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This is the third of the Adam Dalgliesh series. I've read the first but not the second, but that hasn't lessened the story here at all.
Dalgliesh is looking forward to a few weeks of relaxation during his holiday at the seashore with his aunt at her cottage. She lives in a small village that seems to house nothing but writers, a place where everyone enjoys their solitude. But as soon as he arrives a writer is murdered,the corpse mutilated and Dalgliesh finds himself at odds with the local Inspect ...more
Dalgliesh is looking forward to a few weeks of relaxation during his holiday at the seashore with his aunt at her cottage. She lives in a small village that seems to house nothing but writers, a place where everyone enjoys their solitude. But as soon as he arrives a writer is murdered,the corpse mutilated and Dalgliesh finds himself at odds with the local Inspect ...more
Nice start. A fun cast of characters and suspects. Liked the no nonsense, independent, bird-loving Aunt Jane who knits using the continental style just like Miss Silver in the older Patricia Wentworth series. Skeptical that one can distinguish different typists if they type the same text using the exact same typewriter. Going to have to explore this. Perhaps for older typewriters the strength of the strike of the key results in a differing, distinct look on the paper. While the murderer seemed a
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Dec 26, 2009
Juliana Philippa
marked it as to-read
Aug 13, 2017
Terri
marked it as beach-reads
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Megan
marked it as to-read
