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Bezig met laden... Shadows Before (1939)door Dorothy Bowers
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. My second Dorothy Bowers, as recommended by the Shedunnit podcast. A good golden age mystery set up with a young woman, patently unqualified, is hired as a nurse/companion to a woman who's husband has a scandalous past. Before long the woman dies and Inspector Pardoe is called in to unravel the case. There are some great characters in this (including minor characters such as the local woman doctor) and a great sense of atmosphere. My only quibble was if you read it too soon after Postscript to Poison there is a sense of deja vu in the denoument. However a very enjoyable read. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"It won't be much longer now. Keep your head and hold your tongue." In Shadows Before, events from the past are the catalyst for murder. In hope of a fresh start after being acquitted of the murder of his sister-in-law, Matthew Weir has moved his family to Spanwater, a remote manor in the Cotswolds. But his heiress wife Catherine is traumatised by her sister's death and Matthew's trial, and has retreated into childhood memories, believing she is living in the Welsh border cottage of her childhood. Hired to keep Catherine safe in her wanderings, companion Aurelia Brett is fleeing poverty and hunger in London, Matthew's brother Augustus is trying to elude past debts. His nephew is haunted by the death of his father. Then Catherine dies suddenly, and arsenic is found in her home-made tea. Evidence suggests someone in the house, but Chief Inspector Pardoe finds conflicting clues and suspicious behaviour among Spanwater's neighbours too. When a second death occurs, Pardoe - and the reader - must decide which shadows points to the perpetrator and why. Dorothy Bowers (1902 - 1948) was a champion of "fair play" mysteries, in which all the clues are cunningly displayed within the context of the story. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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