From the Bookshelf of Reading the Detectives…

Surfeit of Suspects

George Bellairs,

Martin Edwards (Introduction)

Start date: April 1, 2023

Finish date: April 30, 2023

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Aug 03, 2020 John Frankham rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-detective

A 2025 re-listen shows that the book’s wordy languors, and the awful narration, reduces the marking from 3* to 2*.

Certainly not one of the better Inspector Littlejohn whodunnits, possibly because the audio narration by David Thorpe was so affected and hammy.

The GR blurb:

‘ At 8 o’clock in the evening on the 8th November, there was a terrific explosion in Green Lane, Evingden.’
The offices of the Excelsior Joinery Company have been blown to smithereens and three of the company directors lie dea ...more

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Jul 30, 2020 SewingandCaring rated it did not like it · review of another edition

He's so so hit and miss, this one could have done with twice the plot of half the pages. Sometimes what his style reminds me of is a American discovery channel program where they do a summery after each advert break for the drunk/stupid and you end up with being to cut out everything between the first and last chapter and nothing of value is lost. ...more

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