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Picture a 1920s London clubman about halfway between P.G. Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster and Dorothy L. Sayers’s Lord Peter Wimsey. In other words, somebody seeming about as silly as Bertie, but with as keen an interest in crime solving as Lord Peter. Antony (“Anty”) Boisjoly (pronounced Boozhullay, like Beaujolais wine only the first syllable is pronounced “boo”) is lounging around his club when his old school friend “Fiddles” Fairfax asks him to come down to his family’s country house in connectio
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Jun 04, 2024
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3.5 stars, as this was one of the more entertaining modern cozies set in the Golden Age I have read with one of my GR groups this year.
The author gives us a witty Wodehouse homage in the hero Anty Boisjoly (pronounced beau-jolie), London gadabout in the Bertie Wooster vein, but brighter - in fact, he has a reputation for solving problems and getting pals out of fixes. This time, his friend “Fiddles” Canterfell sends a desperate telegram from his family seat that his uncle has just fallen from t ...more
The author gives us a witty Wodehouse homage in the hero Anty Boisjoly (pronounced beau-jolie), London gadabout in the Bertie Wooster vein, but brighter - in fact, he has a reputation for solving problems and getting pals out of fixes. This time, his friend “Fiddles” Canterfell sends a desperate telegram from his family seat that his uncle has just fallen from t ...more
Recently, I have read a number of modern mysteries set in the Golden Age and mostly they have been disappointing, so I am pleased that I have finally found one that I enjoyed.
When Fairfax (Fiddles) Canterfell's uncle is found dead at the ancestral home, he immediately calls his old schoolfriend, Anty Boisjoly. Anty is known to be good at solving problems and he intends to do, much to the annoyance of Inspector Wittersham.
This mystery has a light and humorous touch, with Anty trying to solve the ...more
When Fairfax (Fiddles) Canterfell's uncle is found dead at the ancestral home, he immediately calls his old schoolfriend, Anty Boisjoly. Anty is known to be good at solving problems and he intends to do, much to the annoyance of Inspector Wittersham.
This mystery has a light and humorous touch, with Anty trying to solve the ...more
Sharp wit like Wodehouse 2.0
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this Anty Boisjoly mystery. The writing was crisp, descriptive and witty. I regularly laughed out loud at the way some of the scenes were written and the descriptions therein.
Here is how the author himself described this story “Not one but two locked-room mysteries later, Boisjoly’s pitting his wits and witticisms against a subversive butler, a senile footman, a single-minded detective-inspector, an irascible goat…”
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this Anty Boisjoly mystery. The writing was crisp, descriptive and witty. I regularly laughed out loud at the way some of the scenes were written and the descriptions therein.
Here is how the author himself described this story “Not one but two locked-room mysteries later, Boisjoly’s pitting his wits and witticisms against a subversive butler, a senile footman, a single-minded detective-inspector, an irascible goat…”
Excellent writing. Excellent characters. Excellent mystery.
An amusing and entertaining country house mystery set in 1928.
Oct 26, 2022
Andy
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