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Murder Included (D.I. Price #1)

Joanna Cannan

Start date: October 1, 2025

Finish date: October 31, 2025

Discussion: Group reads

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Oct 02, 2025 Susan rated it liked it

Published in 1950, this is the first in a series of mysteries featuring D.I. Price. Ronald Price is called in from London to investigate a poisoning at a country house. Post-war, D.I. Price believes in socialism, council houses, state education and equality. He is not a fan of the local squire and makes uneducated assumptions.

Sir Charles lives with his horrible daughter, Patricia, dense son, Hugo and two younger children (barely mentioned) as well as his second wife, Bunny and her daughter, Lisa ...more

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Jul 14, 2023 Ruth rated it liked it

Shelves: golden-age-and-vintage

I finally managed to finish this one! It was definitely a struggle. I liked the Guy Northeast books, particularly Death at the Dog, so I was sure I would enjoy this one too, but it was so dull. The main characters were all fairly cardboard, the only ones who came close to being interesting were Bunny and her daughter Lisa.

I usually give up on a book if I'm not enjoying it, which is why I give so few 3 stars reviews, but I'd got about halfway through this one before I admitted that it just wasn't ...more

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May 04, 2024 Ellen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Hugely entertaining. Lots of U and Non-U digs and jibes! Great stuff!

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Oct 03, 2025 Sandy rated it it was ok

Shelves: mystery-classic, mystery-detective-grp, read-2025, own, 2025-own-24

The detective in this series is unlikeable and inept. Assigned to a murder with which he has no sympathy (upper class hunting crowd in a small village) he is determined to prove his chosen culprit guilty. I am curious if the detective changes over the series but doubt very much that I will read more.

While the first half of the book drags, the action does pick up, and it is a well plotted book with twists.

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