Posts Tagged ‘motive’
Blunt Instrument (Inspector Hannasyde)
“Ranks alongside such incomparable whodunnit authors as Christie,
Marsh, Tey, and Allingham.”
-San Francisco Chronicle
Who would kill the perfect gentleman?
When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him?
Superintendent Hannasyde, with consummate skill, uncovers one dirty little secret after another, and with them, a host of people who all have reasons for wanting Fletcher dead. Then, a second murder is committed, giving a grotesque twist to a very unusual case, and Hannasyde realizes he’s up against a killer on a mission…
“Given the chance I could happily devour a stack of her novels one after the other.”
-A Work In Progress
“A few things that you are guaranteed when you pick up a Georgette Heyer novel of any kind are unique characters and a fast-paced plot.”
-We Be Reading
A Blunt Instrument
“Ranks alongside such incomparable whodunnit authors as Christie,
Marsh, Tey, and Allingham.”
-San Francisco Chronicle
Who would kill the perfect gentleman?
When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him?
Superintendent Hannasyde, with consummate skill, uncovers one dirty little secret after another, and with them, a host of people who all have reasons for wanting Fletcher dead. Then, a second murder is committed, giving a grotesque twist to a very unusual case, and Hannasyde realizes he’s up against a killer on a mission…
“Given the chance I could happily devour a stack of her novels one after the other.”
-A Work In Progress
“A few things that you are guaranteed when you pick up a Georgette Heyer novel of any kind are unique characters and a fast-paced plot.”
-We Be Reading
No Wind of Blame
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 neighbor 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…
PRAISE FOR GEORGETTE HEYER:
“Our Georgette Heyer display of the Sourcebooks reprints has been a huge success, not only to those early fans like myself, but to many new readers who appreciate her style and wit.”
Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC
“Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.”
Publishers Weekly
“Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to.”
Katie Fforde
(20091005)
Death in the Stocks
A bobby on his night rounds discovers a corpse in evening dress locked in the stocks on the village green. Inspector Hannasyde is called in, but sorting out the suspects proves a challenge. Anyone in the eccentric, exceedingly uncooperative Vereker family had the motive and means to kill Andrew Vereker, who seemed to have been universally disliked. One cousin allies himself with the inspector, while the victim’s half-brother and sister, each of whom suspects the other, markedly try to set him off the scent. To readers’ delight, the killer is so cunning (not to mention the author), that the mystery remains until the very end…
PRAISE FOR GEORGETTE HEYER:
“Our Georgette Heyer display of the Sourcebooks reprints has been a huge success, not only to those early fans like myself, but to many new readers who appreciate her style and wit.”
Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC
“Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.”
Publishers Weekly
“Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to.”
Katie Fforde
(20091130)