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Post After Post-Mortem

E.C.R. Lorac,

Martin Edwards (Introduction)

Start date: November 1, 2025

Finish date: November 30, 2025

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Nov 14, 2022 Tania rated it really liked it · review of another edition

At an infrequent gathering of the Surray's, a highbrow literary family, Ruth's brother Richard is a bit concerned about her, feeling that she is suffering some kind of nervous tension, and a lack of sleep. The family scatter, but at a later gathering, Ruth is found dead from an overdose. Beside her is an amended will and a note. It all seems to point to suicide, but after the inquest, Richard receives a letter from her that had been delayed in the post; she seems perfectly happy and had been mak ...more

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Jan 28, 2023 Gina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

"Post After Post-Mortem" is the eleventh investigation featuring Robert MacDonald. This time, the daughter in a family of writers, has overdosed, seemingly by her own hand. A letter received by her brother after her death casts some doubt on this, and the CID are called in to investigate.

The Surreys were...a lot. Ruth, the deceased sister, was looked down upon because she didn't write what the rest of the family considered to be worthwhile books. She was also deemed a bit less mentally stable be ...more

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Mar 15, 2025 Cricket Muse rated it really liked it

Much in agreement with Inspector Macdonald who labeled this case as a “glorious muddle.”

It begins with the suicide of a successful author which is too convincing and Macdonald is pulled into the case who deems the suicide a carefully planned murder that becomes more and more convoluted as he investigates.

Macdonald was certainly put through his paces in this case and so were readers with Lorac providing the reveal in the last couple of pages.

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