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Murder of a Lady (Dr. Hailey #12)

Anthony Wynne

Start date: May 1, 2023

Finish date: May 31, 2023

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Jun 02, 2023 Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-murder-crime-20th-century

I finished this a few days ago. I didn't take notes, so I apologise that this tale isn't completely fresh in my mind.

This doom & gloom laden tale reminded me a lot of Edgar Allan Poe & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works. Who murdered the Laird's sister? Of course she turned out to not be as saintly as she first appeared - in fact, Mary Gregor was evil to an implausible degree. There was great scene setting at the start, but then the story dragged. & dragged.

The only thing that saved this novel from ...more

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Sep 06, 2020 Shauna rated it liked it

Shelves: golden-age-crime, 2020

A locked room mystery set on the shores of Loch Fyne. This is apparently the twelfth in a series featuring this detective but he comes across as a pretty bland character.
I think the main mystery here is why nobody had murdered the victim before! Although the solution is ingenious I felt the story dragged on for too long . There are some very old-fashioned views on women in this which annoyed me immensely although I do accept this is a 'golden age' novel. ...more

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Mar 17, 2023 Jazz rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, mystery-traditional, golden-age-mystery-pre-1950, mystery-international

Terrific Golden Age puzzle mystery featuring Dr. Eustace Hailey, a Scottish physician who solves crimes through psychology and by empathizing with the criminal, who he may well see as another victim of circumstance, driven to kill out of desperation.

I very much enjoyed the writing and the solution to the puzzle. I'll definitely be reading more by Wynne, four of his mystery novels in the series being recently re-published. ...more

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