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This is the fifth in the Freddy Pilkington-Soames series. The series is light-hearted and the characters are fun. In this addition, Freddy is taken to a ball where Douglas Westray, the son of an aircraft manufacturer is found dead in a locked room. The shooting is considered a suicide, but there are questions and motives to be considered. Firstly, he was dumped by the girl whose engagement party they were at, secondly, he failed to patent an aeroplane part which was later used by the family of t
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3.5-4 stars - Always fun to visit with Freddy & co. for a light-hearted, fun and funny adventure. His slimy nemesis, fellow reporter Corky Beckwith is back, always good for laughs, and Lady Gertrude (“Gertie”), his rambunctious friend, draws Freddy into his latest investigation.
Freddy and Gertie are attending the engagement party of two friends, when the lady’s former fiancé is found in a locked room with a gunshot wound to the head. He had been visibly inebriated and upset at the party, so the ...more
Freddy and Gertie are attending the engagement party of two friends, when the lady’s former fiancé is found in a locked room with a gunshot wound to the head. He had been visibly inebriated and upset at the party, so the ...more
Although the book does have a murder within, it is still written in a lighthearted way, with plenty of humour,as the story goes on. It is the fun character of Freddy, and the circle he mixes with. In this it is Lady Gertrude who pals up with Freddy , both determined to prove that the deceased did not commit suicide, but was murdered inside a locked room. During the investigation an attempt on Freddy’s life , makes the case of murder even more likely. As the book goes on it also encompasses sabot
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Freddy saves the day again and gets beat up along the way. He solved his friend's murder because he simply could not believe that his friend committed suicide.
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