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The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted by a murder that seems impossible – no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired. Everyone on the scene seems to have a motive, not to mention the wherewithal to commit murder, and alibis that simply don't hold up. The inspector is sorely tried by a wide variety of suspects, including the neglected widow, the neighbour who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, and a patently phony Russian prince preying on the widow's emotional vulnerability and social aspirations. And then there's the blackmail plot that may – or may not – be at the heart of the case ...
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Review:
'Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.' (Publishers Weekly)
'Pungent dialogue and A1 characterisation.' (Time Magazine)
'Miss Heyer's characters act and speak with an ease and conviction that is as refreshing as it is rare in the ordinary mystery novel.' (The Times Literary Supplement)
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'Pungent dialogue and A1 characterisation.' (Time Magazine)
'Miss Heyer's characters act and speak with an ease and conviction that is as refreshing as it is rare in the ordinary mystery novel.' (The Times Literary Supplement)
Georgette Heyer's brilliant and highly acclaimed series of detective novels, now in a handsome new package
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- PublisherAmereon Ltd
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0891906452
- ISBN 13 9780891906452
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages246
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