Kwant added it

Anything Dorothy Sayers recommends... Very happy to have discovered this series!

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Apr 11, 2022 Sandy rated it liked it

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

Bobby is back on his London beat, showing the face of a perfect employee while thinking disparaging thoughts about his salary, boss, assignments and piles of paperwork. How can he show the initiative needed to be promoted and still follow strict orders? And he needs a promotion to afford a wife.

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